Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Newest Additions to the A-Team: A Former Pro Athlete and An Olympic Medalist

Two of the newest additions to our sales team are Frank Sanders and Mark Everett. Besides being talented athletes, our newest Team Adamson members both posess kindness, integrity and drive.

Meet Frank Sanders:

Frank (born February 17, 1973 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida), is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 1995 NFL Draft. A 6'1", 207-lb. wide receiver from Auburn University, Sanders played in nine NFL seasons from 1995 to 2003. His peak performance in his career came during the 1998 season when he led the NFC in receptions with 89 for 1,145 yards and three touchdowns. Sanders previously was a host on JOX.

Meet Mark Everett:

Mark (born September 2, 1968 in Milton, Florida) was an American 800 metres runner who won the bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. The following year Everett finished second in the US Olympic trials in New Orleans behind Johnny Gray. A few weeks later Everett beat Gray at the Bislett Games in Oslo, setting a new personal best of 1:43.40. Everett and Gray went to Barcelona as favourites for the gold and silver medals. However, Everett did not finish the race and Gray won the bronze behind William Tanui and Nixon Kiprotich. He attended the University of Florida.

One of his last achievements was a 4x400m relay gold medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

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