January Update of All Things Good

It's 2014 now and cross country is behind us.  Some areas such as New York have already begun their indoor season, but here in Louisiana it will begin later in this month.  Unfortunately LSU cancelled their home opener scheduled for next weekend leaving us one less meet to qualify our athletes, but wacky weather and holiday travelling has thrown off training as it is, and I'm sure teams across the country are in a similar boat.  The first meet of the season will be at McNeese State University on January 18th.

Once again, the USTFCCCA Academy/Conference was top notch.  Great speakers, good knowledge passed around, and a great setting at the Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando.  If you are a coach and want to increase your knowledge, I highly recommend going to these conferences, or your local coaching conference for your state.  It can really give you some new ideas for training that can help you out.  I'm interested in seeing how the master certification course will be composed.

I want to send a congratulations to John Curtis long/triple/high jumper Malachi Dupre for playing in the Under Armor All-American Bowl.  Malachi is a testament to what you can do with continual hard work and working hard when everyone else has shut it down for the day.  Malachi was a part of an amazing 4 state championship teams his Soph. year at Curtis and has won several individual state championships on the track.  Kenny Young, who has also been a track athlete for John Curtis, competed in the Army All-American Game.  Further congrats to the Tulane football team, who is sporting several John Curtis track and field alumni, for playing and nearly winning the New Orleans Bowl.

Lastly I want to give a shout-out to Fernando Paz, John Curtis graduate and senior at Mississippi College who is finishing his degree and his final track season.  Good luck with your goals this spring and looking forward to having you back helping the program next year!