Kareem Nitoto is more than ready for the decathlon

Kareem Nitoto could probably become an Olympian If he ever decides to give the decathlon a shot. The second-year guard from the Bay Area just made mincemeat out of some existing Hawaii track and field/basketball records because he defines the phrase being in shape.

UH guard soars to record heights
Dayton Morinaga
Honolulu Advertiser
October 21, 2008

Think of all the above-the-rim players to come through the University of Hawai'i men's basketball program.

Anthony Carter, Erin Galloway, Jason Carter and Geremy Robinson are some that come to mind.

Now put Kareem Nitoto above them all.

Nitoto, a 6-foot-3 sophomore point guard, recently set a UH basketball record with a vertical jump of 45 inches. Galloway set the previous mark of 44 inches in 1998.

"It's definitely something I take pride in," Nitoto said. "I saw that (record) number and thought I could get it last year. This year, I worked hard for it and I knew I had it."

Nitoto's record leap was the highlight of the strength and conditioning tests that the Rainbow Warriors had to complete before the start of practices last Friday...

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