Anyone know what he is up to? Last I heard he got arrested after committing to Oregon
Anyone know what he is up to? Last I heard he got arrested after committing to Oregon
Tyreese Cooper is a sad story. The latest developments in his life (from what I've heard) point to no future in track.
One of my contacts in South Florida's track and field community relayed an this story to me: Apparently, Tyreese was playing basketball at a park near his home in Miami. I guess it was about 9pm (this was last year) and a group of rival dudes from another gang pulled up to the court and started screaming "yo we wanna see Reese. Yo Reese you better step to" and all kind of stuff calling him a pu.ssy, whatever.
Apparently Tyreese slept with a rival gang member's girlfriend and that news got out on the street. Words were exchanged, guns were flashed and shots were fired. Tyreese shot back at them and busted the back window, but nobody was hurt. The cops were never called because none of the witnesses wanted to snitch, but Tyreese was shook to his core. When he got home, he told his mom the entire story and she got scared and said "you're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air."
That's the last I heard of him.
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Just another similar story....
Back in Bob Hayes senior year of high school the fastest kid in the state of Florida was Jimmy "Peach Head" Douglas. He was running fast times and beating everyone and that would include Hayes when they met at the state meet. Douglas was a red headed black guy, so "Peach Head" would work. Guessing he was getting the attention of Northern/Western/HBCU schools.
Bullet Bob lost a few races in his career but he would avenge all of them all but Douglas. Before they ever faced off again he was shot and killed in a gang related incident. What a shame and what a loss to the track world, the classic....what might have been.
I live in central Cali. the speed school around here has always been Edison HS in Fresno, that school has produced more sprinters than all the other Fresno to Bakersfield schoolS combined. Yep, a school on that side of town, not unlike Long Beach Poly, Muir, Hawthorne in LA, Lincoln San Diego, all with a history of speed all on that side of town.
Think we all get the gang thing, how with no father in the home these kids find each other and with that common bound, hey!
He was last arrested for armed robbery of a cell phone store. He broke a glass case during the robbery and they eventually got him on either fingerprints or DNA from the blood on the case. Didn’t really help his case by going to the hospital the same night as the robbery to get stitches and a cast. I don’t think he was bailed out.
Didn't hs hs/club coach also get in trouble or at least accused/investigated for misconduct
On Jan 6 of '22 he was sentenced to 84 months in prison.
Here is him finishing third behind two fastest all time for 300 meters.
He groomed his young female athletes.
Felt above a call center job, not above regularly leaving dna at his crime scenes.
His former coach must have some really good defense attorneys because he was first accused of raping young girls in 2010 and more and more girls have come forward with accusations.
I think Tyrese first committed to Oregon but later turned pro. However, a great talent on the track is now serving time behind bars. I hope he gets his life together after he serves his time behind bars.
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He just got sentenced to 84 months in jail for the cell phone store robbery.