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We got it together this week folks! Episode up in time and in an organized fashion...like we been doing this for 51 weeks or something ;) Well, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!? This week Sir Lucious, Lamar, and Clyde all start at the same point of "what were they thinking" but end up in some different spots with different paths! First, Sir Lucious takes his seat back into the "host chair" and poses the question...what events are you looking forward to watching at Outdoors and who will win it? WHAT ARE WE THINKING, DOING THIS SO EARLY!? Big League then politely escorts Sir Lucious to his thrown and takes you to the second question, what is it that led the way for the incredible marks we saw during indoors? Will we see that continue moving forward during outdoors? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO THIS?! Lastly, the winner of the new catch phrase, the NCAA's clear inequitable actions, amenities, COVID protocols, etc during the respective basketball tournaments taking place in Indianapolis and San Antonio. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!? Were we no going to see that!? Watch as Sir Lucious' chair becomes a target in Rapid Fire...it is always amusing to hear the answers from the Godfather of Track, as Lamar refers him as. Closing out the night with our Heart Beat Props and a special message from Sir Lucious and echoed by Clyde...make sure your listening ears are on y'all! See ya in two clicks!
Today we bring you part one of a two part series with pole vault Olympian Jeff Hartwig. In this episode we learn his journey to becoming a 14' vaulter in high school and a nearly 18' vaulter in college. Jeff's goes on to qualify for two Olympic teams but not without some pitfalls along the way, namely no-heighting at two other Olympic Trials. With Jeff's experience today, we learn the ups and downs of being a pole vaulter.
Jeff will join us again in the near future to discuss what he's up to now that he's a retired vaulter. Part two we'll explore his current roles as a coach, an agent, the Gill Pacer Brand Ambassador, and more.
So due to technical difficulties you're getting just the raw version of our recording...no hype beats :( I know, but we will live! Starting off the night hot, we talk about what the highlights were for each of us from last week's NCAA D1 Indoor championships. There was A LOT! After those highlights, Lucious, Lamar, and Clyde update their "LLC Bowerman" picks, elevating them from the watchlist to candidates. Do you still agree??? Then in true March fashion, we all give our FINAL FOUR predictions and our overall NCAA Men's basketball champion. What squads do you all having going deep into the tourney? We wrap up the night with Clyde in Rapid Fire and giving out our continuous shout out/love to those who are deserving of it. Thank you for your patience today! Enjoy episode 50, see you in a moment!
Honored to have the coaching staff from Virginia Wesleyan sit down with us. We welcome HC Jesse Weiner, sprints/hurdles coach Cameia Alexander, and jumps coach Dr. Richmond Letterio to the podcast. We learn their journey to coming to VWU and what's got them excited for the season. Then we focus on a unique form of fundraising they accomplished this winter for track equipment. Jesse walks us through the need they identified, the unique steps they took to raise money, and how successful it was. To bring maximum value to today's podcast, on top of Jesse and the team giving us their game plan we've also wrote a LinkedIn article about this. The aim is to help others with their fundraising efforts.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creative-fundraising-vwu-way-mike-cunningham
As promised, Big League turns over the reigns to Sir Lucious and we give our NCAA Indoor Championship predictions. Sir Lucious gave the group certain events that we are going to give predictions to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. In true competitive fashion we will tally the point total in then end to see who "wins"! As this releases, some events will have already concluded so pick your winner: Big League, Clyde, or Lamar! Lamar is in the seat for Rapid Fire tonight and there is NO WAY we would go a week without giving recognition to those who deserve it! Best wishes, safety, and health to those competing this weekend!
After being tricked into becoming a decathlete at the University of California-Berkeley, Chris Huffins went on to earn two Olympic Team spots and culminated his athletic career with a bronze medal in 2000. Today Chris joins us to talk about his athletic journey and how that morphed into a coaching career spanning stops at Georgia Tech, Eastern Michigan, Wake Forest, Oklahoma, Purdue and more. We get to talk indepth about the creation of the hit YouTube show Athletics LLC as well as his current career as a baseball agent.
We are HERE! Checked in for another fun episode of Athletics LLC with Sir Lucious, Lamar, and Clyde to stir the pot about some current topics sometimes related to the world of track and field and sometimes not. We would be out of our minds if we didn't have some key points to highlight in #trackisback. Fast times, far marks and teams showing up to do some serious work in conference weekend. The NCAA also took to some action this week, with announcement of their stance on the ratifications of marks and times that qualify to be world, national or junior records. Listen in and see who you might agree or disagree with here. On the flip side, more opportunities have been announced for post-collegiates and pros to compete in this unique time that we are in. Listen in on who and what entities are stepping up to support TRACK AND FIELD! Lastly, per view request, the guys share who would be on their gender specific Mt Rushmore. Specifically a runner, jumper, thrower, and wild card. Who's mountain side are you going to co-sign??? Sir Lucious wraps us up with Rapid Fire this week and we close out the night with some heart beat props. As always, thanks for joining us and we will see y'all in a few!
"Don't try and reinvent the wheel," Norbert Elliott head coach Purdue University
Today we highlight the amazing journey in the coaching profession of Norbert Elliott. Norbert takes us from the playgrounds of the Bahamas to his undergraduate career at the University of Texas-El Paso. Its there at UTEP during his Graduate Assistantship that he discovered his calling; teaching young people how to improve in track & field. After a full-time position at UTEP, he moved for the next 10 years to become an assistant coach at the University of Georgia. We learn of his career as he continues on to Murray State, University of Tennessee, Campbell University, and now at Purdue University.
Norbert gives us his unique experience on the humbleness of doing 'whatever it takes' to take care of his family, head coaching experience (that he wasn't ready for), and his great friendship with current University of Kentucky head coach Rolando Greene.
Extra tidbits we learn how to play cricket and what CARIFTA stands for! ENJOY!
When you want things to get better, when you want progress you have to get your material together to achieve the great result. This week in "track is back" we see this happening with the various results put up by the amazing athletes all around the world. Especially the new WR in the men's 60mH be set to 7.29! Congrats to athlete and coach! Is Van Niekerk putting it together correctly by making this Olympic year? Has the ATL group put it all together to now transition to outdoors? And then the last question, who is the next person to get it together to break a new WR? Any event, any person. Clyde sits thru another round of Rapid Fire and we finish the night by giving our heart beat props...see y'all in a little bit!
Today we talk with highly accomplished long jumper Andreas Trajkovski from Denmark. We learn of his journey to Iowa Western CC and the University of Arkansas along with the coaches who mentored him along the way. His longest coach was his father and Andreas tells us about the special bond between him and dad.
Then we discover Andreas passion for the jumps, and athletics overall, as he is the creator of the Jumpers World social media accounts. Specializing in showcasing videos of jumpers of all levels, Jumpers World has caught fire and become extremely popular on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and more. We learn why he started Jumpers World, some of the challenges and a lot of the triumphs.
Give Jumpers world a follow:
Instagram: @jumpers.world
Instagram: @trackcenter
Facebook: Facebook.com/Jumpers-World-101374948593164
Twitter: @jumpersworldtv
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