Unfortunately, we are unable to process your request at this time.In the world of high school athletics, football often takes top priority, and sports such as track and field are simply an afterthought. Often times, football coaches require their players to run track, in an attempt to improve their speed and conditioning skills for the upcoming football season. The story was no different for brothers Booker and Malcolm Nunley, except for one part. While many of the football players who are forced to participate in track can't wait for the season to end so they can stop running endlessly, the duo instead discovered an even greater passion for the sport of track and field. "Both Booker and I played football, and we were taught to run track to get ready for football season," said Malcolm. "But we loved track, so football just suffered." Both members of the Wake Forest track and field team this year, Booker and Malcolm each bring a competitive spark to a program in need of hurdlers and sprinters.

A transfer from South Carolina, Booker has two years of eligibility remaining, while Malcolm is just beginning his freshman season. Although both brothers are capable of competing in a number of sprint events, the hurdles remain their top priority. Malcolm specializes in the 400-meter hurdles, while Booker prefers the shorter 110-meter high hurdles. "Both events are fun, but they are very different races," says Malcolm. "Sometimes, it's just whatever you want to run when you wake up that morning." After watching the brothers effortlessly clear hurdle after hurdle in practice, it seems difficult to imagine that their hurdling career only began in high school. Both brothers agree on their love for football, but the promises of where track could eventually take them proved too great to turn down, and all of their focus soon shifted towards track. "My sophomore year in high school is when I really started taking off in hurdles," said Booker. "I remember my coach telling me that I looked like a hurdler because I was tall, so I gave it a try, and all I ever did after that was hurdles."

Not that Booker needed to do anything else, because he quickly ascended to the top of the high school ranks on both the national and international levels. By his senior year at Garner High School in his hometown of Garner, N.C., Booker was ranked as the No. 1 junior hurdler in the United States and No. 2 in the world.navy blue hoodie tesco He claimed the 2008 Junior National title in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.40 seconds, and he then went on to earn the silver medal in the World Junior Championships with a time of 13.45 seconds.stanislas wawrinka hoodie Booker's personal-record time of 13.49 seconds in the event (with the hurdles at the professional height) came at the 2010 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships, during his freshman season at South Carolina. fennekin hoodie

He also clocked a personal-best time of 7.58 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships last season. Along with Booker, Malcolm has also enjoyed a great deal of success on the track. avenged sevenfold hoodie irelandHe placed second in both the 110-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles at the 2010 North Carolina State Track & Field Championships, and he was a member of the first-place winning 4x400-meter relay team at that same meet.hoodies zelf bedrukken Malcolm possesses the stamina and the endurance to compete in the longer sprint events, but when asked about considering mid-distance running or even longer distances, he simply smiles and shakes his head.denver broncos hoodie walmart "I knew distance was not going to happen," Malcolm says.

Deciding to focus purely on sprints and hurdles, the brothers continually strive to perfect their form and challenge one another to be the best. Their work ethic is undeniable, as they put in multiple hours a day during practice, in addition to time spent in the weight room several days per week. Even a snow-covered track just a few weeks ago couldn't prevent the brothers from continuing to work on their hurdling technique. In fact, Booker claims that one of his primary motivating factors during training is Malcolm. "During the entire winter break, Malcolm would hassle me about training and beating me in races," said Booker. "I got it every day. Malcolm's training has been insane lately." It seems the results have already begun to pay off for Malcolm, as he has competed in a number of events for the Deacs on the year, including the 60-meter hurdles, the 300- and 400-meter dashes, and the 4x400-meter relay. He currently holds the top 60-meter hurdle time among all Demon Deacons this year with his mark of 8.62 seconds coming at the Virginia Tech Invitational in mid-January.

Malcolm will be the only Nunley brother suiting up for the Deacons this indoor season, as Booker plans to focus on training and rehabilitation for a back injury throughout the remainder of the winter months. He intends to make his Wake Forest track debut at the beginning of the outdoor season in late March. "The coaches have actually started me back running again, but they just don't want to rush me too fast," says Booker. "Plus there is the academic side of things that I'm adjusting to at Wake Forest after transferring, so having extra time will help me." For now, both brothers look forward to the start of their Wake Forest careers and the potential opportunities that lie beyond the collegiate realm. The Nunley's have set very high standards for themselves and collegiate running is only the beginning of what they hope to accomplish. "My goals are just to take it step by step," says Malcolm. "Start as ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) Champion, then National Champion, and then make it to the Olympics one day.

I want to be on the top." Adds Booker, "The ultimate goal of any track and field athlete is to make it to the Olympics, and that's my goal. I want to be the best hurdler this world has ever seen." Neither Nunley brother is a stranger to international competition, as Booker has competed in such places as Poland and Trinidad and Tobago, while Malcolm has raced in Puerto Rico as a member of the National Scholastic Team. "It was a good experience because you got to see how other people train and how seriously they take the sport, just like you do," says Malcolm. "It was definitely a good experience for us." "It's such a crazy experience because it's like the mini-Olympics," adds Booker. "There are people from all over the world, and it's just a different culture and a different place. You get the best from everywhere, and everyone from around the world is competitive." Of course, the brothers don't need an international stage to find competition. They already go up against one another daily, and while they always support one another, the natural competitive nature of both Booker and Malcolm comes out on the track.

"It's always supportive between us because we're brothers, but at the same time, it's also competitive," said Booker. "Everything that we do, even video games, we're always competitive with one another." Although the two have never actually raced against one another head-to-head in competition, they frequently compare times for the various hurdle events. When asked who would win a race between the brothers, Malcolm feels pretty confident about his odds of defeating his older brother. "A while ago, it would probably be Booker that would win. I may have him," says Malcolm. This answer doesn't sit so well with Booker, as he acknowledges his brother's ability in the longer hurdle events, but quickly defends himself in the shorter distances. "Malcolm might get me in the 400-meter hurdles, but only because I haven't run that in a while," says Booker. "Not in the 110 hurdles, though. I'd have to say I have that one." Luckily for the Deacs, they can count on multiple victories from both Booker and Malcolm over the coming years.