Conqu'ring Heroes 112 - Tiffany Ofili Porter & Ron Warhurst

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Michigan, College, Sports, Ncaa, Jon Jansen, Wolverines, Football

4.8 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Last weekend was a special one for Michigan Athletics, as six new members officially joined the department's Hall of Honor. On this episode of Conqu'ring Heroes, we wrap up our Hall of Honor interview series with two of those individuals. Jon begins with track & field star Tiffany Ofili Porter, who won five national championships during her incredible U-M career before competing in three Olympic Games (1:30). Then, former Cross Country and Track & Field Head Coach Ron Warhurst reflects on an incredible career that included eight Big Ten team championships and 10 individual NCAA championships (13:00). He also discusses his incredible work as a United States Marine, including two Purple Hearts and a Navy Commendation Medal, and how he helped some Wolverine football players' conditioning (26:00).

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0:00.0	The Hall of Honor ceremony took place last Friday. It was a great evening and to continue our
0:04.9	series. We're going to honor our final two. The first one up today, Tiffany Porter of Michigan
0:11.5	Women's Track and Field, who was a five-time national champion, nine-time Big Ten champion.
0:17.1	She competed in three Olympic games. She's the first woman in U of M history to be a three-time Olympian.
0:24.8	And second today, Ron Warhurst, former cross-country and track of field head coach,
0:30.1	eight-time Big Ten team champion, coached 129 All-Americans and 12 total Olympians.
0:37.3	Also has some great stories from his time at the U.S. Marines
0:41.1	and helping Michigan football players get ready for the draft.
0:44.6	Up next on Conquering Heroes.
0:49.7	Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things, Michigan Athletics.
0:54.5	Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way.
0:59.8	This is Conquering Heroes.
1:01.9	Here's your host, John Jansen.
1:04.4	Now I'm joined by one of the newest members of Michigan Athletics Hall of Honor,
1:09.1	and that is Tiffany Ophelia Porter. Tiffany,
1:12.8	thanks for joining me, and everybody's got to, I got to ask the question. I know in 2019 you had a
1:17.9	baby girl, you just had a son. How are you and Jeff and the family doing? Well, first of all,
1:23.1	thanks for having me, John. I'm really excited to be here and very humbled by the honor of the Hall of
1:28.8	Honor as well. And we are good. We're adjusting to life. My son is four and a half months. So that
1:35.5	has certainly been an adjustment now to having a mom of two, to be a mom of two. And yeah, my daughter
1:41.7	is in pre-K. Jeff has a really cool gig and we're out here in Kansas
1:45.9	City just living the dream. It's great to hear. I know a lot of people obviously are very
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