2022 All-County Boys Cross Country Team: It Was The Shoes

Changing to orange Nike sneakers, Vazquez took off, made history in process

  • Crescent City’s Anthony Vazquez became Putnam County’s first cross country runner to compete at the FHSAA 2A championship since Palatka’s Matt Hurst in 2011. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Crescent City’s Anthony Vazquez became Putnam County’s first cross country runner to compete at the FHSAA 2A championship since Palatka’s Matt Hurst in 2011. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
No one will get Anthony Vazquez mixed up with Spike Lee’s famous Mars Blackmon character from the famous Michael Jordan Nike ads, but both know what the thin line between mediocrity and success was. …

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