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THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

The Call Room Rising Stars: Maddie Gardiner & Reese Dalton On The Power Of Friendship | Qualifying For Nationals Together As Teammates

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8686 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today on The Call Room, Rising Stars are Foot Locker Qualifiers and Teammates Maddie Gardiner & Reese Dalton. 


Maddie holds PRs of 4:58 (1600), 10:24 (3200), 16:53 (XC). She is a 2xVISAA DII XC State Champ, 1xVISAA DII XC Runner-up, 2xVISAA DII 3200 State Champ, and 2021/2022/2023 XC National Finalist. Maddie is committed to run for The University of North Carolina next year. 


Reese holds PRs of 2:13 (800), 4:47 (1600), 10:25 (3200), 16:58 (XC). She is the 2023 VISAA XC state champ, 2xVISAA 800, State Champ, the VISAA 1600m State Champ, and qualified for both NXN and Foot Locker. Reese is committed to run for The University of North Carolina next year. 


In today's conversation, Maddie and Reese share their stories, their training, the value of having each other in life/training everyday, 


Tune in to hear from two of the brightest young stars in the nation before they tackle the National Meet this weekend at Balboa Park! This conversation was so much fun and I hope you'll tune in. 


Tap into the Maddie Gardiner & Reese Dalton Special. 


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The podcast graphic was done by the talented: Xavier Gallo. 


S H O W N O T E S


-TUNE INTO FOOT LOCKER HERE: https://footlockercc.com 


-THE HOKA CRESCENDO XC: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hoka.com/en/gb/race/crescendo-xc/196565567727.html⁠⁠⁠


-My Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/therunningeffect/?hl=en⁠⁠⁠⁠

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the Call Room Rising Stars Edition.

0:06.4

Today is a first because I'm going to speak with teammates this time, two people, three people

0:10.7

total speaking in today's conversation, which is always fun and makes for a great vibe.

0:15.4

The teammates and the names are Maddie Gardner and Reese Dalton, absolutely amazing athletes

0:20.3

out of the great state of Virginia. If you're not familiar with either, Maddie holds PR and Reese Dalton, absolutely amazing athletes out of the great state of Virginia.

0:22.2

If you're not familiar with either, Maddie holds PRs of 458 in the 1600, 1024 in the 3,200, and 1653 on the grass.

0:30.3

She's won multiple state titles. Rees holds PRs of 2.13 in the 800, 447 in the 16,25, and 3,200, and 1658 on the grass.

0:40.1

Reese also has won a few state championships as well. They're both insanely accomplished

0:44.5

athletes, and both are committed to run for the University of North Carolina next year,

0:49.6

which is super exciting. They both made the Foot Locker Cross Country National meet

0:53.6

after going through the

0:54.6

South region, and I had the privilege of meeting both of them. And then I put up something on

0:58.6

Instagram to the effect of who should I get on the series next. And many people asked for

1:03.0

Maddie and Reese to come on the podcast. So we're delivering, we're giving the people what they

1:07.4

want. And today's conversation was absolutely fantastic. Again, really fun vibe

1:11.2

to do this with two teammates and close friends and just a lot of fun discussion and also kind of

1:15.9

getting an inside look at their journeys and progressions to get to where they are today. My only note

1:20.7

for you guys before we hop into today's incredible episode is that the Call Room Rising Stars edition

1:25.4

is presented by Hoka. Hoka has been such a privilege and pleasure to work with.

1:29.6

And they are also putting on the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championship,

1:33.0

which is happening this Saturday as of recording this.

1:35.9

You guys can tune into the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships by going to

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