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Colin Spencer won the Nike Sparq Combine in Houston this past spring, scoring first in the nation out of 12,000 high school athletes. A combine is a set of athletic tests that football recruiters use to evaluate prospects. Combine challenges include a 40-yard dash, vertical jump and bench press. Spencer, who will be a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School in the fall, trained three times a week at Performance Course in Allen to prepare for the Nike combine in March. Spencer plays cornerback for the Woodrow Wildcats, and he’s been playing football since sixthgrade. He also runs track, and he says his goal is to win an athletic scholarship to a Division 1 school. Here are Spencer’s combine scores: 40-yard dash, 4.42 minutes; shuttle, 3.87 minutes; power ball toss, 39.5 feet; vertical jump, 41.7 inches. —Rachel Stone