Ohio State sprinter Thomas Murdaugh’s heart keeps up with speed

By Wes Wyant (TheLantern.com) -

Ohio State sprinter Thomas Murdaugh doesn’t let two open-heart surgeries slow him down.

“He’s obviously one of the best 400 runners in the country,” said 4-by-400-meter relay teammate Aaron Roberts. “I personally think he’s the best anchor in the country.”

Murdaugh tends to be more soft-spoken about his achievements.

“It just comes from a lot of hard work, good teammates that have been pushing me since freshman year,” Murdaugh said. “So all that’s been paying off these past few years.”

Murdaugh underwent his first heart surgery when he was 1 year old, and then had a second surgery Jan. 3, 2005.

“Once I got to high school and started getting into sports,” he said, “my sophomore year they found out I had to have another surgery, so I sat that year out of sports.”

Murdaugh since has hit the accelerator and hasn’t looked back.

“I don’t really think about it,” he said. “My family and friends, they think about it a lot. But, I mean, that’s something in the past.”

His progress impressed coach Robert Gary…..

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