Houston 7-year-old observe star features nationwide consideration, Olympic desires in sight

PEARLAND, Texas – A 7-year-old athlete from the Houston space is capturing hearts and headlines after a video of her electrifying efficiency in a relay race went viral — garnering over 10 million views on Instagram.

7-year-old observe star gaining nationwide consideration

Nyomi Darby, competing for the Houston Hurricanes observe workforce, sprinted the anchor leg of a 4×100-meter relay on the AAU Junior Olympics, beautiful spectators along with her pace and dedication.

“I did not hear something once I was working,” Nyomi stated of the second. “I simply heard the wind.”

Along with her standout efficiency within the relay, Nyomi lately set a brand new lengthy bounce file in her division and leads the nation within the 4×100 meters — a outstanding feat for an athlete her age.

However observe and area is just half of her story. Nyomi can be a full-time gymnast, devoting as much as 20 hours every week to coaching. She desires of sooner or later doing what nobody has carried out earlier than — changing into an Olympic gold medalist in each sports activities. 

7-year-old gymnast and observe athlete Nyomi Darby with Olympic Gold Medalist, Simone Biles (submitted photograph) 

What they’re saying:

“I received working from gymnastics,” Nyomi defined. “It principally makes me really feel enthusiastic about studying a bunch of stuff and preparing for the entire occasions.”

Her coaches say she’s the uncommon athlete who can stability elite coaching in two extremely demanding sports activities.

“She’s very pure at each,” stated Marissa Mendoza, girls’s head coach at Reflex PGA the place Nyomi trains. “We do not anticipate her to cease both one proper now. She does nice, and she or he’s capable of separate each sports activities very effectively. We’re undoubtedly left speechless typically, and might’t take full credit score for it. We simply attempt to information her as greatest as we will.” 

Nyomi’s Olympic ambitions are not any shock to her household. Her mom, Jasmine Brooks, ran observe at Texas Southern College. Her aunt, Taliyah Brooks, is an Olympic heptathlete — and each of Nyomi’s grandparents had been athletes as effectively.

“I feel she will be able to do it,” Jasmine Brooks stated. “I have already got the plan in my head. She does one thing wonderful, and I am nonetheless shocked. I am like everybody else — I am a fan.”

Jasmine, who additionally owns her personal sports activities drugs enterprise, says Nyomi is home-schooled – which permits her extra time to work on her athletics.

Taliyah Brooks sees the identical potential in her niece.

“I feel all of us simply attempt to outdo those that got here earlier than us,” Brooks stated. “And now Nyomi is outdoing me! She works exhausting and she or he’s surrounded by that. She’s been to the Olympics to look at, and it offers her one thing tangible to chase after.”

Nyomi’s impressed by her aunt, in addition to Olympians Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles. 

With expertise, self-discipline, and a legacy of athletic excellence behind her, Nyomi Darby is already leaving her mark — and she or he’s solely simply getting began.