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The Potts Brothers are joined with Tiarra Williams (Real Talk) to have a conversation with the New CEO of NSAF, Josh Rowe, and the Joy Kamani who is the COO of NSAF. This recording was after the 2022 NIKE Outdoor Nationals where NSAF put together the first ever Long Jump & Javelin Showcase where they had athletes going head-to-head like a NCAA Tournament. In this podcast they also talk about the future of the sport for high schoolers, NSAF's mission, how they can make the sport a big deal, and much more. 

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TIME STAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:10 Introducing Josh Rowe, CEO of NSAF

1:54 Joy Kamani, COO of NSAF

2:21 What is the mission of NSAF

4:09 “It’s all about the kids” - Putting those words into action

5:16 Prefect Story to summarize NSAF

8:01 Tee’s opportunity to work with NSAF

8:50 What does the future of high school track

10:39 #NextStopOregon Segment

11:27 The NEW competitions at Nike Outdoor Nationals, Long Jump & Triple Jump Showcase

14:24 Why we lose athletes in High School Track & Field

15:00 The love/passion for the sport shown in NSAF

17:33 What’s the next level of track & field

19:07 The international opportunities for HSers with NSAF

20:40 Making Track & Field a BIG DEAL

22:02 Giving the Medical Team its flowers

23:19 Who should be on the next podcast

24:35 We are INSPIRED

26:46 Where to follow NSAF

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Your favorite 2 Black Runners Aaron & Joshua Potts are joined with a member of the recently formed USA 10,000m World Championships Team, Sean McGorty. Sean is the 10th fastest 10,000m American of all-time in the event in his first year doing it and made the U.S. team at the 2022 Prefontaine Classic in only his second 10,000m race of his life. In this episode the Potts brothers talk about watching the U.S. Championship Final with McGorty's parents in in the Bowerman Fan Section, his family's love for UNC Basketball, legendary 8:46 solo 3200m in high school, coming back from numerous injuries, and so much more.

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TIME STAMPS 

00:00 Episode Preview  

00:54 2BR Intro 

02:14 Sean McGorty 

Introduction 02:51 

Interview Starts 04:18 

We are BIG Bowerman fans 05:24 

Describing the Bowerman Fan Section in Hayward Field 

06:40 Was it weird having the 10,000m Champs away from USAs Championships? 

08:32 Looking back do you feel like you ran a good race at the Prefontaine Classic? 

10:30 Stressing out his Mom and Elise Cranny? 

11:16 Do you talk to Elise about strategies to run better races? 

12:26 Gaining a better appreciation for the 10k 

13:15 Have your parents always been invested in your running? 

13:53 Parents running in college 

14:20 Aaron's first time seeing Sean McGorty in 2013 

15:26 Were your parents big basketball fans at UNC? 

16:16 Any connection to University of Virginia? 

17:14 When did you start running? 

18:47 Starting his successful high school cross country season? 

19:38 Mom inspiration 20:56 How has it been getting that support from the Bowerman track club? 

24:09 His strong bond with Grant Fisher, Elise Cranny, and Vanessa Fraser as Stanford teammates to Bowerman teammates 

26:32 When did the goals of being a professional athlete start? 

29:23 Being part of the New Wave of Bowerman 

32:05 Coming back from an achilles last summer to make the world team. 

34:36 What's been the toughest thing about coming back? 

36:33 From going thru the injuries do you feel like you know your body better now? 

39:13 A lot of running is pain 40:06 #NextStopOregon Segment starts 

40:36 What does your chance to compete at the World Championships mean to you? 

41:38 Did you think it was going to be the 10k that would get you there? 

42:28 Are you gonna do the 5 at USA’s? 

43:27 Running 8:46 by yourself in high school 

46:25 Do you follow Stanford track & field right now? 

47:36 Spreading rumors about Leo and Lex Young 

49:11 Fav food spots in Oregon 

51:08 Who should we have next on the podcast? 

52:27 What mark do you want to leave on the sport of running? 

53:57 If you want to hear more about Sean 

55:28 Episode end

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Your favorite 2 Black Runners have been waiting for this interview with Isaiah Harris and it definitely didn't disappoint!! Harris joins the podcast ahead of his race at Portland Track Festival this weekend to discuss his return from the hamstring tear at the World Indoor Championships, how wide open the U.S. 800m team has become this year, who is going to win the NBA Finals, and much more.   

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TIMESTAMPS  

00:00 Intro  

03:00 Isaiah's mentality in the 800m  

04:55 Looking back on racing NCAA 800m GREATS in college 

08:08 Was running professionally always the plan since running 

1:45 as a freshman 

09:57 Transitioning to Brooks Beasts at end of 2021. 

11:55 Tearing hamstring at the World Indoor Championships. 

14:34 Recovering from hamstring  

17:43 The benefits of having a team around you during the injury 

20:15 Growing up in Maine. 

22:07 What drew you to track & field? 

23:21 Bribed to get back into track & field. 

24:12 Winning STATE and University of Maine Full Ride Offer. 

26:35 Do you feel like taking things one year at a time has helped your career? 

28:01 Why Penn State? 30:48 Isaiah Harris's secret to racing the 800m? 

34:29 Do you feel like having played basketball has helped your mindset when running a race? 

35:03 Were there any athletes/teams outside of track that you looked up to? 

36:22 Patriots fan? 36:46 Who is going to win the NBA Finals? 

38:25 #NextStopOregon 

43:29 How has your relationship with running changed? 

44:46 What storyline has you most intrigued right now? 

46:13 How’s the dog doing? 

47:22 Who would be a great guest for the podcast? 

48:34 Are you excited about the women's 800?

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Anderson Emerole and Elijah Agurs sat down with your favorite 2 Black Runners for an insightful conversation about their experience in Magic Boost covering the 2022 PRE Classic as African American content creators. Anderson has a podcast, youtube, and instagram where he highlights track & field black history and any current running news. While Elijah is a 19yr old photographer who just finished his first year of college but already has a clear direction of where he wants to take his art. In this episode hear about how they ended up falling in love with track and field, their experiences as Black storytellers at the PRE Classic, their admiration for the program Magic Boost, and much more.

*This is somewhat of a BOUNS episode so no full YouTube video to go along with it. ENJOY!! 

TIMESTAMPS 

0:00 - Intro  

1:45 - Meet Elijah Agurs

4:39 - Meet Anderson Emerole  

6:48 - What is Magic Boost 

9:10 - Do you feel like you belong at a Diamond League meet as a 19yr old creator 

11:54 - How Anderson got his start in T&F media 

13:41 - We need to acknowledge Black History in T&F more  

18:10 - Elijah's experience in XC living in Baltimore  

20:50 - The importance of representation in T&F  

22:19 - The key to hooking teenagers onto T&F  

24:33 - the problem with paywalls 

26:08 - Anderson's T&F love story 

28:26 - The differences as a Black Creator in T&F  

31:25 - Elijah's odd music taste 

32:56 - Elijah's portrait series at the PRE Classic 

34:36 - Anderson's work for Track and Field Black History and Podcast episode at PRE Classic  

36:48 - Thank you Magic Boost 

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For the second year in a row your favorite 2 Black Runners are joined by Matt Matt Parker ( @MJP TV ) and Tiara Williams (Host of Real Talk) at the Prefontaine Classic for a heart to heart podcast. This year the the four talk about Sha'Carri Richardson and Elaine Thompson-Herah's 100m showdown. Plus they go over what Trayvon Bromell's 100m win really means. Lastly they discuss what they've learned over the past year in T&F media.   

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Time Stamps: 

0:00 - Intro 

1:11 - Initial thoughts of 2022 PRE Classic 

1:58 - Did Sha'Carri redeem herself? 

3:47 - Is Sha'Carri the U.S. Favorite in the 100m? 

4:39 - Tee's conversation with Sha'Carri 

5:14 - Elaine Thompson-Herah is unstoppable 

6:30 - Next Stop Oregon Segment  

8:24 - Is Trayvon Bromell now the U.S. Favorite in the Men's 100m? 

13:54 - How has the past year been? 

16:21 - Prefontaine Classic is no longer our Super Bowl  

17:48 - Tee working for the PRE Classic 

18:48 - Feeling more comfortable 

19:29 - The Importance of conversations and making relationships with athletes  

23:12 - Is the sport in a better spot since the last PRE Classic

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Your favorite two Black runners are joined by Chris Chavez, founder of Citius Mag and former Sports Illustrated writer, to recap the Citius Mag x Trials of Miles: Track Night NYC. Plus the three preview Pre Classic happening this weekend, they react to Sha'Carri Richardson's return to the track, and much more.  

Thank you to World Athletics 22 for sponsoring this episode with their #NextStopOregon Segment!! Go get your tickets now for the first World Athletics Championships ever on U.S. soil at WorldChampsOregon22.com

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Time Stamps:  

00:00 Intro Clips 

00:54 Episode start 

02:04 Interview start 

03:33 Trials of Miles: Track Night NYC RECAP 

07:32 Trials of Miles Beer Mile & Celebrity Mile 

09:15 Chris Chavez calls out Matt James from The Bachelor to a race? 

10:06 How do you know all these random celebrities 

10:48 Starstruck and not starstruck 

12:15 Aaron's rivalry with Cade Flatt 

17:37 Aaron addresses his Instagram Beef with Cade  

18:38 Cade Flatt is Must Watch TV 

20:23 Juliette Whittaker's 1:59 deserves all the attention!! 

25:32 Where’s Sophia Gorrian gonna go to college? 

26:34 Can a HSer make the U.S. women's 800m team? 

28:16 #NextStopOregon segment 35:58 The opportunity for people to love track is there 

38:45 Shaderoom Chris is BACK!! 

39:15 Sha'Carri Richardson returns to the track 

39:40 Have you hit the panic button on Sha'Carri yet? 

41:50 Sha'Carri Richardson is track & field's Kanye West 

44:33 Justin Gatlin's take on Sha'Carri 

48:38 Pre-Classic Preview 

52:25 What’s more likely…breaking records 

54:41 Outro 

55:00 End of interview

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This week on the 2 Black Runners Podcast, Aaron & Joshua Potts are joined by Zouhair Talbi to hear his story from  a small NAIA school in Oklahoma to the Olympics in 2021. Talbi is a Moroccan distance runner who broke onto the U.S. distance scene last year at the Trials of Miles and Sound Running Meets where ihe earned a place on the Morocco Olympic team. His story didn't just start last year though, so your favorite 2 Black Runners talk to Talbi about how he got to this point and where he's going. 

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Your favorite 2 Black Runners, Aaron & Joshua Potts, are joined by Nev Schulman for a great conversation about his hit MTV show Catfish and his love for running. Nev Schulman has hosted Catfish for the past 10 years on MTV after his critically acclaimed documentary, Catfish, brought him into the spotlight in 2010. While doing the show, Nev has become an avid runner who does the NYC marathon every year and tries to fit runs into his busy schedule just like everyone else. 

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Your favorite 2 Black Runners are back for a lil update on what May is looking like for 2BR and with a special guest, Tiarra Williams. Tee is the host of her IG Live show, Real Talk, and has recently been a big part of hosting track meets like Nike Outdoor Nationals and Oregon Relays.

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Aaron and Joshua Potts are joined with the greatest American Women Triple Jumper of All-Time, Keturah Orji, to learn about her journey to the sport. Keturah's approach to excellence has made her a 2xOlympian, 7xU.S. Champion, 2018 Bowerman Award Winner, and the Triple Jump American Record Holder. The three also discuss hair routines, which stadium has the best clap for field events, and the immense talent in T&F coming out of New Jersey.   

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