David Harms Athletic Biography

As An Athlete

I had big dreams going into Junior High Athletics, but what I didn’t have was a lot of physical ability.  I participated in football, wrestling and track.  In wrestling, my 7th grade record was 5-8-1. In practice, we did push-ups every day and I began to notice they were becoming easier for me and I also noticed the definition in my arms was changing. I decided when wrestling was over I would continue working out on my own. My first workout was 25 Jumping Jacks, 10 push-ups, and 10 sit-ups every other day.  I followed that workout all the way through my 8th grade year. In football, I don’t think I was mature enough to take advantage of my strength gains.  I started a couple games but was overall disappointed.  In wrestling, my 8th grade season, I was 7-3-1 and defeated several wrestlers I had lost to the year before.  In Track & Field, my new-found strength paid dividends as I won starting positions in the Discus and running events.  I finished 3^rd in the conference in the 880 yard Run.   As I passed through puberty, I began to strength train with weights in High School.  As an athlete for the Alden Redskins- here are some of the things we accomplished:

         Football-  1986 Ranked 3^rd in Class A

-  1985 Class A State Semifinalists, Record 9-2

-  1984 Class A State Semifinalists, Record 9-2

- Iowa River Valley Conference Runner-Up: 1984, 1985, 1986

- Overall High School Varsity Football Record: 29-10

- 3 Varsity Letters Earned in Football

- 1986 1^st Team All Conference Lineman- I.R.V.C. 

Track & Field

- Iowa River Valley Conference Runner-Up: 1985, 1986, 1987

- 3 team championships won

- 4 varsity letters earned in Track & Field