Conqu'ring Heroes 26 - Jerry Clayton & James Henry
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
The Varsity Podcast Network
4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode, Jon catches up with the two Head Coaches of Michigan Track & Field, Jerry Clayton and James Henry. They discuss the unique challenges of the season (1:00), the dividing of responsibilities between them and among their staff members (6:00), their expectations for the individuals who qualified for this weekend's NCAA Outdoor Championships (8:00), and the environment they are expecting in Eugene, Ore., for the event (17:00).
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| 0:00.0 | Well, it's championship season for all of the spring sports. |
| 0:03.8 | And the final one that we're going to bring you is the NCAA championships and men's and women's track and field. |
| 0:09.9 | We're going to be joined by Jerry Clayton and James Henry, the head coaches for men's and women's track and field here at the University of Michigan. |
| 0:18.4 | Please stay tuned here on conquering heroes. |
| 0:24.1 | Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things Michigan Athletics. |
| 0:28.9 | Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way. |
| 0:34.2 | This is Conquering Heroes. |
| 0:36.2 | Here's your host, John Chanson. Well, thanks for joining us. |
| 0:40.3 | Today on Conquering Heroes, we have the two head coaches for the men's and women's track |
| 0:45.3 | and field program. That's Jerry Clayton and James Henry. Coach Clayton, Coach Henry, |
| 0:50.5 | thanks for joining us. And I know that you guys are heading out to Eugene, Oregon for the NCAAs. |
| 0:56.8 | And Coach Clayton, let's start with you. |
| 0:59.5 | What's this season been like in regards to your competitions, the testing, everything |
| 1:06.0 | that's going into making this season possible? |
| 1:09.0 | I think it's been a very successful season considering the adversity and challenges that |
| 1:16.5 | the student athletes had to deal with. |
| 1:20.3 | We had a very good indoor season at the conference meet where our women finished second. |
| 1:25.7 | Our men didn't do quite as well, but then the men came back and finished 18th at the indoor national meet. |
| 1:31.3 | So that was a pretty good indoor season, especially considering that we had a two-week pause in the middle of that. |
| 1:38.3 | So I felt the athletes really stayed focused and trained hard. |
| 1:42.3 | Then we moved to the outdoor season, |
| 1:44.3 | which was a little bit challenging with it being conference only. But once again, our student |
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