 Hello, and welcome to the Eric Camendecca show presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Greg Royce, joined by Stevenson Track and Field Head Coach, Eric Camendecca. And Coach, good to catch up with you for the first time this season. We had a couple of meet so far, and it's been pretty exciting. Yeah, we've been off for quite some time. Our last meet was December 2nd or 3rd. We went on break, and we brought them back on December 31st. Had two great weeks of training. Typically, we went to a big-time meet the first time of the year, but this year we actually went to a lower-key meet, and I think it was really beneficial for us. We had a lot of great performances coming out of that first meet. Yeah, it seems like both meet you've been in. You've had a lot of great performances on both meets at F&M so far. It seems like the thing that stands out to me early is you have so much more depth, particularly in the women's side, and in more events as well. Yeah, it's been really great. So we actually went to another meet this past week in LVC as well, and the depth has really shown because now we're able to spread some things, our people out. Now we don't have to do every single event, every single weekend. So it's just really, really nice to be able to see that on both the men's and women's side. Yeah, talk about, just take us through some of the top performers. I know Kendall Belzer, he's been a two-time conference performer the week already. Just take us through some of the top performers who've been on both sides. Yeah, our sprint squad is very deep on both sides, men and women, especially in the men. People were like, you lost the Vontae Williams. Not that we replaced the Vontae Williams, but we have people there who are able to run Kendall Belzer, sophomore transfer, coming into the program has done a really nice job for us. Derek Davis has done a really nice job. Matt Riggins, Aaron Holliday, they've put themselves in the top 50 of the country in those events. In the jumps, Demian Wright, freshman guy coming in, just outstanding, broke two school records already, that were pretty substantial records. The women's throwers are doing really great. Some new standouts that have been on the team for a while. Ali Bishop has just really took control of the weight and put herself as one of the top throwers on the team, and then obviously Lauren continues with the weight throw and Jess Riga in the shot putt. Yeah, obviously we're about a month or so out from the conference championship. Obviously that's what you're geared towards, is towards conference championship and trying to do well there and trying to, obviously place kids, hopefully, in the Nationals. At this point, are you happy with where you've progressed so far? Yeah, it's really great. To a certain degree, I'm shocked at where we're at at this point. We try to compare the results from the past, and not only do we have a couple of resemblances, but like you said before, the depth is there. We have more people who are in the top mark of the conference and obviously on that top 50 list in the country. Yeah, and obviously that top 50 list, those kids know where they stand and know where they need to try to get to to hopefully, follow the footsteps of Devonte and qualify for Nationals. Yeah, that's the goal. Who's gonna take that, the new crown of the team? We have a lot of people on both the men's and women's side. Even Kimberly Hammond this past weekend at LVC, she put herself in the top 20 in the country in the long jump. So I guess a lot of new names coming out there. A lot of people, not just only taking one or two to Nationals, we hope to be taking a bus load out to Nationals for indoor and outdoor. Yeah, and so this week are you still Bucknell? Yeah, we're going to Bucknell on Friday night. We're gonna take some of our 200 runners to get a really good time at that track. Then we have Richie Case, who's another standout freshman for us, who's gonna be doing the multi as well as Rachel Panic going up on Friday night to compete in the multi contest as well. And then the majority of the team will come up on Saturday to take care of business. All right, well Coach, we wish you and your team the best select this weekend and we'll talk to you next week. Great, thank you. All right, for Eric Camadeca, I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Eric Camadeca Show.