The Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections Podcast

After a successful college career at Texas A&M, LaKeidra continued to search for her professional calling. With educational thoughts such as being a lawyer, or a astronomist, she gave her dream of a professional track career a shot. Still not finding the right fit, she turned towards her alma mater (Mansfield HS) and began working on her Master's. Here she found her path.

Transitioning from a special education teacher and boy's track coach at Duncanville HS to the head girl's coach at McKinney HS, Coach Stewart's journey is one of passion, persaverance, servant leadership and more. Hear her story in her words as she recounts mentorship from greats like Vince Anderson, Mike Hart, Sammy Dabbs and others. 

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Tis the time of year when mischief is managed and chaos is controlled!  It's NCAA Championship season accompanied by the priming of the professional season.  Some times and marks are indicators and some are just numbers on a line.  Which of the two do the tiles think are interesting? Which of the marks do the tiles think are irrelevant???  Tune in to see Would you rather with Sir Lucious and which of the scenarios does he say NOx2 for...  Safe travels to those heading to Eugene and to everyone else, enjoy the time and activities in front of you!

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Absolute blast of a guest today on the Connections podcast, as we welcome the wise the wonderful Dave Cusano of Colby College. We sit down to discuss his journey as a professional football player, to coaching at his alma mater (Univ of Maine), and eventual head coaching stops at Wheaton College and now Colby College. 

Stay tuned towards the end as we get into a fairly in-depth conversation centered around D3 recruiting, how tough it is to make the D3 national meet as well as the recent D3 records in the 100m and 200m dash.  ENJOY!

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Well, it's that time!  First round of Championships for D1, National Championships for D2, D3, NAIA...Best wishes to all the programs out there competing!  Just keep swimming!  Track is back starts the conversation off and even though this week was a short turn around for the tiles, there is still much to deliberate about!  Who knew?!  Then the conversation wraps up with the rock throwing statements of a football coach who lives in a glass house.  Stay tuned for another round of Would you Rather and all the feels in HeartBeat Props.

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Coach Greene sits down with us this week to talk about his coaching journey that started as an undergrad at Murray State University. A veteran coach saw something in him that he couldn't see for himself. Ever since Stan Narewski spoke to his heart, Lonnie has gone on to coach at a very high level at Southwest Missouri State, Univ of Minnesota, Univ of Arkansas, Purdue University and now Univ of Kentucky.

We get into great discussions around faith, relationships, mentorship, and more. His positivity is infectious and you'll gain massive amounts of value from hearing him share his journey on today's episode.

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** Sorry for the delay, these hotel WIFI's don't like to upload**  CHILLEEE!  SEC, BIG12, B1G, PAC12, and so on...it was FIRE! This past weekend was going crazy!  Just wait...No need to say more because y'all need to tune in for all the content.  Round 2 of Would you rather and HEARTBEAT PROPS.  Let's GO!

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We sit down with Coach Kedge today to discuss the uniqunesses of New Mexico high school track, coaching a world class decathlete (Curtis Beach) and what it's like to coach for 25 years at the same high school. Going through college as a coach's office rat, as opposed to a gym rat, Adam learned from legendary Del Hessel the ins and outs of coaching the sport. He took those lessons immediately into a high school coaching position and hasn't looked back. By the time this publishes, he will have put Albuquerque Academy's 20 years streak of winning a team trophy on the line at this year's state meet. 

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Well, we tried last week and couldn't get it together.  So we got our ish together this week and put together an ALL-STAR panel that is RIDICULOUSLY knowledgeable and talented. Unreal is the only word that I can think of that comes close to the experience of our panel this week.  Track is back, relay talk, goals vs wins, and Twitter strikes again.    Stick around for an experiment with RAPID FIRE...and starting a new tradition, both VA and DA stick around for HEARTBEAT PROPS!  Happy watching/listening y'all!

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Every coach has a unique journey and today's guest is no different. Adam currently serves as the Director of Track and Field for Brewton-Parker College, where he does no coaching instead guiding and supporting his coaching staff. We sit down with Adam to discuss his unique background in coaching that started with football and grew with football until one day a school's cross country coach quit and Adam stepped in and said, "Let me coach it." Hear the rest of the story focused on recruiting as well as the surprising parts of building a new track facility from scratch.

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Well, a new conversation in on the table.  With new conversation, comes a new voice.  Coach Anderson (TCU) lends his thoughts/voice to some of the relay shenanigans of past and present. Who are you voting for in regards to the poll that has been presented???  Buckle up y'all...this episode will have you in a state of foolery with the tiles!

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