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November 17, 2015 | Track and Field
Head Coach Jim VanHootegem and the University of Oklahoma track and field coaching staff will host the second in a series of coaches education sessions Wednesday at Headington Hall, located at the corner of Jenkins and Lindsey on the Norman campus.
The session will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a meal and will run until 9:15 p.m. Session costs are $30 for the meal and presentations, $25 for presentations only. Fees are payable at the door the night of the session. Parking for the session is in the lot directly south of Headington Hall with entrance off Jenkins Ave.
The clinician for Wednesday's session is Irving “Boo” Schexnayder, the director of the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Track and Field Academy. His topic will be "Making Every Athlete Faster."
Remaining sessions and clinicians include Dr. Ernie Ferrel, performance therapist and member of the USA medical team at the 2008 Olympics; and Dan Pfaff, lead jumps and combined events coach at Altis. Ferrel's session is set for March 2 and will deal with "Keeping Athletes Healthy." On April 13, Pfaff will present on "Building a Bigger Engine." The first clinician in the third year of this educational series hosted by the Sooners was Jay Johnson, former middle distance coach at the University of Colorado.
For more information, contact Evan Kubicek, OU track and field strength and conditioning coach at evankubicek@ou.edu.