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HeadSet Sports - Episode 19 - Interview with Amy Bilquist - CAL Berkley / Potential US Olympian - "The Place I Feel My Best ..."


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Amy Bilquist is one of the most exceptional interviews on the HeadSet Sports PodCast yet! She is a "Missel" in the pool and a "Rockstar" on land. She is ranked in the Top 10 ... in 4 Events ... ALL-TIME at Cal, as well as holding records school records in relay! Added to this she is 2-time Scholar-Athlete award winner (winning both the Neufeld and Warren Helman Scholar-Athlete Awards ...as well as the Kathie Wickstrand Leadership Award.

But not only does she provide an exceptional perspective as a student-athlete ... she also provides a "behind the scenes" understanding of some of the most captivating topics in sport! She discusses "Games-wo-man-ship", playing with a "Poker Face", "Faking it ... Till you Make it", battling back from injury (again and again), and Learning the Skill of "Sucking It Up!" ... These are true "Gems" of insight and perspective that young athletes can only dream of hearing and learning from a World-Class athlete like Amy. In sharing these tremendous insights, Amy shares her trials and tribulations as 3-time Olympic "Hopeful", having to "recalibrate" her Olympic preparations and plans, as well as "Finding her Happy Place".

In addition to sharing POWERFUL stories of her development as a young athlete, her interactions with a "pivotal" coach in her life - as a young and developing athlete, she also shares insights into her educational path ... These stories are not only powerful, but they are inspiring as well as somewhat funny (wait till you hear about one of the classes she had in college ... wow!).

Amy Bilquist is that athlete - that makes you proud to have on your team! She is also the person you "WANT" to cheer for!  ... 

Go Get it Amy!!! ...

https://calbears.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/amy-bilquist/13603

https://www.instagram.com/amybilquist/?hl=en

 

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HeadSet SportsBy Jason Galea PhD

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