Renwick getting back on track at Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Tweaking a hamstring normally isn't a big deal.
To Logan Renwick, it was a big scare.
The Butler graduate and Notre Dame freshman track and field jumper tweaked his left hamstring before the second indoor meet of the winter and was shut down for 5Z\x weeks.
“We weren't going to take any chances with it,” said Fighting Irish jumps coach Jim Garnham. “This kid has the potential to put together an outstanding career here.”
Renwick pulled his right hamstring early last spring, then pulled his left one during the WPIAL individual qualifying meet. The latter injury prevented him from expanding upon his seven WPIAL meet medals, including championships in the 110-meter hurdles and triple jump his junior year.
“I was definitely concerned when it happed again,” Renwick. “I thought all of that was behind me. I had done preventive, precautionary workouts to avoid going through that again.
“I felt good when I got back, though. I'll continue working in the weight room, doing my stretching and flexibility drills to avoid any further injury.”
After missing the five weeks, Renwick returned for the Big East Indoor Championships and placed seventh in the long jump and ninth in the triple jump.
During the final meet of the indoor season, he set a personal-best with a triple jump of 48 feet, 7 inches at Notre Dame's Alex Wilson Invitational.
Renwick is strictly a long and triple jumper with the Irish.
“To place in both events after not competing for so long was impressive,” Garnham said. “Logan has been training, but you can lose that competitive edge when you're kept from competition.“That personal record he attained after such a long absence shows the effect those flexibility drills are having on him.”Garnham described Renwick's body structure as “tight through the calves and Achilles tendon,” making it easy to stretch the hamstrings when competing all out.“Once he gets true flexibility, I see Logan as a 52-foot triple jumper and 24-foot long jumper, probably exceeding those numbers,” the coach said.Renwick will settle for one step at a time.“Right now, I want to eclipse the 50-foot barrier in the triple and go from there,” he said.Notre Dame finished second to Connecticut at the Big East meet, losing by 3.75 points. The Irish are three-time defending Big East outdoor champions.Carrying a 4.0 grade point average as a mechanical engineering major, Renwick is happy to be focusing on jumping events in college.“The hard thing about competing in high school is you can't focus on one thing and really perfect an event,” Renwick said. “That's what I'm trying to do now.”
