Joseph Fanbulleh On His Spring: 'I'm Putting In The Work'

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"It's just scary to find a person who is willing to do that to beat me. So for me, I'm not going to let that happen at all. Best believe I'm putting in the same amount of time -- even more."

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By Logan Stanley - MileSplit Correspondent


The past year has been a defining one for Minnetonka Hopkins High School senior Joseph Fahnbulleh. In those 12 months, the Minnesota teenager has gone from a once-distance runner to one of the country's top sprinters.

And now he's hungry for more.

"Somebody is putting in double the amount of effort and time than I am right now so they can beat me," Fanbulleh said recently. "And that's scary because I don't know who it is, I don't know when they're putting in the time. It's just scary to find a person who is willing to do that to beat me. So for me, I'm not going to let that happen at all. Best believe I'm putting in the same amount of time -- even more."

When tracking Fanbulleh's swift rise up the ranks of the nation's top sprinters, July 2018 stands ou...