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DELSEA'S JOSH AWOTUNDE OFF TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER PLACING 3RD IN SHOT PUT AT U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wp.me/p5uW7L-8xH

The real MVPs of meet day 👟✨ Take a look behind the scenes with the Lancer Timing team!

What's it like to hear a crowd chanting "USA!" as you're about to begin your Olympic event? @MonmouthHawks grad Bryan Sosoo on his experience in Cortina and which U.S. athletes were especially supportive of the bobsledders: app.com/story/sports/o… via @asburyparkpress

The Elliott Denman NJ International Track and Field Meet will be on Saturday July 11 on the beautiful @monmouthu campus. Prize money. Events for all ages. And…a GREAT opportunity to compete in the NJ/NY area prior to the @usatf and @USAMastersTrack Championships later in July.

What do you see with Effective Team Leaders? 1. Lead by example. 2. Poise under pressure. 3. Serve their teammates. 4. Vocal leader when needed. 5. One of the most committed. 6. Can challenge their teammates. 7. Address issues when they occur. 8. Connects all teammates together.

Mental toughness often makes the difference between winning and losing. If you’re serious about reaching your goals, you need to train your mental game every day.

If you use exercise as punishment, you are just teaching your athletes to hate exercise. It's lazy. It shifts the athlete to avoidance motivation. And research shows such a style actually leads to worse discipline. So let's just stop.

You can either be scared of competition, or you can embrace it. The best athletes embrace competition because they know it brings out the best in them.

Kid showed up 10 minutes late to practice last Thursday. Freshman. Third week on the team. Still learning how everything works. I didn't say anything. Just moved the practice forward without him. He jogged up, quiet, and slid into the back of the group. Everyone kept moving. During the cool-down, I saw two of our leaders pull him aside by the fence. Couldn't hear what they said. Didn't need to. Just watched them talk — calm, serious, no raised voices. The kid nodding. Listening. Thursday afternoon, 4:47 PM, my phone buzzes: "Won't happen again, Coach. My bad." I never tell new coaches this is what's possible because they don't believe me. They think you have to enforce everything. Make the call on every situation. Be the one who holds the line. But when your architecture is clear — when everyone understands what the goal demands — the team regulates itself. Those leaders weren't doing me a favor. They were protecting something they built. I don't police alignment. The standard does.

Marcus Freeman shares why you don't need a title to be a leader. Marcus Freeman said, "It's such a privilege to be a captain, but you don't have to be a captain to be a leader." YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A CAPTAIN TO BE A LEADER. "I often tell our guys that are right there, they're like, 'Hey man, I should've been a captain.' They're a little bit disappointed. I said, 'I want you to know I wasn't a captain.'" "I was in a leadership position." There's a difference between a title and influence. Leadership is about action. It's about your behavior, not your title. People follow actions, not intentions. You don't need a "C" on your chest to hold people accountable, set the standard, and lift your teammates up. (🎥 It's All About The Team)

Congratulations to our former special guest speaker at camp, Patrick Castagno, as his @TatnallSchool team from 2012 will go on to the Penn Relays Wall of Fame this year for their record-setting distance medley relay. #castagno #tatnall #pennrelays

Yesterday, I was asked at an event I was speaking at how I defined a ‘high performing individual’: My answer: “Someone who just keeps showing up no matter how they feel, and still gives their best.” In other words: Discipline & Consistency

The best teams and organizations have one thing that stands out above the rest: High Collaboration. High Collaboration is not only about working together, but working for each other. It’s about making those around you better, and contributing to the greater vision.

Seniors: Regardless of your role on the team, it is your TEAM! You have a real responsibility to improve it any way you can. Understand that your body language & your words are seen & heard by your teammates. Those things can build & strengthen your TEAM or they can tear it down!

Being positive is always an option. Being calm is always an option. Being confident is always an option. Being hopeful is always an option. Being unoffended is always an option. Better thoughts are always available. You just have to choose them. Live intentionally.

The people who "don't have time" and the people who "always find time" have the same amount of time.

PLAYERS: If you want to stand out or gain an advantage, do the work that others refuse to do. Fill a need on your team. Find ways to be valuable. Excel at the little things. Come early. Stay later. Do a little bit extra.

One key differentiator for elite performers? They don’t see it as a sacrifice. Going to bed early, skipping the party, putting in hours of practice... That’s not giving something up. It’s living in alignment with what they care about most.

When you doubt and criticize yourself in games, it's like you're competing against two opponents instead of just one. Don’t make it harder than it has to be. Support and believe in yourself to improve your performance.

How many people know that the World Cross Country Championships are in Tallahassee, FL one week from today? It’s the first time they’re being held on U.S. soil in 30 years and there’s been zero promotion of the greatest test of distance running acumen in the world.