MOBILE, Ala. – Anything is possible if you can believe it. A positive mindset can be the difference between success and failure. These are some of the core values that University of South Alabama men's track and field graduate transfer Rickssen Opont has embodied along his journey.
However, it was not always easy to see the world through an optimistic lens. Opont was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where growing up he was unable to live with his mother for most of the year. Although he did not see his mother but during the summers, she made countless sacrifices to ensure that Opont had every chance to succeed by sending him to live with a host family in order to afford him the opportunity to receive a better education.