Jaiya Daniels: New Mexico’s future Olympian [Video]

EVENING, AND THE OTHER PEAKED SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY. AS WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE CONTINUE SHARING SO MANY IMPACTFUL STORIES FROM OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES. FAITH EGBUONU VISITS JOE DANIELS, AN ALL STAR ATHLETE SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS AND INSPIRING PEOPLE. OH, HOW OLD AM I? 16 AT JUST 16 YEARS OLD, SHE’S ACCOMPLISHED WHAT MOST COULD ONLY DREAM OF IN TEN YEARS. I SEE MYSELF BEING A PRO ATHLETE, SIX TIME GOLD MEDALIST, STATE CHAMPION. I WANT TO GO TO THE OLYMPICS. ACTUALLY, I WANT TO GO TO THE 2028 OLYMPICS AND COMPETING WITH THE BEST OF THE BEST AND BEING AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST. GATORADE TRACK AND FIELD PLAYER OF THE YEAR. I WAS LIKE, AM I GOING TO GET IT? YOU KNOW, AM I NOT GOING TO GET AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, I’M GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. NIKE NATIONALS …