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OOh we! This week we get to hear some of out of the world commentary on who the guys think is the best underrated athlete and what they think is the best NCAA Championship meet to date...join us to see if you agree! You'll also get some quality words on how we can better our sport via different types of competition...what could they be talking about? Guess you'll have to tune in and find out!
What an interesting leader in the sport of track and field. Clyde joins us today and talks about his dual athlete and coaching roles in football and track. Luckily for track and field, he dropped football to focus on family and track. After taking over the head coaching role at his alma mater, he moved on to the head coaching role at Wabash College and hasn't looked back. We enjoyed getting to know Clyde and know you will too. ENJOY!
What an honor it is to talk to a real pioneer of women's track and field coaching. Sue Humphrey joins us to talk about the state of women's track and field starting back in the 1960s all the way through today. Sue has accomplished so much as a field events coach at Arizona State, LBSU, and Univ of Texas. She was honored in 2004 to be named the head coach of the women's Olympic team. We had so much fun learning her history and blessed to talk about the legacy she has set in this great sport.
Joe Frontier, the host of the 'throw BIG throw FAR' podcast interviewed Gill's National Sales Manager Mike Cunningham recently. We're rebroadcasting that here for you to learn more about Mike's coaching background, his surprising career between coaching and Gill, and what it's like to work at Gill Athletics. Listen now to learn what Mike thinks is the most interesting throwing secret Gill has!
Thanks to Joe for having one of Gill's own on his podcast!
We focus on the AAU summer club level of track and field today with our guest Robby Strickland. Robby founded and runs the Wildwood Prep Summer Track Club in Wildwood, Fla. He talks to us on the motivation to start a summer track club, the ups and down, and gives us an up to date status on the AAU Junior Olympics this summer. Little known secret, Robby and our host Mike Cunningham are both Troy (Ala.) University alums, in fact Mike coached Robby in college. Near the end they talk about their time together on the team and how that shaped Robby's future which includes public servant work as a member of Wildwood's City Commission.
A native Oregonian who became a Beaver at Oregon State, David joins us and share his journey as the head coach of Summit High School in Bend, Ore. As a 7' high jumper, David has coached Summit High school to nearly 20 state championship team titles. We talk about fundraising for high school teams, talent identification, and the value and gift a track and field coach is to the athletes and school. We're so thankful David sat down with us for this conversation, you're going to enjoy it!
This week we are joined by Vin Lanana, Director of XC/TF at Univ. of Virginia and President of USATF. With his great input on topics currently going on in our community we talk about the specific effects on minorities when cutting programs, specifically XC/TF. We address a couple other ideas with Coach Lanana's insight that will get you thinking! The guys go ahead and give their thoughts on who should be on the Mt Rushmore of distance coaches, do you agree?! Then we round out the night with top performances, for both genders, at the NCAA championships. Tune in and see if you saw them too!
So thankful Andy joined us on the podcast. His story is one of humility, hard work, and leaning in. Starting out his first day of practice in dead last, yet sticking to it on a daily basis he went on to become an all conference college athlete as well as a college track coach. You'll hear more indepth on his journey through the community college track/cc system then on to four year school. Andy coached for a number of years, several as the head coach of Framingham State University, before becoming a track official. We talk awhile about his experiences as an official and we even get into how coaches can improve officiating and how officials can help improve coaching. ENJOY!
Jud Logan joins Brandon and Rob in episode 10 of the Virtual Throws Conference. We had Jud as a guest on episode #49 of the Gill Athletics Connections podcast. This episode from the VTC is a perfect add on interview where they talk about a wide variety of topics. We think you'll enjoy this episode, especially if you couple it with our topic on Culture with Coach Logan back in episdode 49. ENJOY!
We promised you a surprise but due to some technical difficulties, we have to delay the reveal incorporated with the show. You'll hear reference to it and hopefully we get it up soon! Sorry to over promise and under deliver! What does Lamar have in that cup!?!? Listen in as we talk about the GOAT 100mH Queen, how to re-build track and field and lastly, hear the guys declare which state is the BEST HS state for track and field! Tune in to find out if you agree!?!?!
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