▁This ▁all ▁took ▁place ▁while ▁in ▁high ▁school . ▁D rew ▁scored ▁more ▁points ▁individually ▁than ▁other ▁high ▁school ▁teams ▁during ▁track ▁meets , ▁and ▁he ▁had ▁already ▁tied ▁world ▁records ▁at ▁the ▁mid point ▁of ▁his ▁high ▁school ▁athlet ic ▁career . ▁He ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁winning ▁his ▁first ▁two ▁races ▁in ▁high ▁school ▁( age ▁ 1 5 ) ▁we aring ▁his ▁own ▁short s ▁that ▁he ▁made ▁and , ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁this , ▁he ▁won ▁one ▁race ▁bare fo oted ▁and ▁one ▁race ▁we aring ▁what ▁would ▁today ▁be ▁called ▁cle ats . ▁But ▁for ▁him , ▁these ▁cle ats ▁were ▁his ▁own ▁creation ▁of ▁inserting ▁n ails ▁into ▁his ▁track ▁sho es ▁and ▁c ush ion ing ▁this ▁with ▁le ather . ▁ ▁D rew ▁im pressed ▁everyone ▁by ▁winning ▁the ▁first ▁ 1 0 0 - yard ▁dash ▁with ▁these ▁cle ats , ▁and ▁the ▁next ▁ 4 4 0 - yard ▁dash ▁on ▁c inder ▁track ▁without ▁anything ▁on ▁his ▁feet ▁at ▁the ▁Four th ▁of ▁July ▁“ Spring field ▁City ▁Games ” ▁that ▁year ▁( A AR ). ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁legacy ▁ ▁Athlet ic ▁career ▁ ▁D rew ' s ▁multi - fac et ed ▁life ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁powerful ▁model ▁for ▁young ▁black ▁men , ▁especially ▁considering ▁the ▁bra very ▁and ▁fort itude ▁he ▁exempl ified ▁during ▁his ▁time ▁of ▁m atur ity . ▁D rew ' s ▁career ▁begins ▁as ▁someone ▁who ▁dropped ▁out ▁of ▁high ▁school ▁to ▁support ▁this ▁family ,