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Article: Multi-tasking; 3-sport athlete Griffin excels in dash, jump for Spartans.(SPORTS)

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April 5, 2007
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Byline: Mike Besaw

COLUMM: CENTRAL MASS. BOYS' TRACK PREVIEW

In an age when everything seems to be becoming more specialized, John Griffin is "old school".

The Oakmont Regional senior is a three-sport athlete, a rare occurrence in these days of AAU programs and user fees.

But if you ask Griffin, the defending state champion in the 100-meter dash and Central Mass. champion in the 100 and the long jump, it's all in a day's work.

"It's something I do," Griffin said. "It sets me apart from a lot of other athletes. It shows that I'm good at more than one sport."

"We always encourage kids to be three-sport athletes," Dave LaRoche, the Spartans athletic ...

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