National Training Center Archives | South Lake Tablet https://sltablet.com/tag/national-training-center/ South Lake County Florida News Sun, 09 Feb 2025 01:49:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 National Training Center Serves As Host Venue For Department Of Defense Warrior Games’ Swimming competition https://sltablet.com/2024/08/31/national-training-center-serves-as-host-venue-for-department-of-defense-warrior-games-swimming-competition/ Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:49:43 +0000 https://sltablet.com/?p=107371 Orlando Health- National Training Center (NTC) recently served as the host venue for the swimming event of the Department of Defense (DoD)’s annual adaptive-sports competition, the Warrior Games, The Warrior Games are designed to enhance recovery by engaging wounded, ill and injured service members outside of traditional therapy settings. “We’re honored to have served as the […]

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Orlando Health- National Training Center (NTC) recently served as the host venue for the swimming event of the Department of Defense (DoD)’s annual adaptive-sports competition, the Warrior Games, The Warrior Games are designed to enhance recovery by engaging wounded, ill and injured service members outside of traditional therapy settings.

“We’re honored to have served as the host venue for the swimming portion of the Warrior Games,” said Marty Shirley, director of operations for the Orlando Health National Training Center. “This is the first time we’ve done so and it’s a privilege to provide the space, which includes the second-largest competition pool in the state of Florida, for service members to compete.”

The Orlando Health National Training Center is a state-of-the-art sports complex that includes athletic fields, an aquatic center, 400-meter outdoor track and field complex and cross-country course. It is a warm-weather training destination for hundreds of high school,
collegiate, professional and amateur athletes from around the country and the world.

The aquatics facility is used for team training and competition, and it features:

  • A 70-meter X 25-yard outdoor heated pool
  • Twenty-seven 25-yard lanes
  • Moveable bulkhead
  • Zero-depth entry

The training center is located at 1935 Don Wickham Dr. in Clermont.

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]]> Evan Gregory – Pure Athletics Coach – Talks About Olympic Sprinting https://sltablet.com/2024/08/05/evan-gregory-pure-athletics-coach-talks-about-olympic-sprinting/ Tue, 06 Aug 2024 01:00:53 +0000 https://sltablet.com/?p=106545 By Kevin Grogan, SOUTH LAKE TABLET   It Has Been Quite A Summer For The Pure Athletics Sprint Group Based Out Of the NTC in Clermont.  Noah Lyles, who was just crowned as the world’s fastest man last night, had a lot to do with that.    The group also featured a plethora of global […]

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It Has Been Quite A Summer For The Pure Athletics Sprint Group Based Out Of the NTC in Clermont.  Noah Lyles, who was just crowned as the world’s fastest man last night, had a lot to do with that. 
 
The group also featured a plethora of global superstars loaded with an abundance of sprint talent.  Long-time Associate Head Coach Evan Gregory, who grew up locally here in the Somerset Estates in Clermont, was kind enough to bring us up to “speed” on the Lyles gold medal run.  Gregory walks us through the work that was done to get both Noah & his Pure Athletics teammates to Paris 2024.
SL Tablet: Who from your Clermont’s Pure Athletics Group is with high-profile Head Coach Lance Brauman at the Olympic Games in Paris?

Gregory: From Pure, we had Noah Lyles, Wayde van Niekerk, Jereem Richards, Juenelle Bromfield, Gina Luckemkemper, Udodi Onwuzurike, and Mickael Zeze. 

SL Tablet:: Tell us about the lead-up during the summer with Paris in mind.
Gregory: The lead-up to Paris begins at the end of the previous year where we come up with a plan for each athlete. Then we put in a lot of work on the track & in the weight room. As the season progresses, we then assess who is in a good position to qualify for their event with their respective countries at the beginning of the year, then make some teams and head to Paris!
 
SL Tablet: Take us through the Noah Lyles race yesterday & any insight to what you saw.
Gregory: Noah has traditionally always had a race model that emphasized the end of his race. However, he has made an immense amount of progress this year in improving his start. With that being said, I don’t know that Pure expected him to be in 8th place through 40m, but they left the door open for him to win the race by the end. This improvement in the 100, has our attention quickly shifting to the 200 where the stage is now set to do something historic if everything lines up like it should!  Also, the track in Paris is quite quick! Keep an eye out for what Noah might do in the 200m; it’s going to be exciting.
 
SLTablet: What has been your role during the Games as you stayed back this time around the NTC & Clermont?

Gregory: For this Olympics, I ended up staying back with our athletes that did not qualify for Olympic teams or are recovering from injury. I would have loved the opportunity to be there in person for the big races, but I’m hoping that the training we are getting up to locally can make a significant impact for those who were not fortunate enough this time!

SL Tablet:   What has been the biggest surprise in Paris as it relates to Pure Athletics and also to you as an Olympic Track Coach?
Gregory:  No real surprises up to this point at the games. I expected Noah to be a bit more in the mix at 40m in that 100m final, but he ended up doing what he’s done a lot at the 100m. Outlasted the competition and caught them at the line!
 
SL Tablet: We are about halfway through the Olympic games.  What will the plan be in the next weeks and months to come?
Gregory: The post-Olympic plan centers around what we call the “second half” of the season. Whether it is an Olympic or World Championship year; those represent the biggest events of the year, but there are certainly more opportunities across Europe throughout the rest of the summer months. These are lucrative opportunities for freshly crowned champions of their event! 
Personally, I’ll be heading to Cape Cod to get married on September 7th to my fiancee Nicole Genereux! 
 
SL Tablet: Readers may remember you in the Opening Ceremonies at last Olympics Games. What was your favorite memory three or so years later?

Gregory: Reflecting on the Tokyo opening ceremony, I would say that my favorite memory is just being selected to participate in the first place. Participating in the opening ceremony for a country like the USA is almost impossible considering how many people are vying for those spots. Panama needed a face guy, and I arrived at the village at the right time. Everybody got to see my masked face on NBC!

SL Tablet: What are some additional takeaways from Track and Field competition this summer: 
Gregory: Just because the Olympics ends, doesn’t mean the track action stops.  If you enjoyed it, tune into the Diamond League on NBC after the Olympics have finished to see the rest of the results of the professional circuit.  
 
Also, if you are interested in remote sprint coaching or have an athlete who might be, check out my website: www.onlinesprintcoaching.com!

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