 Hello and welcome to the Eric Hammond-Ecker show presented by Buffalo Wildlings I'm Greg Royce shown by Stevenson head tracking field coach Eric Hammond-Ecker and coach Lots of good news to talk about first last weekend you guys go up and compete at the ECAC championships and the men follow up there Mack championship in the ECAC championship in the women's place fourth overall So just talk about that experience this weekend up at the Armory. Yeah, you know, it's exciting We get into that meet, you know Our main goal is to try to get as many kids in national meet as possible You know, we're a little disappointed at first because we didn't hit any of those numbers Yeah And next thing you know, we're taking a look at the point total and just adding up We're like, where the heck did we get all these points from next thing, you know We ended up winning the meet on the men's side So I was really exciting for the guys to be able to follow up last weekend and kind of shows the depth that we have As a team. Yeah, absolutely shows the depth, you know to not you know Obviously you want to get people to nationals everything but to not hit those wrecks and still have the death and just so many events across the board that You're able to you know capture a team championship an event like that where you know, there's 20 or 30 teams competing It shows like you said the depth of the team you and then obviously the women finishing fourth the same thing. Yeah Danika has really starting to step up. She had a huge throw in the woman's weight. I believe she finished second in that A PR for her and then even Dion Hicks had a really great meet continue to PR You know, she loves that clap when she's coming down runway And that last jump was able to pop a big one and jump in a third place Yeah, so obviously, you know some momentum for some individuals heading into the outdoor season, but indoor season not quite over yet I'm a little bit of a surprise this morning. Do me and right as qualified for nationals in the long jump your first On the men's side your first field qualifier. So You know just to talk about his effort and the fact that he's able to qualify as a freshman Yeah, so, you know going into the weekend. He was sitting number 16 They take they take the top 15 in the country He didn't jump because we're trying to nurse a hamstring injury And so we told him, you know, it's probably the end of the season with you not jumping this weekend next thing You know, I get an email this morning. We find out that he gets in So it's really exciting for him to be able to get into the national meet You know as we told the Vonte when he was a freshman kind of similar situation, you know First one's for fun. The next one's the business trip when you go out there for an all-american And you know, so that's gonna be it's gonna be a good experience for him Just to get out there and you know make a name for himself and you know have someone else besides the Vonte lives to Be on a national stage for Stevenson Yeah, I know obviously having the opportunity to travel with you guys to national last year I know what a different atmosphere or what a different experience it is So to get one under your bells of freshmen is gonna be huge for him going forward. Yeah, absolutely And that's what I told me He's a little worried because he's not a hundred percent right now And I told him you know just going out there for your first time especially being the indoor season It is all about the experience, you know, there's not a lot of expectation for him You know, he wasn't supposed to be out there in the first place You know according to the numbers and you know everything worked out in his favor So now since going out there really enjoying the experience this year. Yeah, all right Well, he competes on Friday, so we'll keep an eye on him and we'll talk to you next week great sounds good All right for Eric Camadeca. I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Eric Camadeca show