The Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections Podcast

We focus on the AAU summer club level of track and field today with our guest Robby Strickland. Robby founded and runs the Wildwood Prep Summer Track Club in Wildwood, Fla. He talks to us on the moti…

A native Oregonian who became a Beaver at Oregon State, David joins us and share his journey as the head coach of Summit High School in Bend, Ore. As a 7' high jumper, David has coached Summit High s…

This week we are joined by Vin Lanana, Director of XC/TF at Univ. of Virginia and President of USATF.  With his great input on topics currently going on in our community we talk about the specific ef…

So thankful Andy joined us on the podcast. His story is one of humility, hard work, and leaning in. Starting out his first day of practice in dead last, yet sticking to it on a daily basis he went on…

Jud Logan joins Brandon and Rob in episode 10 of the Virtual Throws Conference. We had Jud as a guest on episode #49 of the Gill Athletics Connections podcast. This episode from the VTC is a perfect …

We promised you a surprise but due to some technical difficulties, we have to delay the reveal incorporated with the show.  You'll hear reference to it and hopefully we get it up soon!  Sorry to over…

Associate Head Coach Kebba Tolbert joins us in today's episode. We pick up where we left off in episode 5. If you haven't listened to that one lately, go listen now then come back here. We pick up Ke…

The life of a high school track coach is much different than one of a college track coach. And then sometimes their are a lot of similarities. Today we learn of Ryan's journey from athlete to teacher…

Happy Fourth of July, we've got your fireworks today! Help me welcome Michael Bergmann to the podcast. Michael has had many roles in track and field including a 30 year career at Nike. Today we focus…

In this episode of Athletics LLC, we welcome Christian Taylor!  The HUMBLE Olympic triple jumper joins the guys for some conversation about Tokyo 2021, the imbalance that exists in the horizontal jum…

Rodney's journey is just beginning and you'll find out in today's episode how much he's accomplished in such a short amount of time. We had a blast getting to know his journey as an athlete, the pass…

When the idea the University of Connecticut may drop men's track and field, alumni Andrew Dubs (current throws coach at Virginia Tech) sprang into action with many other alums to do everything in the…

Robert could be considered Mr. Junior College Track Coach.  Having academically attending a junior college, starting his coaching profession at a junior college, and now as a long time assistant turn…

Imagine being in charge of an entire college program at the age of 27. Imagine if that program was your alma mater and you're taken over for your college coach who's been there for 20+ years. That's …

Join us this week to hear some conversation regarding what is going on in the world of the NCAA and the world we live in.  The guys also dabbled a little in Olympics 2021 talk!  Listen in to hear who…

Welcome back to the podcast Marissa Chew the organizer/administrator for the Facebook group Coaches Collab. We spend time with Marissa in episode 20 discussing the group and wanted to have her back t…

Diego's journey will inspire you to let nothing get in your way of success. Growing up in Columbia with a father of immense success in track and field as an athlete and coach, Diego continued his aca…

David Sweeney gives us a unique perspective into the history of track and field for the country of Ireland. He then talks about the advantages and disadvantages of the NCAA T&F system from the Irish …

Ritchie is a unicorn. Meaning, he's one of a few coaches who's been at his institution for over 20 years! Today we learn how he found his path towards coaching track and field, the role music played …