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2022 USTFCCCA LIVE podcast: Mike Rosolino-Embry Riddle · The Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections Podcast

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  Hey podcast listeners, we're super excited about December
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  11th at 5:30 Mountain Time Denver Time when we're going to
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  go live once again on YouTube to record a live Gil Connections
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  podcast. To celebrate, we're giving you
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  bonus clips every day until then of last year's 2022 guests that
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  came onto the live Gill Connections podcast.
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  Check it out. Look in the show notes below and
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  you'll see the URL. Check us out December 11th, 5:30
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  PM Denver time. All right.
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  Hey, let's have you introduce yourself.
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  Sorry. Let's go after a couple of
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  these. It gets a little Where am I at?
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  Where am I talking to? I can imagine that.
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  Very well. Well, introduce yourself here
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  all. Right.
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  Hi Cross Lena. I'm the head track and cross
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  country coach at Embry Riddle University in Daytona.
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  Beach, Florida. OK, I was going to say cuz
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  there's two embry riddles, right?
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  That is sure you know you're the Florida one.
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  I'm the Florida one is is Florida the real one?
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  Yes. You know, Florida is a we're a
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  bigger campus. So there's two of us.
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  There's one in Arizona, one in Florida.
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  Are are they connected like sisters?
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  Yes. OK.
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  OK. We actually.
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  Have a third campus, which is our worldwide campus is more of
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  our online presence as well so. Well, then the Arizona ones,
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  NAIA. Yeah.
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  OK. And then we're NCAA Division
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  Two, right? About three times the size, so.
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  Yeah, got it. So tell me, how many years have
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  you been coming to convention now?
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  Forever. OK, that's great answer.
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  It's probably at least 8 to 10. So as an expert in the
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  convention, what is when you were looking at this week and
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  you know I know you guys you guys are smart.
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  You kind of playing out your week.
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  There's some not you know can't miss topics or events.
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  What was your one or two. Just like there's no way, no
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  matter what happens, I gotta make this.
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  I mean, number one, you gotta make the Mondo party.
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  There you go. Absolutely.
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  Yeah. That's number one.
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  Whatever said. Powerman #2 Yeah, you gotta go
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  to the party. You know, for me, I'm on like 3
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  committees, so 90% of my time here I think spent in meetings
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  and the not fun part, trying to get to a couple of symposiums
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  just to kind of hear some things.
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  But but is the the meetings for those, you know the executive
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  committee meetings and things like that.
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  You said the not fun part but what side is so then why do it?
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  Let me ask it that way. It's not fun kind of self admit
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  there. Why then why do it?
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  But it's it's. Maybe not necessarily the fun
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  part, but it's the most important part.
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  You know, it's it's making a difference in our sport trying
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  to grow our sport trying to make it better.
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  You know, what are the things that we can do to fine tune
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  things to make it better for our student athletes to have a great
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  student athlete experience, you know, but also to try to make it
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  the most competitive environment we can and and also be able to
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  market it. Like how are we going to market
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  it to make track and feel bigger and better and things like what
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  you're doing like having podcast out there, so?
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  You know people around the world hear about us, know about it,
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  know what we're doing and know that you know we're producing
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  quality product at all levels and and how do we let people
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  know how good of an experience we're having and and what what
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  difference making we can in this.
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  Well, I appreciate you doing it because I know it's not always
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  the fun part, but it is shaping our sport.
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  It is important and don't get paid extra.
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  It's more hours. I do appreciate that.
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  And while that might not be the most fun thing in the world,
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  this is right here. So I've got 100.
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  Random questions number one through 100.
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  You get to pick the number. You know, my favorite number is
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  2, so that's what I always go with.
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  But my boy Chris Reed told me I should pick 38.
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  I don't. I don't know.
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  Oh, wait, let's do 38. We'll do both.
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  No, no, we're gonna do both. Let's do #2 is your favorite
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  number. Let's start there.
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  Let's go #2. So #288 mph.
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  You invented time travel. What?
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  What are the rules? What's your time travel rules?
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  Invented time trial. Gotta have rules.
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  Yeah, what's your rules? You know Doc Brown, he had
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  rules. Marvel Universe has their own
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  rules. What's your What's your number
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  one rule if you're going to be a time traveler?
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  Just come screw it up. You know what I love?
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  Simple rules, simple. Rules, you know, I'm kind of
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  that way with my team. You know, we don't have a lot of
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  team rules. It's, you know, there's
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  expectations. And there's things you know.
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  Hey, enjoy yourself. Go learn something.
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  Yeah. But don't mess with time.
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  That's that's a good. When you come back, leave it the
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  same way you found. It's a good culture of like, we
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  don't have a lot of rules, you know, be respectful, be on top,
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  things like that. I love it.
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  All right 38 Man, it's Cha Cha time.
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  What's your favorite music artist and song?
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  My favorite music artist and song.
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  So right now most of the music I listen to is all Christian
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  music. So right now, my favorite
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  artists are we the Kingdom. And.
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  Don't tread on me. Which is, yeah, you have to look
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  out. It's pretty cool.
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  It's a, you know, just about, you know, don't let the devil
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  get to you. And you gotta.
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  So I'm a. Huge and and it's also kind of
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  like Rocky Christian. So it's not.
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  It's something I can listen to while I'm running and and be
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  excited about, but. Now I'm a huge Christian hip hop
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  fan. That's 90% of the music I listen
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  to is Lecrae and NF&NXT bike and guys like that.
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  That's my it's my genre. If you've seen my Twitter post
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  when I workout, when I posted those lyrics are all from CHH
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  music. So, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Yeah. I was wondering where some of
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  those quotes came. Yeah, all of them come from all
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  those. Guys, some of them are off the
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  wall. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  It. Had to figure it out.
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  It's when I'm listening to it. When a line or two catches me,
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  I'll go over to my notes section and write it down for a future
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  future post. Yeah, when my things are coming
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  to show me. Let's get our selfie in here.
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  Alright. Alright man.
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  Appreciate you so much. Yeah.
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  Thank you. Mike, rooting for you this year,
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  man. It's going to be a good year.
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  I just wish. We're excited for it.
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  It's going to be going to be excellent.
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  Awesome love. It, Mike.
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  Appreciate being here today. World Records Shortest Gill
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  Athletics Connections Podcast ever.
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  Check us out December 11th. 530 Denver Co Rocky Mountain Central
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  Time. Check us out on YouTube in the
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  link below in the show notes.