Pounds Adds Weight to NIN Shot Field

By Pete Cava, National Scholastic Sports Foundation

INDIANAPOLIS – Brandon Pounds started out as a three-sport athlete at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, playing football and basketball and competing in track and field.

“In football, I played middle linebacker and fullback,” said the 6-foot, 230-pound senior. “In basketball I was the power forward. I was pretty strong.

“Not stronger than everyone,” he added with a self-effacing laugh, “but I was – I don’t know how to say it – a little bit more powerful than some of the other guys.”

These days, Pounds concentrates on throwing events in track. And that physical strength he’s so modest about? It helped him put the shot 64-feet, 9.5 inches at the Indiana Invitational in Bloomington on February 10......