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Alex Puskarich is the Assistant Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for the Cincinnati Reds

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Keir Wenham-Flatt is Coordinator of Football Performance, a role in which he oversees all aspects of the physical performance training of William & Mary’s football student-athletes.

His duties include weight room based strength and power development, speed, agility, conditioning, and close integration with the football staff to monitor training load, offer sport science insights and assist in the management of the training process. 

Wenham-Flatt comes to W&M after working within professional rugby for nearly a decade in five different countries including the UK, Australia, China, Japan and Argentina. Among his career highlights are a fourth-place finish at the 2015 Rugby World Cup with Los Pumas Argentina and a 2014 World Club Challenge win with Sydney Roosters Rugby League.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sport Science, and a master’s degree in Strength & Conditioning.

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This weeks guest is Don Day and a special guest his former soccer athlete at Georgia Southern Halle, we discuss the player coach relationship and how the weight room helped Halle. 

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Originally from Akron, Ohio, Don Day is the director of strength & conditioning for Olympic Sports for Georgia Southern Athletics, a role he assumed in May of 2019. He moved into this role after serving as the assistant director for the football team in the 2018-19 year. In his position, he oversees all aspects of strength & conditioning for 16 Eagle sports out of Iron Works.

Day came to Statesboro after serving as the interim director of strength & conditioning at the University of Buffalo.

Day has also contributed as a columnist for EliteFTS.com and also has had stops at Western Kentucky University, American University, Robert Morris University and The University of Akron.

At American, he worked with the track/cross country program and designed the speed/agility program for men’s/women’s soccer and field hockey. At Robert Morris, he worked with the softball and football program.

Day received his Master’s at the University of Akron in sports science and coaching while doing his graduate assistantship with the football strength staff. He received his bachelor’s degree in strength and conditioning at The University of Findlay while also playing football for the school.

He is certified through the CSCCA with the S.C.C.C (strength conditioning coaches certification) and USAW certification.

Day and his wife, Brianna, live in Statesboro.

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Carissa Bell is in her first year as an assistant director of strength and conditioning with the Camels after joining the staff in July 2019.

At Campbell, Bell oversees and is responsible for the strength and conditioning programs for the softball, men’s & women’s golf, men’s & women’s tennis and swimming. Bell also assists with the Campbell football team.

Before joining the Camels, Bell spent the last year serving as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Mississippi College where she worked with women’s volleyball, track & field, cross country, men’s golf, women’s tennis, and assisted with football.

Prior to her stint at Mississippi College, Bell was a graduate assistant at the University of West Florida (2016-18) where she completed her Master’s of Science in Physical Education degree while simultaneously working with the strength and conditioning program.

Bell has also spent time working as an intern with strength and conditioning programs at Montevallo and Samford. She also served as a volleyball coach with several clubs.

Bell, a former volleyball student-athlete, earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Montevallo in 2015, completing her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. Bell is an accomplished volleyball player earning the Peach Belt Conference Libero of the Year and second team all-conference honors as a student-athlete. She also set program records at Montevallo for the most digs in a single, four, and five set match and hold the record for most digs in a season.

Bell is certified in CPR/AED/First Aid while also holding CSCCa and CSCS strength and conditioning certifications.

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Brian Bosman is the Head S&C Coach at Ardrey Kell HS in Charlotte(NC) where he works with 25 teams across 13 sports and over 700 student-athletes per week. He spent the previous 5 years at Cummings HS In Burlington(NC) where he served in the same role. Coach Bosman is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA and an active member of both the NSCA and NHSSCA.

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Mark Watts is the former  Director of Education at Elitefts.com™ NSCA Ohio State Director, adjunct professor with the College of Professional and Applied Studies at Urbana University. He has a Masters Degree in Exercise Science & Health Promotion from California University of PA and a Masters Degree in Elementary Education from Clarion University of PA. Watts has been working with college athletes in over 20 different sports at the Division I, II & III levels for over 15 years as a strength & conditioning coach. Prior to EliteFTS, Watts coached athletes at Denison University, The United States Military Academy at West Point, Allegheny College and Clarion University. Watts has also completed strength & conditioning internships at The University of Tulsa and the Ohio State University. Watts started competing in powerlifting in 1997 and is an amateur strongman competitor in the Master's division. Watts is originally from Pittsburgh, PA and is a USMC veteran.

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Ryan Wood works as a strength and conditioning coach for SAPT (Strength & Performance Training, Inc.) in Fairfax, Virginia, where he trains clients ranging from 8 years old to their mid-70s. He also works as a teacher for Fairfax County Public Schools, where he teaches Personal Fitness, a strength and conditioning elective course for high school students as well as serves as the head S&C coach for the high school. Ryan has been coaching for over 10 years and has worked with every level of athlete. He holds a CSCS and a bachelor's degree from George Mason University in Health and Physical Education and is currently earning his Masters degree at West Virginia University in Sport Coaching

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