Rick's Story

At four years old I told my mother I was the fastest kid in the neighborhood and I wanted to run in a race. I became a student of track and field, and that is when I started doing research on the great Jessie Owens four time Olympic gold medalist.

Training in the Bay Area

At the age of ten my family and I moved to the bay area California. I left a promising amateur boxing career in Los Angeles where my record was 20-2-1. I loved the bay area and that is where I began to focus on track and field. During track season, my younger sister Maya and I would ride the bus from Alameda to the University of California Berkeley, where we would train at the track almost everyday.

"My greatest fan, my Mom, noticed my athletic abilty as a toddler when I started doing flips off our couch. I turned two and she would have to coax me to take off my football helmet before I went to bed. My mom's the real champion!"

My sister my hero and inspiration dominated her competition. Of course she was only eight, but damn good. We became a great team and started to get some notoriety around town. Later that year we won the city championships for Washington Park, placing first in the long jump and high jump and second in the fifty and one hundred yard dash. It was a good day.

Northern california championship gold medal long jump.

Nationally ranked athlete

Throughout the years I have been a nationally ranked ski racer, football star and a competition surfer. I am now competing in the USA Track and Field Masters division 45-49 division age group. 2009 was my first season. I placed first in the Masters Northern California Pacific Association Championships in the long jump and second in the 100 meters. I placed second at the natonal Championships and 7th at the World Championships in Lahti Finland.

Please sponsor me

I am looking forward to the 2010 season. The national championships are in Sacramento California and the world indoor Championships are in Kamloops Canada. I am currently looking for sponsors and if you would like to help you can click the donation link or e-mail me. Please check out my blog just click the link!

Alameda ca, city champions, Marlene Bullock, Rick and sister Maya.

2009 45-49 national championship silver medalist, Oshkosh Wisconsin.

Rick with Masters hall of fame sprint champ Bill Collins. (Click this photo to link to photo gallery)

2009 national championship silver medal long jump.

Lahti Finland 2009 Masters world Championships. (see video below)