![]() Long enough to see the baby who was in the high chair at that first session reach the precipice of joining his father in the NBA. MORE: Every point LeBron has scored, in every jersey he's scored them in The night before nearly every game, at James' house before home games and in team hotels on the road. They've trained together hundreds of times since, from Cleveland to Miami back to Cleveland and then to Los Angeles. That training session was the beginning of a relationship that has helped James keep his body in remarkable condition for 20 seasons. Mancias, of course, did not mess James up. "But they all left, and when it was over I had dinner with Savannah, LeBron and Bronny in his high chair." They made it clear: 'Don't mess our guy up,'" Mancias told ESPN. "They all sort of stood around and watched me. The 15 or so people at the costume party, family and members of James' tight circle, were skeptical of Mancias - except for little Bronny James, having just turned 2, in a diaper. However, James, dressed as the caped crusader, had forgotten he was hosting a Halloween party. James had summoned Mancias to his mansion for an important reason. Stars pay tribute to LeBron James for securing NBA's all-time points record.Mancias took a deep breath and rang the doorbell. But this was their first private session. James liked the way he felt after their stretching and training sessions. Mancias had slowly earned James' trust over the previous two seasons as the team's assistant athletic trainer. It was the night before the season opener of James' fourth season in the NBA, but the first time he'd actually invited a member of the team's training staff, or any non-teammate, to his estate. The franchise had been blessed with a native son, who just happened to be one of the most talented basketball players of all time, and it was their job to help him make good on his destiny.Īs Mancias pulled through iron gates adorned with basketballs and into the large curving driveway that fronted one of the largest homes in the city, he was taken aback by a line of cars. It was the unofficial motto for everyone in Cleveland in those days. That order bounced around his head as he drove the 40 minutes from Cleveland down Interstate 77 toward LeBron James' house in Akron on a late October evening in 2006. with the field and running events.MIKE MANCIAS HAD been given pointed instructions by his bosses with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kyle Nordling took 24 th in 14:59.70 for a PR, Mason McDonald was 34 th with a time of 15:15.55 and Andrew Johnson rounded out the finishers in 59 th place in a personal best 15:48.78.Ĭompetition will resume on campus tomorrow at 11 a.m. Cody Larson also finished in the top 10 with his personal best finish of 14:35.77 for 10 th place. Max Selbach clocked a huge PR in the 5000-meter run, taking third place in 14:11.05 for the second fastest time in school history. On the men's side of competition, Will Lohr took fifth place overall out of 85 athletes in the 3000-meter run with a personal best time of 8:21.58. ![]() In the final event for the SDSU women on Friday, the distance medley relay team clocked a 12:27.90 for fifth place. Leah Hansen finished as runner-up in the 5000-meter run with a time of 16:48.74 while Mya Kizer took 10 th in a personal best 17:36.73 and Kadense Dooley claimed 31 st in 18:33.14 for a PR. Emma Gonzalez clocked a personal best 10:41.69 for 29 th place and Abby Deutsch was 31 st in 10:42.63 for a new PR. Kayla Christopherson and Caitlin Bright also finished in the top 10, claiming seventh place in 10:08.32 and eighth place in 110:08.44, respectively.īridget Henne came next for the Jacks in 24 th place with a time of 10:39.85. Nicole Greyer led the way for SDSU with her personal best time of 9:51.27 for fourth place. The night started off strong with the women's 3000-meter run, where all six competing Jackrabbits placed in the upper half of the 64-athlete field. BROOKINGS, SD – South Dakota State distance and mid-distance runners had a successful night on the track of the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex on Friday for the first day of the SDSU Indoor Classic.Īfter four scored events, the women sit in first place with 19 points while the men are fourth with 10 points.
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