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Let's use this as a way of centralizing discussion and results of this year. Hopefully Coach Hadsell will feel free to give his thoughts as well.

Good idea. Thanks for starting this. Here's a link to the story about Toledo's opener, which was December 6th. Dual at Western Michigan is next, on January 5th.

http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbm...=209334641

I am very excited to see how the track seasons go for the program. The cross country season was a bit rough. I think there are some very good positives to look forward to on the track.

coach nadolny is the best coach in college track. fact.

(12-24-2013 02:40 PM)crusher38 Wrote: [ -> ]coach nadolny is the best coach in college track. fact.

Coached me to a school record in the weight throw...so, Seconded...

(12-26-2013 12:25 PM)daveedav Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-24-2013 02:40 PM)crusher38 Wrote: [ -> ]coach nadolny is the best coach in college track. fact.

Coached me to a school record in the weight throw...so, Seconded...

I think Nadolny did a nice job. He coached men and women to school records. The throws were never a huge event for the men or women but he always seemed to have good athletes.

(12-26-2013 12:29 PM)utxctrack Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-26-2013 12:25 PM)daveedav Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-24-2013 02:40 PM)crusher38 Wrote: [ -> ]coach nadolny is the best coach in college track. fact.

Coached me to a school record in the weight throw...so, Seconded...

I think Nadolny did a nice job. He coached men and women to school records. The throws were never a huge event for the men or women but he always seemed to have good athletes.

yeah, for being functionally a part time coach when I was there, he taught me the hammer from scratch and we did ok at it, scored some mac points...good teacher, good man.

I agree with Aaron. Coach Chris did a great job and was able to also have the unique distinction of coaching his own daughter to the school record in the hammer throw as well. Not a lot of people have the chance to coach their own daughter in college.

btw Aaron: It also helped that you were as big and strong as a garage door. :)

(12-27-2013 08:55 AM)Coach_Hadsell Wrote: [ -> ]I agree with Aaron. Coach Chris did a great job and was able to also have the unique distinction of coaching his own daughter to the school record in the hammer throw as well. Not a lot of people have the chance to coach their own daughter in college.

btw Aaron: It also helped that you were as big and strong as a garage door. :)

Haha, thanks coach...garage door is a new one for me, usually I get the refridgerator with legs... You think watching me twinkle toes through the circle was interesting, you oughta see me haul this big frame up a tree on my climber during archery season...Ive been told its mind blowing, haha

Back on topic, Im excited for track season...it still stings that my last year was toledos last year of a full mens track program. I spent that season with a mangled back from lifting and it was sad when it was over. But I think that Hadsell, Nadolny, and Jin were quality coaches, and quality people...I learned alot about track, which I have never done until my senior year of HS, but more so about the world. I hate to see sports get dropped by universities mostly because I know without that team, my college experience, and ultimatly my life experience would be far less substantial.

Of course, in all things, I bleed Midnight and Gold...and apparently pink, and grey, and black now...GO ROCKETS

(12-26-2013 02:35 PM)daveedav Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-26-2013 12:29 PM)utxctrack Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-26-2013 12:25 PM)daveedav Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-24-2013 02:40 PM)crusher38 Wrote: [ -> ]coach nadolny is the best coach in college track. fact.

Coached me to a school record in the weight throw...so, Seconded...

I think Nadolny did a nice job. He coached men and women to school records. The throws were never a huge event for the men or women but he always seemed to have good athletes.

yeah, for being functionally a part time coach when I was there, he taught me the hammer from scratch and we did ok at it, scored some mac points...good teacher, good man.

i think they need to revamp who the "head coach" is. you have the throws coach, track coach etc etc then you have the "head coach" which is terrible because those events never ever see each other and the HC couldnt beging to teach me how to throw.


same as when i was in high school, the track coach couldnt hold a candle to coach nadolny. he was the only coach at my school that actually had hands on experience in the field portion.

(12-27-2013 04:46 PM)crusher38 Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-26-2013 02:35 PM)daveedav Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-26-2013 12:29 PM)utxctrack Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-26-2013 12:25 PM)daveedav Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-24-2013 02:40 PM)crusher38 Wrote: [ -> ]coach nadolny is the best coach in college track. fact.

Coached me to a school record in the weight throw...so, Seconded...

I think Nadolny did a nice job. He coached men and women to school records. The throws were never a huge event for the men or women but he always seemed to have good athletes.

yeah, for being functionally a part time coach when I was there, he taught me the hammer from scratch and we did ok at it, scored some mac points...good teacher, good man.

i think they need to revamp who the "head coach" is. you have the throws coach, track coach etc etc then you have the "head coach" which is terrible because those events never ever see each other and the HC couldnt beging to teach me how to throw.

No diff than football. Head coach organizes and relies on position coaches to teach. We had a distance guy for head coach and a part time assistant distance guy for field events. High jumpers coached each other. My junior year we had a grad assistant
who threw 62 in the shot and a volunteer who worked with the discus and hammer guys. Nobody beside the grad assistant and head coach understood the events with which they worked and the head guy really didn' t know sprinters or hurdlers.

(12-27-2013 06:45 PM)H2Oville Rocket Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-27-2013 04:46 PM)crusher38 Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-26-2013 02:35 PM)daveedav Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-26-2013 12:29 PM)utxctrack Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-26-2013 12:25 PM)daveedav Wrote: [ -> ]Coached me to a school record in the weight throw...so, Seconded...

I think Nadolny did a nice job. He coached men and women to school records. The throws were never a huge event for the men or women but he always seemed to have good athletes.

yeah, for being functionally a part time coach when I was there, he taught me the hammer from scratch and we did ok at it, scored some mac points...good teacher, good man.

i think they need to revamp who the "head coach" is. you have the throws coach, track coach etc etc then you have the "head coach" which is terrible because those events never ever see each other and the HC couldnt beging to teach me how to throw.

No diff than football. Head coach organizes and relies on position coaches to teach. We had a distance guy for head coach and a part time assistant distance guy for field events. High jumpers coached each other. My junior year we had a grad assistant
who threw 62 in the shot and a volunteer who worked with the discus and hammer guys. Nobody beside the grad assistant and head coach understood the events with which they worked and the head guy really didn' t know sprinters or hurdlers.

actually its alot different. my high school football coach wasnt a good coach at all, assistant coach got a HC job somewhere and won a state title shortly after.


so just because you're the "head coach" doesnt mean you know what you're doing.

much like a supervisor not knowing the required job he's watching over correcting people on

Rockets lost the dual meet to Western Michigan. Next up is a meet at BG on Saturday.

http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbm...=209360414

(01-06-2014 06:53 AM)cnyrocketfan Wrote: [ -> ]Rockets lost the dual meet to Western Michigan. Next up is a meet at BG on Saturday.

http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbm...=209360414

I hate metric. The race distances are OK but trying to mentally convert 1.67 meters height or 6.42 meter distance strains my brain.

OK, once I got the results to download I see they give distance in both metric and archaic.

Too early to judge. A lot of good distance kids didn't race. Sledge and Brown are a nice duo. Nice opener in weight by Neal. Nothing else remotely impressive though.

(01-06-2014 10:18 AM)utxctrack Wrote: [ -> ]Too early to judge. A lot of good distance kids didn't race. Sledge and Brown are a nice duo. Nice opener in weight by Neal. Nothing else remotely impressive though.

Don't know what we've been vaulting but 10.5 seems decent indoors for this early. But, yeah, no eye poppers apart from the 18-10 LJ by WMU.

(01-06-2014 09:05 AM)H2Oville Rocket Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-06-2014 06:53 AM)cnyrocketfan Wrote: [ -> ]Rockets lost the dual meet to Western Michigan. Next up is a meet at BG on Saturday.

http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbm...=209360414

I hate metric. The race distances are OK but trying to mentally convert 1.67 meters height or 6.42 meter distance strains my brain.

OK, once I got the results to download I see they give distance in both metric and archaic.

yet they measure shot and disc in feet. we cant win lol

(01-07-2014 11:09 PM)crusher38 Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-06-2014 09:05 AM)H2Oville Rocket Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-06-2014 06:53 AM)cnyrocketfan Wrote: [ -> ]Rockets lost the dual meet to Western Michigan. Next up is a meet at BG on Saturday.

http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbm...=209360414

I hate metric. The race distances are OK but trying to mentally convert 1.67 meters height or 6.42 meter distance strains my brain.

OK, once I got the results to download I see they give distance in both metric and archaic.

yet they measure shot and disc in feet. we cant win lol

Obviously that means jumpers are smarter than throwers.

Track and field squad finished 3rd (out of five schools) at the BG Opener. Rockets finished behind Western Michigan and Ball State and one point ahead of the fourth place Falcons. IPFW a distant fifth.

http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbm...=209369825

http://www.utrockets.com/downloads2/8451...M_ID=18000

The track and field team (which hasn't competed for about 3 weeks) is in action Friday night and Saturday.

http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbm...=209389114