How Anthony Hamilton Jr. Wants to Save Clemson Track and Field's Men's Program
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🗓️ 24 November 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Earlier this month, Clemson’s athletic department announced the decision to cut the men’s track and field and cross country programs after the 2020-21 academic year. Athletic director Dan Radakovich said it came as a measure that will save $2 million per year and would help other Olympic sports on campus survive. The men’s track and field/cross-country team features 51 athletes and has produced 22 Olympians and 16 NCAA titles since it was first offered up in 1953.
One of the most outspoken athletes in the fight to save the team has been high jumper Anthony Hamilton Jr. He might have the biggest following with more than 81K Instagram followers and 112.9K TikTok followers thanks to his insanely cool basketball dunks that have been featured on ESPN, House of Highlights, World Star Hip Hop and other mainstream sports social channels. We spoke on Monday to discuss his reaction to the program getting cut, what conversations have taken place with members of the athletic department and more.
We posted a video of his on the CITIUS MAG Instagram page a few days ago about how he started off playing basketball at the University of LaVerne, caught the attention of the track coach there, got involved with the sport and then jumped on an opportunity (see what I did there) to attend Clemson. It’s a cool story but one that gets lost if the men’s track and field program doesn’t exist and that’s what might happen.
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| 0:37.2 | that sub-stack.com you can also find the link in the show notes so sign up today. My guest for today's podcast episode is Anthony |
| 0:48.0 | Hamilton Jr he's a high jumper at Clemson University he's also a dunking sensation with more than 80,000 |
| 0:55.6 | Instagram followers and more than 100,000 Tik-Tock followers. We posted one of |
| 1:00.0 | his videos to the Sidious Mag Instagram page a few days ago about how he started off playing |
| 1:04.4 | basketball at Division 3 University of Levern and then caught the attention of the track and |
| 1:09.6 | field coach there and got involved with the sport and then jumped on an opportunity to 10 Clemson. |
| 1:17.0 | It's a cool story but it's one that gets lost if the men's track and field program doesn't exist and that's what might happen. |
| 1:23.4 | Earlier this month, Clemson's athletic department announced plans to cut the team after the |
| 1:27.6 | 2021 outdoor season. |
| 1:29.8 | Now it's full steam ahead for all the athletes and alums they're rallying to save the |
| 1:34.5 | program. Anthony has been one of the vocal leaders in that effort he sat down |
| 1:39.5 | with the athletic director and the assistant athletic director to discuss things with them and while he's got some |
| 1:45.1 | eligibility left and he could possibly transfer before January he said he's not backing down |
| 1:49.8 | from this fight so I hope you take inspiration from him and consider signing the |
| 1:54.0 | petition which more than 30,000 people have. I've included the link in the show |
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