Unlock the world of track and field coaches with The Gill Connections Podcast. Former high school and college track coach Mike Cunningham brings you closer to the heart of the sport, exploring the unique journeys of coaches worldwide. Engage with inspiring stories, uncover strategies that define success, and dive into the experiences that shape the track and field world. Subscribe for a fresh, insightful episode every Monday morning, connecting you with the authentic stories behind the coach ...
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BONUS: Wisconsin State Meet featuring Mark Hoffman from South Milwaukee HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Wisconsin qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: In lieu of a meet of champions after the official state meet, Wisconsin hosts a Freshman State Invitational where any freshman can run in a high caliber competition!
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BONUS: West Virginia State Meet featuring James Dalton from Morgantown HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of West Virginia qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: West Virginia does NOT have boys/girls Triple Jump event however they do officially run the Shuttle Hurdle Relay at their state meet!
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#261: Tabarie Henry-New Mexico Junior College
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🎧 Tune into a heartening episode of the Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections podcast, where host Mike Cunningham, National Business Development Manager for Gill Athletics, welcomes Tabarie Henry, Assistant Track Coach at New Mexico Junior College. As we round off a swift-moving season, dive into a conversation that spans the trials and triump…
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BONUS: Washington DC State Meet featuring Tia Clemmons from Jackson Reed HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Washington DC qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Washington DC does not contest the pole vault event for boys or girls!
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BONUS: Washington State Meet featuring Eric Hisaw from Walla Walla HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Washington qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Washington runs the 4x200m relay event at the state meet for the girls only; no boys 4x200m!
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BONUS: Virginia State Meet featuring Jeff Fanale from Centreville HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Virginia qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Virginia uses a three round qualification for their state meet series (District->Regional->State) and scores the top 6 places for District and Regional but scores top 8 places at the state meet!…
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BONUS: Vermont State Meet featuring Dennis Akey from South Burlington HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Vermont qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: After the state meet, Vermont coaches host a Decathlon state meet with nearly 100 athletes for boys and girls. Both boys and girls do the DECATHLON!
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BONUS: Utah State Meet featuring Scott Stucki from Hillcrest HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Utah qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: While Utah athletes do get the opportunity to compete in the Javelin event at the state meet, they do not get the opportunity to compete in the Triple Jump!
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BONUS: Texas State Meet featuring Stu Kantor from TTFCA
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Today we take a look at how the state of Texas qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Texas HS Coaches in all major athletic associations award DOUBLE points for the relays!
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#260: Steve Rainbolt-Wichita State University
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Join Mike Cunningham on this inspiring episode of the Gill Athletics Connections podcast as he chats with the legendary track coach Steve Rainbolt, Head Coach of the Wichita State University Shockers. In this rich conversation, Coach Rainbolt shares riveting tales from his storied career, detailing the unexpected path that led him from dreaming of …
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BONUS: Tennessee State Meet featuring Drew Matthews from Franklin Road Academy
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Today we take a look at how the state of Tennessee qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Tennessee has three divisions each for public schools and private school separately. Three public school team's will earn a state championship title and three private schools will earn a state championship title!…
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BONUS: South Dakota State Meet featuring Casey Shade from Sioux Falls Roosevelt HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of South Dakota qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: South Dakota awards the top athlete in each event among their three classes a special 'Gold Medal of all Classes' award in lieu of a Meet of Champions!
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BONUS: South Carolina State Meet featuring Oshay Davenport from Spartanburg HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of South Carolina qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: South Carolina athletes compete in the 400m hurdles and the javelin!
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BONUS: Rhode Island State Meet featuring James Lourenco from La Salle Academy
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Today we take a look at how the state of Rhode Island qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Rhode Island crowns a Freshman state championship team, a JV state championship team and one Varsity state championship team each year. Oh and they contest the Hammer Throw as an official state meet event!…
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BONUS: Pennsylvania State Meet featuring Doug Petrick from Upper Sinclair HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Pennsylvania qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Pennsylvania conducts the Javelin event for their boys and girls state championship series!
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BONUS: Oregon State Meet featuring Greg Rohr & Scott Jones from Sam Barlow HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Oregon qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Oregon wheelchair athletes have the opportunity to compete in the 100m, 400m, 1500m and Shot Put events and their results count towards state team titles!
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#259: Mike Turgeon-Minnesota State University
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🎙️ Dive deep into the world of collegiate track and field with this exciting episode of the Gil Athletics Track and Field Connections Podcast! Join us as we host Mike Turgeon, the dynamic head coach of the Minnesota State Mavericks 🐂. From his formative years influenced by his mother's wisdom—"My mom taught me to be curious"—to his strategic prowes…
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BONUS: Oklahoma State Meet featuring Luke Orvis from Edmond Memorial HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Oklahoma qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Oklahoma awards DOUBLE points for their four relay events; 4x100, 4x200 (recently added in the past few years), 4x400, and 4x800.
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BONUS: Ohio State Meet featuring Anjanette Whitman from Beaumont School
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Today we take a look at how the state of Ohio qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: While Ohio athletes do not have the opportunity to compete in the triple jump, coaches do get together after the state meet to host an 'unofficial' state Hammer Throw event!
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BONUS: North Dakota State Meet featuring Jeff Bakke from Red River HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of North Dakota qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: North Dakota athletes have the opportunity to throw the javelin as part of their state series!
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BONUS: North Carolina State Meet featuring Andy Sparks from Marvin Ridge HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of North Carolina qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: North Carolina runs in four relays at their state meet; 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, and 4x800.
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BONUS: New York State Meet featuring Justin Craddock from Williamsville North HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of New York qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: New York not only competes in the 400m hurdles, but also in the girls' 2k steeplechase and 3k boys' steeplech
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BONUS: New Mexico State Meet featuring Steven Montoya from Los Alamos HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of New Mexico qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: New Mexico runs five relays at their state meet; 4x100m, 4x400m, 4x800m, the 'wild west' 4x200m (athletes cut in after the first exchange), and the Sprint Medley Relay (200, 200, 400, 800)!…
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#258: Paul Brueske-University of South Alabama
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🎙️ **Gill Connections Podcast: Ep. 258 - Finding Balance with Paul Brueske** In this revealing episode of Gill Connections, host Mike Cunningham engages with Paul Brueske, the esteemed head coach of the University of South Alabama's track team. 🏃♂️🌟 Discover Paul's candid reflections on the intense demands of collegiate coaching, his transition fr…
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BONUS: New Jersey State Meet featuring Tim Cook from Ocean City HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of New Jersey qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Public schools and Parochial schools compete in separate state meets, but join together in the season ending Meet of Champions track meet!
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BONUS: New Hampshire State Meet featuring Catrina Lougee from Nashua South HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of New Hampshire qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: New Hampshire claims to have the country's oldest heptathlon and decathlon meet for HS athletes. Held after the New England Championships, the meet has boasted over 100+ combined event athletes!…
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BONUS: Nevada State Meet featuring Roy Sessions from Centennial HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Nevada qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Because of the geography of Nevada, the state meet alternates from the northern part of the state (Reno) to the southern part of the state (Las Vegas) for four out of five classes. The 4A state meet stays exclusively in the sou…
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BONUS: Nebraska State Meet featuring Kent McCrimmon from Concordia HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Nebraska qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Nebraska is experimenting with a mixed 4x200m event. They are allowed to contest the event during the regular season, but it's not an official state meet event...yet.
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BONUS: Montana State Meet featuring Blaine Pederson from Bozeman HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Montana qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: One 2-day track meets (such as the state meet) athletes are allowed to participate in 5 individual events and 2 relay events!
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BONUS: Missouri State Meet featuring Kyle Morse from William Chrisman HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Missouri qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Missouri is one of about 25 states that sanctions the javelin as an official state event!
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#257: Nick Stenuf-University of Alabama
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🎙️ **Gill Connections Podcast: Ep. 257 - Dream Position with Nick Stenuf** In this illuminating episode of Gill Connections, host Mike Cunningham, National Business Development Manager for Gill Athletics, dives into the life and aspirations of Nick Stenuf, the assistant track coach and women's distance coach at the University of Alabama. 🏃♀️👟 Join…
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BONUS: Mississippi State Meet featuring Ashley Bonds from Macomb HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Mississippi qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: The state of Mississippi is in talks to add the Javelin event to the official state meet schedule soon!
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BONUS: Minnesota State Meet featuring Meghan Orgeman from Alexandria Area HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Minnesota qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Minnesota does a 'True Team State Championship' along with their traditional state championship series.
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BONUS: Michigan State Meet featuring Jeremy Annen from Coopersville Public HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Michigan qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: The state of Michigan does NOT contest the triple jump for boys and girls!
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BONUS: Massachusetts State Meet featuring Tanner Williams from Longmeadow HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Massachusetts qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Athletes in Massachusetts have the opportunity to compete in the javelin, 400m IH, AND the pentathlon at their state championship meet!
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BONUS: Maryland State Meet featuring Patrick Malone from Crofton HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Maryland qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Maryland has a long tradition of having wheelchair events contested at their state meet!
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BONUS: Maine State Meet featuring George Mendros from Thornton Academy
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Today we take a look at how the state of Maine qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Maine has the 1600m Racewalk as an official event for the outdoor state meet! They even do the javelin!
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#256: Steve Dolan-University of Pennsylvania/Penn Relays
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Empowering Success: The Steve Dolan Philosophy 🏃♂️💡 In this enlightening episode of our podcast, host Mike Cunningham, National Business Development Manager for Gill Athletics, sits down with the multifaceted Steve Dolan, Director of Track and Field for the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Penn Relays. Dive deep into the world of tra…
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BONUS: Louisiana State Meet featuring Brad Womack from Patrick Taylor Academy
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Today we take a look at how the state of Louisiana qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: While Louisiana has a long tradition of having the javelin as an official event, it's only been a few years the 4x800m relay has been an official event.
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BONUS: Kentucky State Meet featuring Jimi Burress from Bethlehem HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Kentucky qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: While Kentucky Middle School athletes have the opportunity to throw the Turbojav, High School athletes DO NOT have the opportunity to throw the javelin!
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BONUS: Kansas State Meet featuring Aaron Ballew from Blue Valley Southwest HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Kansas qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Kansas is one of the nearly 25 states that throws the javelin as part of their state series.
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BONUS: Iowa State Meet featuring Sara Schwendinger from Des Moines Roosevelt HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Iowa qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Iowa has separate governing bodies for boy's sports and girl's sports; Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union. This means a few subtle differences including the boy's running the 1600m…
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BONUS: Indiana State Meet featuring Chris Kramer from Pike Central HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Indiana qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Indiana competes as one single class for track and field. At the state meet there is only one boy's state champion team and only one girl's state champion team. PS: Indiana HS athletes do NOT have the ability to compete in the…
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BONUS: Illinois State Meet featuring Jarrin Williams from Rock Island HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Illinois qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Illinois scores the top 9 athletes in each event!
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#255: Bruce Jackson-Academy of Art
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Join us on the latest episode of the Gill Athletics Connections podcast as host Mike Cunningham, National Business Development Manager at Gill Athletics, dives into an engaging conversation with Bruce Jackson, the assistant coach for Academy of Art. With a unique blend of passion for the sport and a keen insight into the challenges and triumphs of …
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BONUS: Idaho State Meet featuring Bryan Stith from Capital HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Idaho qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: The largest class in Idaho (5A) runs the 4x800 but the 1A through 4A run the Sprint Medley Relay. To make it more fun the girls run the SMR 100, 100, 200, 400 yet the boys run the SMR 200, 200, 400, 800!…
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BONUS: Hawaii State Meet featuring Mike Harvey from Maryknoll HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Hawaii qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Hawaii runs the 1500m and the 3000m races in lieu of the more traditional 1600/3200 and has added the 4x800m relay race for the first time this year!
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BONUS: Georgia State Meet featuring Jonathan Gambrell from Marietta HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Georgia qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: This is the last year GA will operate under an 8 class system, as they move to a 7 class system in the 2024-2025 academic year.
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BONUS: Florida State Meet featuring Gary Dixon (42 years as coach, now retired)
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Today we take a look at how the state of Florida qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: Florida is one of the few states that has moved the 300m hurdles to the 400m hurdles. Can you name the other states? Hit me up on Twitter @MikeCunningham with your guesses.
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BONUS: Delaware State Meet featuring Mike Tucci from Caesar Rodney HS
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Today we take a look at how the state of Delaware qualifies athletes to their outdoor state track and field meet. *Fun Fact: While there are qualifying standards for all individual events, any team with any time can enter into the relay events!
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