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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Sport
Thuc Nhi Nguyen

Once homeless, UCLA's Zaylon Thomas makes his mark on the track

LOS ANGELES — The same question haunted Zaylon Thomas when he was a teenager trying to get to high school as a senior preparing for graduation and a promising athlete looking for his next option.

What's next?

The UCLA sprinter and high jumper is still asking himself that when he has seemingly everything he could want. The sophomore attends his dream school. It's surreal to sit in the stands at Drake Stadium and marvel at a postcard-worthy view of UCLA's campus. Yet he remains consumed about envisioning his next steps.

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