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The Blue Water Running Podcast

The Blue Water Running Podcast features local high school/collegiate cross country and track and field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan. We highlight and celebrate their accomplishments!

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Episode #27: Samantha Whitlam

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2024/10/16

Hello and welcome to episode #27 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the achievements of high school and collegiate cross country and track/field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan.Today’s episode features cross country sophomore Samantha Whitlam of Macomb Lutheran North. Sam recently broke her own personal record in a big way at the Macomb County Championships, running her first sub-20 5K in 19:46 to finish 17th to earn All-County honors w...

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Episode #26: Joshua Macri

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2024/10/16

Hello and welcome to episode #26 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the achievements of high school and collegiate cross country and track/field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan.Today’s episode features sophomore Josh Macri of Macomb Lutheran North. Josh has been tearing up the grass this season and has made significant time improvements. He came into the 2024 cross country season with a personal best of 17:49 from his freshman season la...

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Episode #25: Cara Prusakiewicz

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2024/09/30

Hello and welcome to episode #25 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the achievements of high school and collegiate cross country and track/field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan.Today’s episode features cross country junior Cara Prusakiewicz of Dryden High School, the first Cardinal runner on the pod. Cara recently broke her school record at the Holly Festival of Races, taking ninth place in 20:56, her best on a hilly and technical cours...

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Episode #24: Amanda Maltese

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2024/09/29

Eat enough calories. Eat healthy food. Eat at the right times. Stay hydrated. Choose the right drinks and snacks. Consume enough carbs and protein. The advice and options can be overwhelming when trying to properly fuel your body for athletic training. Thankfully, we have a nutrition expert here today to help us sort it all out and give us practical and applicable advice for daily dining.Welcome to episode #24 of The Blue Water Running Podcast. I’m yo...

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Episode #23: Greg Vogt

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2024/09/24

Hello and welcome to episode #23 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the achievements of high school and collegiate cross country and track athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan. Today’s episode features cross country senior Greg Vogt of New Baltimore Anchor Bay. Greg recently finished as the individual runner-up on his home course, taking second place in the James Cleverley Friday Night Invite in a new PR of 16:32. He wasn’t...

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Episode #22: Julian Walker

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2024/09/15

Hello and welcome to episode #22 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the achievements of high school and collegiate cross country and track athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan. Today’s episode features the first guest athlete from Algonac, junior Julian Walker. Julian recently won the first Blue Water Area Conference cross country league jamboree in 17:23 on Sept. 10 and the Skippers Cross Country Showcase on August 30. He ran hi...

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Episode #21: Dr. Kyle Casadei

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2024/08/31

According to The National Institute of Health, running is one of the most popular leisure sports. Unfortunately, according to statistics compiled by Yale Medicine, “At least 50 percent of regular runners get hurt each year—some estimates put the percentage even higher—sometimes from trauma, such as a fall, but more often from overuse.” The NIH goes on to state that “50 to 75% of all running injuries appear to be overuse injuries due to the constant repetition of the same movement....

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Episode #20: Abigail VanderKooi

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2024/08/13

Hello and welcome to episode #20 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the achievements of high school and collegiate cross country and track athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan. Our guest today is Abby VanderKooi, an incredibly accomplished runner, and a recovered survivor of an eating disorder. According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, “An estimated 9% of the U.S. population, or 28.8 million American...

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2024 Blue Water Area XC Season Preview

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2024/08/12

August 12, 2024, is the official MHSAA start date for high school sports practices...so it’s time for the 2024 Blue Water Area Cross Country Preview! You can read the full article on the website with a lot more explanation/details, more athlete names, and quotes from coaches and such, but for those of you who would rather listen, I’ll give a brief rundown of the local teams and some specific athletes to keep an eye on. The preview is based on last year's season performances, so I ...

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Episode #18: Kenzie Shell Beukes

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2024/07/28

Hello and welcome to episode #18 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the accomplishments of high school and collegiate cross country and track and field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan.Imagine this: you're standing in the middle of Hayward Field in Eugene Oregon, looking out at the crowd as you get ready to fulfill one of your greatest goals and dreams: competing for a spot on Team USA at the Olympic Track and Field Trials. Oh, and...

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Episode #17 x 2: St. Clair & Yale.

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2024/07/27

Hello and welcome to The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the achievements of high school and collegiate cross country and track athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan. Today’s episode #17x2 is a bit different from our regular format. The eagerly anticipated Region 17 preview from Michigan XC Speed Ratings came out this week, and it has St. Clair and Yale once again at the forefront of the regional projections. This is a local mat...

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Episode #16: Hannah Fisher

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2024/07/26

Hello and welcome to episode #16 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the achievements of high school and collegiate cross country and track athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan. On today's episode, we will be chatting with Hannah Fisher, a 2022 Marysville High School graduate and a current member of the Golden Grizzlies' track and field squad at Oakland University. Hannah was an accomplished runner at Marysville, earning All-State status...

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Episode #15: Matt Armelagos of MI XC Speed Ratings

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2024/07/17

Hello and welcome to episode #15 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! Today we have an extra-special guest on the podcast: the man, the myth, the legend, Matt Armelagos, who is the analytics genius behind Michigan Cross Country Speed Ratings. According to his website, Matt looks at cross country and track from a numerical perspective, calculating rankings and standings. In essence, speed ratings are a figure to see how fast an athlete ran on that course on that day. During the...

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Episode #14: Thomas Westphal

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2024/06/09

Hello and welcome to episode number 14 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the accomplishments of high school and collegiate cross country and track and field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan.In this episode, we will hear from Thomas Westphal, a now-graduated senior at New Baltimore Anchor Bay High School. The long list of accolades Thomas Westphal has accrued during the latter half of his high school running career is quite signifi...

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Episode #13: Sadie Dykstra

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2024/06/04

IntroHello and welcome to episode number 13 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the accomplishments of high school and collegiate cross country and track and field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan.In this episode, we will talk with Sadie Dykstra, a sophomore at Yale High School. Sadie burst onto the high school track and field scene last year, making a statement by earning Division 2 All-State status in the long jump and 100/300-met...

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Episode #12: Kai Fisher

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2024/05/29

Hello and welcome to episode #12 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the accomplishments of high school and collegiate cross country and track and field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan.In this episode, we will talk with our first freshman guest, Kai Fisher of Memphis High School. Kai has personal bests of 10.96 seconds in the 100, 22.91 in the 200, and 53.05 in the 400, and high jumping 6 feet as an eighth grader. Kai won the 100 and 200...

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Episode #11: Grace Clemens

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2024/05/27

Welcome to episode number 11 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the accomplishments of high school and collegiate cross country and track and field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan.In this episode, we will talk with senior Grace Clemens of North Branch High School. Grace is an incredibly accomplished sprinter. This spring, she was named the Blue Water Area Conference MVP, winning the 100, 200, 400, and the 4x100, making her a perfe...

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Episode #10: Morgan Newton

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2024/05/22

Hello and welcome to episode #10 of The Blue Water Running Podcast, which features and celebrates the accomplishments of high school and collegiate cross country and track and field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan.This episode features senior Morgan Newton of Croswell-Lexington High School. On May 18, Morgan qualified at regionals for the Division 2 state finals in the 800 meters, taking third in 2:22.74. Morgan has been incredibly consistent in the 800-meter run and has w...

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Episode #9: Grant Gonser & Luke VanderHeuvel

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2024/05/13

Hello and welcome to episode #9 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! Episode #9 is a 2-for-1 special. We will be talking with two guests: teammates Luke VanderHeuvel and Grant Gonser of Port Huron Northern High School. Both runners have set big personal bests in the 800-meter run, breaking the 2-minute mark this spring: Luke’s PR is 1:58.74 and Grant’s is 1:59.01 (run at the MAC White Championship on May 10, where they placed fourth and fifth, respectively). Their...

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Episode #8: Dylan Distelrath

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2024/05/11

Hello and welcome to episode #8 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the accomplishments of high school and collegiate cross country and track and field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan.This episode's guest is Dylan Distelrath of St. Clair High School. Dylan recently won the 3200-meter run at the Anchor Bay Invitational on May 3 in his personal best of 9:44, which is 30 seconds faster than his best last year. He dropped a 4:36 ...

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