Track and field: Nelms is impressive against stiff competition

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I ran into an old acquaintance, Kirby Lee, at Thursday’s City Section preliminaries at Birmingham High and he had mentioned to keep an eye on the Patriots’ Nijah Nelms. He was right. This girl can flat-out move.

The senior, who’s being recruited by Arizona State and USC, won the 100 meters in 11.99 seconds and duplicated the victory in the 200 with a time of 24.79. Nelms ran the second leg of Birmingham’s 400 relay team that finished second in 4:01.56.

-- Sean Ceglinsky