Dylan Rush
W hen Dylan Rush was born, his father, Greg. a coach and personal trainer, decided he wanted to do everything he could to enable his son to become a champion athlete. By the time he could walk Dylan was practicing balance and calisthenictype exercises, and by the age of three he could do 60 push-ups. Now a senior honor student at Konawaena High School in Hawaii, Dylan has become one of the most highly recruited athletes in the country. He is also the 2005 BFS Male High School Athlete of the Year. “Without question, Dylan is the most talented multi-sport athlete I have ever worked with,”
says Todd Brown, head football coach at Konawaena High School and someone who has worked with a lot of talented athletes in the past 18.vears. “Here in | Hawaii we see a lot of big men who are athletic, and in my opinion Dylan is still numero uno.”
Sy GregSays that he knew Dylan was going to be a big athlete, so he emphasized agility and balance exercises since the day he could wallerhe result of such training is that Dylan makes a tremendous wrestler because he’s so hard to knock off his feet = infact, his father: says Dylan has allowed only two takedowns in his entire high school career. Dylan was a two-time state champion wrestler and has been ranked nationally by Wrestling USA. He also carried those same skills to judo, reaching the all-state level.
Another combative Sport.he tried — just orice — was boxingeDylan’s grandfather is aformer professional heavyweight boxer ~ who made itto the Sout African Hall of Fame; and according to Greg, Dylan. “is the spitting image of him.” “Dylan has hig hands, and in the ring he’s scaty.", Several years ago Greg agreed to let his son take some boxing lessons. The result: “The first day he Went in the ting with the instructor, a former heavyweight boxer, Dylan hit him and broke two of his ribs wasthe €nd of the lesson,”
Training a Champion the Right Way Philosopher George Santayana said, “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to tepeat i.” Greg Rush took this a Sy WdeMtoheart when tie started training Dylan for a sports career. Greg had read about how ‘Todd Marinovich had followed a strict training regime from infancy, all the way up toradulthood, eventuallyearning 4 startihy quatterback’position in the NFLas 4 rookie. Then Masinovieh'’s life broke downyhe got into drugs, and just as quickly as he had made it to the pro ranks he was gone. “Thatsvas.a case of extremism = they took it too far in what they denied this kid)”
says'Greg: “I’ve nevenmade Dylan do anything he didn’twant to, andywe wanted him t0, have fun.” ish with the ‘To get Dylan started right, the Rushes laid a foundation of strength and runs 4.6 in the forty. conditioning for him with BFS and exposed him to numerous sports. Says Greg, “My wife and I are certified fitness trainers and are firm believers in But Dylan's success doesn’t stop with athletics. the program over the years.” When Dylan was old enough, they put him Dylanscarries a 3.7 GPA with a 1310 SAT. “He's not a big studier, but he is on the readiness program, and soon after he turned 11 he was able to graduate to the BES program.
Was younger. “At one point in school he was so far ahead that we homeschooled him for several years.” Dylan’s great grades and athleticism “Frankly, [ thought he would play baseball — he’s a tremendous power resulted in his being contacted by 41 colleges. Next year he plans to attend hitter and I thought thats where he would go. But he loves football; he UCLA, where he will majonin citematography. Says Greg, “Dylan spends loves competition and contact.” The only problem Was that the high summers working as a cameraman for a film company, and he even acted school Dylan was slated to attend, Ka’u High School, didn’t have a football in amovie last year. program.
Coach Brown commends Dylan as a fine role model for student-athletes. “He's a fantastic athlete, a greatstudent, and is extremely popular — he’s AS a result, Greg decided to enroll his son in Konawaena High School, which is 50 miles away. Yes, that's a 100-mile round trip, a daily trek the exact opposite of a prima donna. A lot of the credit should go to his parents because they have been working on this literally his whole life getting him to this level. at about eight at night. But the sacrifices were worth it, as Dylan tight end and defensive end.
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From BFS Magazine — September/October 2005. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
