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<\/a>Shamereal Johnson<\/strong> You may have seen him near the Administration Tower\u00a0 walking the dog or possibly in the student center rocking the baby.\u00a0 He is Harold Owens III, a Jackson State University student, and what he is walking and rocking is a yo-yo.<\/p>\n Owens, an Indiana native,\u00a0 recently took first place in the 1A Division of the USA National Yo-Yo Contest. The contest is held annually in Chico, Calif.<\/p>\n Competitors qualify to compete in the National Yo-Yo Contest through nine regional contests held throughout the United States in five different divisions. There are five divisions, ranging from a traditional yo-yo, used to perform intricate tricks on the string, two yo-yos, to one that doesn\u2019t even have a finger loop at all, but rather a counterweight at the other end. All of the division players are given one minute to show their best tricks.<\/p>\n Q.<\/strong> What do they call you in the Yo-Yo circuit? Q.<\/strong> How has your time at JSU been? Q.<\/strong> What kind of feedback are you getting on campus about your skills? Q.<\/strong> How long have you been yo-yo(ing)? Q.<\/strong> How did it feel to win the National Yo-Yo competition? Q.<\/strong> Finally, have you taught anyone else your craft? Q.<\/strong> Who is your sponsor? Q.<\/strong> Can you tell me about the YoYoFactory? Shamereal Johnson Staff Writer You may have seen him near the Administration Tower\u00a0 walking the dog or possibly in the student center rocking the baby.\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nStaff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOwens:<\/strong> I do have a nickname. It is Yo-Yo Gotti.<\/p>\n
\nOwens:<\/strong> I love JSU.\u00a0 It has a homey feeling to it and nice people.<\/p>\n
\nOwens:<\/strong> Since I\u2019ve been doing some tricks on campus from my perspective it has drawn positive feedback and also made me a little more confident to be myself and I have more friends from it.<\/p>\n
\nOwens:<\/strong> I have been\u00a0 yo-yo(ing) since I\u00a0 was in the seventh grade. I started because one day I was bored and picked up the yo-yo and learned that I\u2019m pretty good at it.<\/p>\n
\nOwens:<\/strong> To win Nationals was an awesome feeling.\u00a0 There was a lot of competition\u00a0 there and it wasn\u2019t easy but my parents were there to support me so that also played a big part.<\/p>\n
\nOwens:<\/strong> Yes, I have taught my little brother some basic tricks.<\/p>\n
\nOwens:<\/strong> My sponsor is the YoYoFactory.\u00a0 This is my first year with them and I have enjoyed them thus far.<\/p>\n
\nOwens:.<\/strong> The YoYoFactory was founded in 2003 by USA based International Yo-Yo superstar YoHans Hans Van Dan Elzen. Elzen\u2019d\u00a0 focus was on creating unique patented technology that would actually make playing with a Yo-Yo a more enjoyable experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"