Two of the best athletes to ever compete at Plainfield Central recently earned All-American honors again in men’s track and field.
Kahmari Montgomery, who won five state titles at Central in 2014-2015, was a two-time All-American at last weekend’s NCAA Division I Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Oregon.
Montgomery, a junior at the University of Houston, took seventh in the 400 meters in 45.75 seconds and also was on a fifth-place 4x400 relay team that finished in 3:04.03 to help the Cougars to a third-place showing with 35 points. That tied their best finish in the sport.
The former Wildcat standout also was an All-American in the 400 in 2016 while competing at the University of Missouri. He transferred to Houston this season and now can train with one of the greatest athletes of all time, Carl Lewis, who is an assistant coach.