User:Craywash25

Early Life
Cray Elijah Washington(born September 25, 1996) is an American student, former track & field athlete. Cray Elijah Washington was born September 25, 1996 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Tommy Washington, a laborer, and Annette Washington, a registered nurse. He grew up in Fort Dodge his whole life and raised a Baptist. He has one sibling, sister Drew, who is an year and a half older. He start to Community Christian School(private school) until the age of 10, he transferred to Fair Oaks Middle School(public school) in 5th grade. Washington was known by his teachers to be polite, and honest, by his peers to be nice, and funny, by the others to be quiet, but humble. While he started running track in middle school, Washington was an standout in track and field with an successful yet decorated career. Washington attended Fort Dodge Senior High.

Sports
Throughout the early stages of Cray's life, he participated in basketball, football, and track. He went out for football twice (once in 8th grade & 10th grade), he went out for basketball from 3rd grade to 9th grade, and he went out for track from 5th grade to freshman year of college. Washington was a skinny athlete, but made up for his performance by his athleticism and coach-able as well as disciplined. Washington was not a big fan of playing football, but tried out to see if would have some interest in playing the sport. Unfortunately, he was did not like the sport as much as basketball, or track & field. Basketball for instance was the sport he loved playing the most even though he was not one of the best players on the team, and that does not bother him neither he just enjoys playing and watching the game of basketball. The sport that changed the kind-hearted athlete was track, because of how it changed his social status and helped him get noticed by people that walked by everyday like a ghost due to his quiet, and harmless demeanor. At first, he liked the fast, and unexpected fame by peers, but it helped him to understand that people around only liked him for his talent and not so much for his personality, which he aimed for in the world for people to except him. Back to the track, he was extremely gifted at running that at an early age; he got noticed by a classmates' parent, and convinced Cray's parents to join the traveling track team (Fort Dodge Flyers). He was so good at track, that he pretty much went undefeated through middle school taking home 1st places in every individual event he'd ran in and has been considered the fastest kid in Fort Dodge at the time that is until he got up in high school. Washington had to prove if he was the real deal by racing against the best athletes in high school as well as over big schools in Iowa. Throughout high school, Washington has had his share of up-and-down moments. Injuries sort of took a toll on his career, and that did not prevent him to capture the big prize he been striving for since he started organized school sports and that is to win a state champion, and making him the first 100 meter dash champion in Fort Dodge Senior High history.