Olympic gold medalist and 7x World Champion, Brittney Reese, joins JT on this week's podcast and talks all things long jump, coaching high school athletes and how she navigated being one the most decorated Olympic athletes ever. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

Perhaps the most overlooked part of an athletes training is sleep and Dr. Shane Creado is an expert in the field. How much do you need, the best way to maximize it and how many hours after you wake up are you at your best...all covered in this week's 'cast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

Coach Abdon Campbell joins JT and talks about life growing up in Jamaica and how track and field is an everyday experience. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

Improving stride length and stride frequency at the same time is the best way to improve speed and coach Karim Wahab is a master at it. How does he coach it? With wickets. Lots and lots of wickets. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

What's the real science behind carb loading? What's the reason you cramp? How to eat for competition? Wendi Irlbeck is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified sports nutritionist who works with student-athletes around the world to better optimize their training and performance. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p…

Coach Brian Kula, CEO of Kula Sports Performance, works with athletes of all levels from youth and club aged athletes, to professional track and NFL athletes. Brian and his team has recently introduced a digital training platform for athletes, parents and coaches to follow his training program. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif…

Dr. Joel Brenner is a leading expert on youth sports including everything from overuse inquires, over training, lack of sleep, athlete burnout and the "professionalization" of youth sports. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

Coaching at a community college has its challenges. So does setting a world record running 2:17.59 at an indoor marathon. CJ Albertson has overcome both. Now coaching at Clovis Community College, CJ shares his training philosophy and methods for getting in the best shape of his life and what prompted him to run 50 miles on a treadmill. --- Send in …

Ragin' Cajuns head coach, Tommy Badon, is one of the most sought after T&F presenters in the world specializing in sprint events and this week, takes time out of his busy schedule to talk training 'special endurance' athletes, training in the general phase, and shares some of his favorite workouts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.sp…

What does the 2019 USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year, the 2020, 2022 and 2023 Big Ten Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year do to motivate her team, recruit top athletes year after year and connect with her athletes? This week's 'cast has it all with Michigan State's Lisa Breznau. --- Send in a voice message: https:/…

LSU's jumps coach, Todd Lane, joins J.T. on this week's podcast and shares his coaching philosophy including how much sprinting his jumpers do weekly, what high school coaches could do better to prepare athletes for college and what role he plays in the lives of his athletes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontr…

What's it like living in Eugene and coaching at T&F's ultimate stadium? Former USA Olympian and 3x USTFCCCA Coach of the Year, Brian Blutreich, joins JT on this week's cast and talks about the ups and downs of living in the PNW. How he trains his athletes from the beginners to the world champions and the differences between coaching during the trai…

Coach Soles, head coach at Herriman (UT), has built championship caliber teams for more than a decade now. His coaching philosophy has lead to multiple state championships as well as at the National level. Doug sits with J.T. and talks all things XC and the current state of high school athletics. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spot…

What does the CEO of T&F and XC's largest association do exactly? How about a lot of everything. Sam Seemes heads the USTFCCCA daily and focuses on taking the sport to bigger and better places. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

Gold medal winner, Noah Lyles, joins us for the 4th time and doesn't hold back. Noah talks 4x100 chemistry, trusting his coaches, his ideal 'fighting' weight and what his focus is now. (his left foot?) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

Silver and Bronze medal World Champion, Trevor Bassitt returns to the 'cast and talks all things hurdles, off-season training, changing coaches and getting paid as a professional athlete. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

A sprints specialist coach, Hakan Anderson has coached Swedish sprinters for over 40 years and has a unique take on how he uses overspeed and resistant training. When he uses it in his seasonal plan, the specific loads he puts under the athlete and why he prefers pulling sleds versus assisted sprinting. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaste…

J.T. and Steve take a look back at a few of the best moments of the On Track & Field podcast and what the future looks like. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

Now in his 4th year as Duke's Director of T&F and XC, Coach Wilbourn has a long track record of developing athletes and getting them to focus on academics while competing at a high level athletically. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

A master at managing the recruiting process, Coach Sullivan knows exactly what he wants from his recruits as well as what he expects from his coaching staff and shares his insights with JT on this week's 'cast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

Now in his 17th year as the head coach of the Rams, Brian Bedard knows all about building championship teams, culture and putting together a quality coaching staff. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

Culture, recruiting, managing expectations, putting together his relay teams, and what it takes to lead one of the top D1 schools in the nation, coach Edrick Floreal does it all and shares his insights on this week's podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

Episode 95 is all about hamstrings but were afraid to ask. How often can your athletes sprint, how to rehab a hamstring injury, what's the #1 cause of hamstring injuries? Dr. Brendan Thompson, author of The Holistic Hamstring Handbook, shares his wealth of hamstring knowledge with us and has answers to all these questions and more. --- Send in a vo…

UC Irvine head coach, Jeff Perkins, talks all things recruiting for a college primarily known for academics and what kind of student-athlete he's looking for. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

Will there be another 1500m world record set? Will the US sweep the 110m Hurdles at Worlds? Are Crouser and Mondo locks for gold? Is the women's 5k THE race to watch? Can the US relay teams get the stick around the track? Travis Miller answers all these questions and MORE! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrack…

Want to know what shoe you or your athletes should be in and why? We brought in a shoe specialist to help you figure it out. Russ Stevens is the Product Manager with Topo Athletic and knows all there is to know about running shoes. Topo Athletic brings over 35 years of experience in the making of a high-end running shoe. --- Send in a voice message…

A master at recruiting and building team chemistry, Petros Kyprianou, Director Track and field and Cross Country, joins J.T. and shares his insights on getting recruited, training and how just how important the weight room is to a track athlete. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

Now going in to his 13th season as the women's sprints / hurdles and horizontal jumps coach at Harvard, Kebba Tolbert shares his wealth of knowledge and insight on what it takes to be a top T&F athlete at one of the finest universities in the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

University of Minnesota's Strength & Conditioning Coach, Cal Dietz, joins this week's podcast and talks all things speed, movements and patterns that he uses while training some of the world's top collegiate athletes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

How do you develop an already talented college athlete? What are the 'little things' that make a BIG difference? Coach Karim talks about these and all things Georgia Bulldogs T&F. Tell us what you think, leave a comment ⁠⁠HERE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

USA T&F sprinter, Terrance Laird, joins us on our last episode in our Live from Las Vegas series. Tell us what you think, leave a comment ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

Middle distance runner and American 800m record holder, Donavan Brazier, joins us live from Las Vegas! Tell us what you think, leave a comment ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

LSU alum, Aleia Hobbs, joins J.T. from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and talks all things training, sleeping, diet and what she does to get ready for meet day. Tell us what you think, leave a comment ⁠HERE⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message

What's it like to be the future of USA mid-distance running? Morgan Beadlescomb and Hobbs Kessler are just that and join us from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to talk all things USA T&F and being professional Adidas athletes. Tell us what you think, leave a comment HERE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandf…

On Track & Field podcast alum, Trey Cunningham, joins us from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and gets candid about his training, what part of his race is his strongest and where he sees himself in 10 years. Tell us what you think, leave a comment HERE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

On Track & Field podcast alum, Noah Lyles, joins J.T. live from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and updates us on his training and his YouTube series and how he readies himself for race day. Tell us what you think of Noah on our blog HERE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

It's not everyday someone tells you they want to open a RV park, but middle distance ninja, Craig Engels, does just that as he joins us LIVE from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Craig talks about his career path and how he decided to go pro and how he became one of the premiere 800m runners the USA has ever had. Tell us what you think of Craig HERE. -…

Middle distance specialist, Raevyn Rogers, joins J.T. at Caesars Palace in Vegas for this week's podcast and talks about the respect she has for the 800m, the importance of speed training, her time as a Duck, and being a multi-sport athletes growing up. Tell us what you think of Raevyn HERE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.c…

American sprinter, Gabby Thomas, joins us at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and talks about her career from being a high school sprinter to being the face of USA's Olympic team. Gabby walks J.T. through her perfect 200m race and how her training has evolved over the years. Tell us what you think of Gabby HERE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podc…

USA Olympian, Rai Benjamin, joins us on this week's podcast as we kick off our exclusive "Live from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas" series. Rai sits with J.T. and talks about all things T&F including training during the pandemic, his days at USC, representing the USA at the Olympics and how training with fellow Olympians helped him break the 400m hurd…

TrackingFootball.com, founded by Mark Branstad, is the only scouting service available that gives access to verified data on key athletic performance statistics, like track and field data. Tell us what you think HERE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

What can coaches do to help athletes better their mindset, deal with the everyday struggle of training and competing, and living in today's stressful world? Shannon Thompson has been involved with NAU since 2016 and has helped transform their XC and T&F programs. She and J.T. talk about a few of the 'tools' and mechanisms she uses everyday to facil…

Shin splints!!! What are they? How do you get rid of them? What exercises should you incorporate to help prevent them? Are Crocs, Ugg's or Vans an athlete's friend or foe? This week's guest, Dr. Jordan Hart, is an expert on the subject and has answers to all these questions and more. This episode is a MUST share with coaches, athletes and parents..…

3-time World Champion, Noah Lyles and J.T., pickup where they left off last week talking Noah's 4x100m relay 'dream' team (if Noah got to pick), the current state of T&F and who, if anyone, inspires Noah on the track. Tell us what you think about Noah ⁠HERE⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/messa…

One of the top athletes in our sport today, Noah Lyles, joins J.T. this week ( and next!! ) and talks all-things USATF including the future of T&F and how he's helping athlete's focus on their mental health and what's it like to hang out in the Olympic village, his current training regimen and philosophy. Tell us what you think about Noah HERE. ---…

Kyle Bolton helped TCU's football program finish #2 in the AP College polls by focusing on their speed and strength. Helping athletes get faster while improving their strength and preventing injuries is the focus on this week's 'cast and Kyle is an expert. Tell us what you think of Kyle HERE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.…

Former USA sprinter and current women's Olympic relay coach, Mechelle Freeman, joins J.T. on this week's podcast. Mechelle talks all-things relays and breaks down the 4 legs, talks 'stick speed,' who should run where and just how important is running the 4x400m relay. Tell us what you think of Mechelle HERE. --- Send in a voice message: https://pod…

Texas Tech's Keith Herston sits with J.T. and talks T&F in Texas, the X's and O's of the weight room, drilling and how being able to coach on the fly empowers his athletes. Tell us what you think of Keith HERE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ontrackandfield/message…

MaryBeth Sant-Price joins J.T. for this week's On Track & Field podcast and talks about how her training from the age of 10 years old has set her up to be one of USA's top sprinters and how she's had to get creative with her practices. Also, what it's like to train mostly alone and how she's dealt with inquires along the way. Tell us what you think…

What does it take to win a heptathlon bronze medal at the World Championships and gold at the Outdoor T&F Championships? Anna Hall knows and has done both and this week sits with J.T. and talks all things T&F. Anna shares how she navigated her school career and personal life with professional life. Keeping a healthy balance between her training sch…