DEALERS. >> TURNING TO THE OLYMPICS AND THE INCREDIBLE TALENT HERE AT HOME, FORMER TRACK AND FIELD STAR IN SIX-TIME ALL-AMERICAN RESIDENT SEAN ROWE SCORED HIS TICKET TO TOKYO. YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE HOW IT HAPPENED. WE HAVE THE STORY. >> Reporter: SEAN ROWE SAW AN EMAIL IN HIS INBOX LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. >> 11:00 P.M. LAST NIGHT. >> Reporter: AT FIRST HE THOUGHT -- HE ALMOST DID NOT OPEN IT BUT SOMETHING TOLD HIM HE SHOULD READ IT AND HE IS GLAD HE DID BECAUSE IT IS OFFICIAL INVITATION. >> I STARTED SCREAMING. >> Reporter: HE WAS A SUPERSTAR IN COLLEGE RUNNING TRACK AND FIELD. HE WAS A THREE-TIME NCAA DIVISION TEAM CHAMPION AND SIX- TIME ALL-AMERICAN. >> HOW WOULD YOU SAY YOUR EXPERIENCE TRAINING THERE AND BEING A PART OF THE PROGRAM, HOW DOES IT HELP YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY? >> WORK FOR WHAT YOU WANT, NEVER GIVE UP, AND GOOD WORK THROUGH ANYTHING. >> HE GOT HIS DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND HE IS ALSO WRITTEN A BOOK. >> I AM AN AUTHOR OF THE BOOK CALLED -- >> HE WANTS TO PASS ALONG SOME OF HIS WISDOM TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION. >> -- HOW BIG YOUR DREAM IS. >> Reporter: IS PLANNING TO LEAVE FOR TOKYO ON JULY 21st. WRAL NEWS, RALEIGH. >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY. WE WISH YOU THE BEST AS YOU GET READY TO HEAD TO TOKYO AND TAKE ON SOME OF YOUR FORMER ATHLETES