LOS ANGELES -- Sydney McLaughlin is running with a fast crowd these days. The 16-year-old sprinter and hurdler heads to the Rio Olympics as the youngest member of the U.S. track and field team. First, though, she wants to get home, hug her dog and eat some junk food before taking on the world.McLaughlin caps a whirlwind few weeks with a stroll down the red carpet at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night. Shes attending as winner of the girls national prep athlete of the year trophy she picked up Tuesday night.She arrived in Los Angeles directly from making her first Olympic team by finishing third in the 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. trials last Sunday in Oregon. Her time of 54.14 seconds was a world junior record.I dont think its hit me yet, she said.After mingling with some of the worlds best professional athletes, McLaughlin goes home to Dunellen, New Jersey, for a brief visit. Shes missing Gamble her cockapoo dog, whom she hasnt seen in three weeks.Her parents, Willie and Mary, are scrambling to join her in Rio.Theres no way were going to let our baby girl go to another country without us being there, said Willie, who works from home as a network engineer for AT&T. Besides, how many times do you get to see your kids in the Olympics?Mary joked, Well just be buying a lot of bug spray.Willie McLaughlin qualified for the 400-meter semifinals at the 1984 U.S. trials, but didnt make the Olympic team. Mary McLaughlin, who works at Rutgers University, is a former runner, too. The couple met at Manhattan College in New York City.We planned for it for years, Willie said of his daughters Olympic qualification, but its actually here and its hard to believe.Her sister and two brothers will watch from the couch and party at the house, Sydney joked.McLaughlin couldnt have predicted she would be in Rio. Her high school track season began with a diagnosis of mononucleosis that kept her out 1 1/2 months. Her mother had a heart attack.Every Olympian has two or three major struggles before they make it, she told the crowd at the prep awards. I didnt know if I was going to make it and somehow I did.At trials, McLaughlin had what she called a mental breakdown before her first event. She called her dad in full freak-out mode, panicked at the prospect of being a teen running against grown women.Her coaches calmed her down and three races later Im an Olympian, she said.When you put her on the track, youre not running against a 16-year-old, Willie McLaughlin said. Youre running against a very talented, seasoned athlete. Thats what these women are finding out the hard way. I told her, `Theyre more scared of you than you are of them. Theyve got more to lose than you and thats the attitude you need to take into it.McLaughlin has a modest goal for her first Games.Im just going to get the experience. Theres so many more years to try again and so many more races to run, she said. I dont even think Im thinking about place or time. Im going to hang out with the girls on the team. Its kind of like vacation and work at the same time.From a dads perspective, Willie McLaughlin hopes his daughter gains confidence and hones the ability to interact and talk with anyone at the Olympics.Shes been really blessed with talent that other people simply dont have, he said.McLaughlin told Sydney that because of her track talent she can go places and do things that others cant.Dont be afraid of that, he told her. Dont be afraid of doing things new.From his perspective as a track coach, Willie is encouraging his daughter to step up her nutrition and embrace the lifestyle of a high-level athlete. That means cutting out junk food and some of the 16-year-old baggage, as he calls it.We had the boys, going to the mall, all that other stuff, he said, smiling. She needs to mature into that woman thats really going to take care of her body and take care of her instrument of success.Sydney, named for her dads favorite actor Sidney Poitier, is already showing her stuff in the nail art department. McLaughlins long fingernails were decked out in sparkling silver polish, a popular trend among female sprinters.She turns 17 on Aug. 7, days before the track competition begins in Rio. Shell be a senior this fall at Union Catholic High in Scotch Plains with some wild stories to tell. Cheap Nike Air Max Trainers Sale . It was hard for Luck to pull off another comeback, or even get into the end zone, while standing on the sideline. 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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Before Connecticut freshman guard Crystal Dangerfield took to the court Monday night against Ohio State, she needed a quick pep talk from sophomore teammate Katie Lou Samuelson.In what would be just her second career start, and her first in front of a large UConn home crowd, Dangerfield caught a case of nerves and began to feel overwhelmed.Samuelson, who started 21 games during her freshman season, kept her advice to Dangerfield simple: Do what youve been doing all season.I told her that the nerves were going to be there, you need that adrenaline to get you forward, Samuelson said. I just told her play how she can play, and shes been doing that.Dangerfield, able to calm the nerves, contributed a strong performance in the Huskies eventual 82-63 victory over the Buckeyes -- UConns 85th straight win.With a starting five that includes Kia Nurse, Gabby Williams, Napheesa Collier and Samuelson, Dangerfield is not expected to lead the team statistically or vocally. Nor does she have to. In 34 minutes of play, the freshman guard totaled eight points, five assists and three rebounds.Dangerfield began molding her role on the team in just the second game of the season when, against then No. 2-ranked Baylor, she led all UConn players with an electric 19-point performance, shooting 8-of-14 from the field.Currently, Dangerfield serves as a kind of anchor, charged with commandeering the dominant UConn offense while finding moments to make plays for herself. While Dangerfield wont light up the stat sheet on a consistent basis -- not yet anyway -- her contributions are always timely. Her ability to knock down a big shot, draw a charge or find an open player on the break has proved significant. Her strength is her court vision and finding open teammates on the floor.Shell make some tough shots, she loves the runners. She does stuff where you go, Wow I didnt think she could do that, Huskies coach Geno Auriemma said.Dangerfield, who has started in place of sidelined senior guard Saniya Chong (concussionlike symptoms), said she is slowly adjusting and becoming more comfortable with the starting role.Instead of coming innto a tone that has already been set, I like being able to now set the tone for myself, Dangerfield said.dddddddddddd I feel like the game comes better to me when I start.According to teammates such as Samuelson, Dangerfields consistency and growth will come with experience. Samuelson said she has been impressed with Dangerfields performance.Shes been really good, Samuelson said. I think shes trying to embrace that role of coming in to be that point guard, especially when Saniya is out and the fact that we lost [Moriah Jefferson, to graduation]. Her role is to show that she can be that consistent player to lead the offense and hit a shot when we do need it but also make the right passes. I think she showed that today.Dangerfield said she wants to be more active on the floor, adding that she believes her role as a starter is threefold: go and make plays, dont be tentative, be in attack mode.I think Im starting to make that jump as the game goes by, Dangerfield said.Dangerfields progression has not come without a few expected growing pains. She has led the team in turnovers in three of the eight games she has played in, including six turnovers against LSU on Nov. 20. On Monday against the Buckeyes, multiple unforced errors due to poor decision-making exposed Dangerfields inexperience.With four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and UConn up by 17 against Ohio State, Dangerfield telegraphed a pass to the left wing that was deflected easily out of bounds -- invoking an audible sideline reaction from Auriemma. Less than a minute later, an OSU full-court press caused Dangerfield to send an errant pass that sailed over the head of Nurse and out of bounds.I would say shes comatose sometimes out there, said Auriemma, who added that Dangerfield is still far from the potential he has seen daily. She is way better than that -- slowly but surely, we are getting there with her. Were trying to get her to be way more involved. The more she gets involved, as time goes on, shes going to be really good. 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