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137 many people wear regular glasses, they wear sports goggles or contacts. I like to set myself aside from everybody else." Reducing junk food and candy has been a secret to Harris' success. e numerous fast-food joints in Long Beach were a vice. So were Sour Patch Kids gummy candy. "It was mainly a health thing," said Harris, who has shed nearly 10 of the 165 pounds he weighed when he enrolled at Iowa. "It is not fun carrying 165 pounds around a track." Harris knows it takes three others to excel in the 4x400 and he credits teammates for individual and group success. "e guys I'm around help me a lot," Harris said. "(Junior) DeJuan (Frye) is a good training partner, he pushes me. As he would say, he is the reason why I'm fast. e 4x4 team has been having a good season, I love those guys. We have been working hard. I love the guys on the team; they help me and keep me focused. We all make each other better." Harris made his second trip to the Drake Relays from April 27-29 in Des Moines, Iowa. Last season he ran the third leg of the Hawkeyes' winning 1,600 sprint medley relay; this season he was part of the victorious sprint medley and 4x400-meter relays. "It is fun to compete for the people around the state of Iowa," Harris said. "So many people are there to watch Iowa and it is a great atmosphere." e Hawkeyes debuted at No. 23 in the nation April 24 in the first poll by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.