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Marquis Antoine Lewis (Born September 5, 1991 in Long Beach, California) is a African-American, high school Track and Field sprinter. Marquis currently attends Vista Murrieta High School in Murrieta, California.

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Early Life

Marquis Antoine Lewis was born on September 5, 1991 in Long Beach, California to two African-American parents, Charmane, a former Personal Trainer and Bodybuilder and Decarlous Lewis, who works at Gulfstream Aerospace as a plane inspector. A year and a couple months after, Charmane gave birth to another child, born on December 31, 1992, named Daydrian Marcelle Lewis.

Growing Up

In 1994, the family moved to another apartment in Bellflower, California

A New Life

Marquis and his family moves to Murrieta, California on September 15, 2006.

Hidden Talent

Marquis Lewis with his 4x100 teammates (L to R): Ryan Hofmeister, Shawn Meas, Alex Lee and Michael Mazur.

When Marquis was younger, he was a chubby kid. He hated running in P.E. in middle school at Alondra Elementry School.. Although, a few years later, he enjoyed running and racing against other people. This is what he said:

"I like to race against people because it gets me more motivated to run faster and harder and yes... I am very competitive."

Later on, Marquis went to go out for Track and Field at Vista Murrieta High School in January 2007. He practiced with the team for the entire season and did not competed, due to poor grades. However, he got faster during the season and off-season. He ran 2 miles every other day between late September and mid-way December. His mother, Charmane, told him about her past experiences when she was in high school and college running Track. Getting more focused into school, Marquis also trained more during the pre-season at the Track and home. The 2008 Track season started on February 28, 2008 with the opening of Vista Murrieta's first opponent, Norco High School. On March 1, 2008, he goes to his first track invitational, Saddle-Up Invitational. Racing with the varsity sprinters in the 100m and 200m , Marquis seemed kind of nervous and relieved at the same time. He even felt more relieved when he beat his teammate, Bradley Randle in the 200m (3rd place) and smoking all eight varsity competitors in the 100 (1st place), earning the first place victory. Marquis goes to his second invitational in Moreno Valley, California on March 8, 2008. There, he encounters events that he has never even heard of. He was scheduled to run the 4x200 meter relay (2 laps), 8x200 meter relay (4 laps or a mile) and the 8x100 meter relay (2 laps).

Achievements and Personal Bests

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Medal record
Representing Vista Murrieta High School
Men's athletics
Vista Murrieta High School
	Relays of Champions	4x200 meter relay
	Relays of Champions	8x100 meter relay
	Falcon Relays	Men's 4x100m relay
	Falcon Relays	Men's Sprint Medley

• 4x100m relay - 45.03 (2008)
• 100 meters - 11.63 (2008)
• 4x200m relay - 1:36.9 (2008)
• 200 meters - 23.64 (2008) League Finals
• 4x400m relay - 3:43.66 (2008)
• Sprint Medley - 1:40.7 (2008)
• 8x100m relay - 1:33.1 (2008)
• 8x200m relay - 3:13.9 (2008)

Events	# of 1st place wins
4x100 meter relay	5/5
100 meter dash	3/9
4x200 meter relay	1/1
200 meter dash	6/8
4x400 meter relay	2/2
Others	2/3
Total	28 races