Conqu'ring Heroes 20 - Bev Plocki & Ronni Bernstein
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
The Varsity Podcast Network
4.8 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
We are recapping a couple of championship performances on this week's edition of Conqu'ring Heroes. We begin with Women's Gymnastics' national championship, as Head Coach Bev Plocki discusses her reaction to the clinching moment (1:15), some of the incredible performances throughout the weekend (7:30), and the role that those who came before this group had on this team's championship run (13:30). Then, Jon catches up with Women's Tennis Head Coach Ronni Bernstein about the culture she and her staff have built (17:30), the journey to this season's Big Ten championship (21:30), and the team's preparations for the postseason (26:00).
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| 0:00.0 | This is the championship edition of conquering heroes. |
| 0:03.9 | I have two, count them two championship head coaches waiting in the wings, the first |
| 0:09.8 | to join us, Bev Plotky of women's gymnastics. |
| 0:13.1 | They just returned from Fort Worth, Texas, where the team scored a program best, |
| 0:17.9 | 198.25 points in their national championship win, scoring the third |
| 0:24.1 | highest point total in national championship meet history. We'll get a chance to talk to her |
| 0:29.9 | and following her. Ronnie Bernstein, the women's tennis head coach, just won their 10th Big Ten championship in program history. |
| 0:40.2 | Ninth for Coach Bernstein. |
| 0:42.6 | Both of them will be here in just a few minutes on Conquering Heroes. |
| 0:49.8 | Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things Michigan Athletics. |
| 0:54.8 | Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way. |
| 1:00.0 | This is Conquering Heroes. |
| 1:02.1 | Here's your host, John Chanson. |
| 1:04.6 | Well, we talked a couple of weeks ago to Bev Plachy, the coach of the women's gymnastics, |
| 1:10.4 | about the preparation |
| 1:11.4 | they were going through in preparing for the NCAA national championships. |
| 1:18.2 | And now I am joined by that same coach, Bev Pallaki, and she is a national champion, |
| 1:25.9 | along with her entire team. Coach, thank you so much for joining us. |
| 1:31.1 | How does it feel? Oh, my goodness, John. It's amazing. I have so many different feelings |
| 1:37.9 | swirling around inside of me, but I am so proud of this team and these young women. I'm humbled by all of the |
| 1:48.6 | incredible support and messages and emails and things I've been getting and just savoring the |
| 1:57.4 | moment. What was, if you can remember, because I know over time, things, events, |
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