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Heading into his freshman season, Nixa phenom Jackson Cantwell attended an offensive line camp in Oklahoma where he struggled on the first day. He came back the next day and dominated the remainder of the event.
Fast forward to 2024, coming off his sophomore year of high school, and Cantwell attended the same camp. He didn’t lose a rep and everything felt easier for him. The five-star 2026 offensive tackle and No. 2 overall player in the country, according to Rivals, has developed into one of the most coveted recruits in the country and he’s starting to make everything look easy.
“It’s definitely coming a lot easier right now,” Cantwell said. “It felt like the drills were a bit more elementary versions of stuff we’d done in the past. I’m just in a little bit better shape than I was back then.”
The maturation of Cantwell helped him with a national championship in the shot put while also taking the time to visit two of the West Coast’s premier college football programs, Oregon and USC, this past week.
His determination to get a little bit better at everything, every day, has helped him get to this point. It doesn’t matter if it’s on the football field, in the shot put, the weight room or the classroom. When he has a goal in mind, he’s going to achieve it.
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Nixa’s Jackson Cantwell seen here against Webb City on August 25, 2023.
Jackson Cantwell won the Nike Nationals shot put event
One of Cantwell’s goals was to win a national championship and he did so at the Nike Nationals event in Eugene, Oregon, on June 14.
Cantwell wanted to participate in the event on Oregon’s campus after his freshman year but determined he was too banged up to do so. He kept his body in shape to peak twice during the track and field season en route to winning a…
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Author : Springfield News-Leader
Publish date : 2024-06-21 08:01:44
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