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USATF Junior Olympics: Why This Event is a Game Changer for Kids | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Jun 17, 2026
Get ready for the biggest youth sporting event of the summer as the USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championship makes its grand return to Southern California. For the first time in nearly 20 years, over 8,000 athletes from across the country will gather at Cerritos College to compete, build community, and create core memories that last a lifetime.
In this episode, Sway welcomes Mike and LaMonica from the Pacific Coast Shockwaves to discuss the massive undertaking of hosting this prestigious event. They dive into the grit and determination required for track and field, explaining how the sport serves as a foundation for academic success, D1 scholarships, and professional careers. From the rigorous qualification process to the personal stories of discipline and camaraderie shared by callers across the nation, this conversation highlights why track and field is a primary sport that deserves the spotlight.
You will also hear a major announcement regarding the opening ceremonies and learn how you can participate in the Running Man Challenge. Whether you are a parent, a coach, or a track enthusiast, this video is packed with inspiration and information on how to support the next generation of champions.
Chapters
0:00 Intro and track star celebrations
3:10 The Junior Olympics return to Southern California
6:45 How Pacific Coast Shockwaves won the bid
10:15 A destination experience for athletes and families
13:30 Building character and life skills through track
16:45 The road to qualifying for the Junior Olympics
20:15 Callers share their track and field journeys
24:30 Discipline and lifelong fitness benefits
28:15 Why track should be treated as a primary sport
31:45 The branding and future of track and field
33:20 Big announcement: Sway to MC opening ceremonies
36:40 A 40-year love story born on the track
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That's right, man. Can't keep running
0:02
if you don't practice.
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>> [applause and cheering]
0:05
>> You know what I mean? Heather can't keep
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running if you don't practice.
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>> Well, she's a track star.
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>> She's a runner, she's a track star. Hey,
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this is a celebration.
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Southern California, stand up and
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applaud. Let's give a big round of
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applause, man. The United States
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the USA TF National Junior Olympic Track
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and Field Championship has finally come
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back to Southern California.
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>> Beautiful.
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>> July 27th through August the 2nd at
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Cerritos College.
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I want to invite each and every one of
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you to come and have this experience.
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It's the Junior Olympics. Over 8,000
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athletes will be participating in this
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event. This is amazing, man. It's going
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to be competition. It's going to be
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entertainment. Um it's going to be a
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communal um aspect to this. Communities
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from all over Southern California coming
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together. It's a great way. It's a very
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It's a great social event as well.
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Tickets are on sale. You got to visit
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pcshockwaves.org.
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pcshockwaves.org
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or visit @cajuniorolympics.
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That stands for California.
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@cajuniorolympics.
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Go do that right now as we talk so you
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can check it out and go to
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pcshockwaves.org.
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Um I want to say congratulations
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um to the founders of the Pacific Coast
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Shockwaves.
1:30
We got La Monica is here.
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And we got Mike.
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And they are here with us today, Heather
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B. I This is my first time meeting them
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in person.
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>> We've been on a Zoom calls just planning
1:42
for this big event. I wanted to
1:44
personally thank them for including us
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in to be a part of this. This is one of
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my childhood loves is track and field
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and it's just something I talk about
1:53
often on this show. I get a lot of
1:55
non-believers, too, Mike. Like Heather
1:58
doesn't believe my track and field
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prowess. You know, I
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>> I don't believe his records.
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>> My records, you know.
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>> he suited up, but some of the records
2:07
are questionable.
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>> You know, we you know, I was a OAL
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champion from the 10th grade. You see?
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You know, 11th grade, 12th grade, triple
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jump, 300 meter hurdles, you know,
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Oakland High, we won every single year.
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We were dynasty, Mike.
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>> That's right.
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>> A dynasty, right?
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I grew up in AAU. I ran the hurdles in
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AAU. The mile relay, triple jump, long
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jump, high jump, shot put.
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>> Ooh.
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>> Everything.
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>> I could have been a triathlete, Mike.
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>> You see where [screaming] it gets
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sketchy, Mike, right?
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>> have done that, bro.
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>> to get longer you go.
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>> doing, right? Right? You see what I'm
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doing, man?
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>> all the things.
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>> These kids these days they'll say, "I
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want to see you go do it." I said,
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"Well, we've done it. We've done it
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better than you, so you better keep
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working."
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>> There you go.
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>> Okay.
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>> And that's what I say to you, Heather. I
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have done it. Lamana tell, welcome to
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the show, Mike. Welcome to the show.
2:55
Give them a big round of applause.
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Can Can you put this to words?
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How big how huge it is um that Pacific
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Coast Shockwaves won the bid for the
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USATF National Junior Olympic Track and
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Field Championship, Mike. I'll start
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with you.
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>> Yeah, it it it's an amazing
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I I would call it a feat because
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us competing against the other the other
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bidders, very very competitive process.
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It's a large long arduous process. And
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I'll tell you it's a nationwide process.
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And
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we were competing against the major
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universities, cities that were backing
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them. And what's unique about us, we are
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the first team to host a Junior
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Olympics. So, that that in itself is
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unique, but most importantly
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we are essentially USATF. It is us. We
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are kids are USATF athletes. We were
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USATF actually we're little so we're
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Athletic Congress before they became USA
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Track and Field athletes.
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>> TAC. And so we are focused in on
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athlete. It's all athlete focused,
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right? This ain't a corporation type
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thing. This is all about grassroots.
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Get on this show with you. You've been a
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amazing inspiration for us. You know, we
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go way back but when he started, we were
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starting college. And so uh
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you know, being able to to really look
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at this from a different lens and I'm
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I'm telling everybody who's listening
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our whole goal is to ensure that each
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and every athlete has an amazing
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experience. We're talking about those
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core memories. That's what we're trying
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to have. Those positive core memories
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that they'll be able to just like
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>> Yeah.
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>> have the piece like he's been saying,
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right?
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>> Yeah, a lot of core memories.
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>> of core memories.
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>> He very had too many.
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>> Like it was [laughter] yesterday, Mike.
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I was on the track yesterday, man.
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>> Yes.
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>> I won the Northern California Regionals
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in junior college for the 400 meter
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hurdles.
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>> The 400 meter hurdles race out there.
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>> I just needed to say that. It didn't
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even fit nowhere.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Is there proof?
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>> Yeah, I could call my brother. He was
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right there.
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>> member. That that's different.
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>> was right there. [laughter]
5:02
Now, this is amazing and and LaMonica
5:04
for folks who don't know, man, like you
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know, first of all, LA is winning when
5:09
it comes to track and field because we
5:11
will have the Olympics here in a couple
5:12
of years and this is just a prelude to
5:15
it. And can you can you kind of paint
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the picture of what people will see when
5:20
they come out to this year's Junior
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Olympics?
5:22
>> Oh, man.
5:23
You know, the world is coming. The the
5:25
nation is coming to Los Angeles on both
5:28
feet, but um for us, our our kids coming
5:30
nationwide are going to be exposed to a
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taste of LA.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Right? So they're going to get the food,
5:36
the music, mariachi, drum line.
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Um they're going to be exposed to not
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just the best athletes nationwide, but
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they're coming to one of the best cities
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worldwide.
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>> Yeah.
5:45
>> It's a destination um not just a
5:47
destination location, it's a destination
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track meet.
5:49
>> Uh-huh. A destination track meet. And I
5:52
I encourage folks, like especially right
5:54
now in this time and era, to get you,
5:56
you know, poke at your kids a little
5:58
bit, you know, get them out the house,
6:00
get them off the devices, the
6:01
technological devices, you know,
6:04
momentarily. Take them off the video
6:05
games for a second and become the video
6:07
game, right? Come outside and you be the
6:10
action figure. You know, come outside
6:12
and meet new people. One of my favorite
6:15
things about track and field growing up
6:16
in East Oakland was
6:19
each track meet was just in a different
6:20
city. Might have been in the Diablo
6:22
Valley, might have been in Sonoma, may
6:24
have been in Redwood City, may have
6:26
been, you know, in Long Beach. You know,
6:28
we would take car drives to Albuquerque,
6:31
New Mexico and running track meets
6:33
there, up in Or- Oregon, Portland,
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Oregon, you know, at the university we
6:38
ran there. We ran in Philadelphia. And
6:41
so, it wasn't just about the track and
6:43
field, it was about the outreach, right?
6:45
It was about the camaraderie. And track
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and field opened our minds. You know, we
6:50
would think we were king of the world
6:52
until we stepped outside of our box,
6:55
right? And so, I think track and field,
6:58
what I learned in track and field
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transcended into what we do here in
7:02
broadcast media. I was able to adjust
7:06
and adapt to any walk of life, any
7:08
person from any social status. We don't
7:10
hear a lot about that part with track
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and field, Mike. Can you speak to that?
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>> Yeah, it life is hard. And and and track
7:16
is hard.
7:17
>> Yeah.
7:17
>> Those two things go hand in hand, right?
7:19
You got to be able to do that hard work.
7:22
Uh you know, those times. How many How
7:24
many kids have cried at practice? How
7:25
many kids have thrown up at practice?
7:28
That's where you're pushing your body.
7:30
But when you look at the results of what
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we've produced,
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it's no different than what others are
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producing.
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We started in 2014.
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>> Yeah.
7:38
>> We got over
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Actually, we're right at a kids that
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have competed D1
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I got D1 scholarships.
7:45
>> Wow.
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>> 100 kids.
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>> 100 kids, that's huge, right? Okay, they
7:49
got scholarships so the parents are
7:51
saving on money, right? All right.
7:53
>> Now when we look at the academics,
7:56
most of our kids are going to college
7:57
because they stayed within track.
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>> Mhm.
8:00
>> Right? We've produced an Olympian, we
8:02
produced NFL athletes. This is what ends
8:05
up happening when you do the hard work.
8:08
When you sit on that device and you sit
8:09
in a hole when you're not doing what
8:11
you're supposed to be doing, that was my
8:12
life right in the beginning before I got
8:14
into track. All my
8:16
all all my guys, you know, that we grew
8:18
up with, I grew up around 18 kids. I was
8:20
one of 18 in the neighborhood. 17 of
8:22
them are in penitentiary, correctional
8:25
facilities. Okay? Every single one of
8:27
them had some run-in with the law.
8:29
I did not. Why was it? I was out at the
8:32
track all the time.
8:33
>> He was at track practice.
8:34
>> track practice.
8:34
>> was too tired to be a
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>> That's exactly right.
8:37
>> criminal.
8:38
>> [laughter]
8:39
>> Yeah, I was like, man, I can't do that.
8:42
>> He
8:42
>> [laughter]
8:42
>> couldn't. He couldn't. He was too tired.
8:44
He might need his sleep.
8:48
>> [laughter]
8:49
>> Try to run away, I'mma get caught. My
8:50
legs tied.
8:51
>> He got lactic
8:53
acid built up.
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>> and I think that's that that's the hard
8:56
work and the the decision making and and
8:58
I I pride ourselves on it. Our coaches
9:00
understand the vision. It's it's not
9:02
about winning or losing. You can teach a
9:04
kid how to win.
9:05
They're not always going to win.
9:07
>> Yeah.
9:07
>> Okay? They're not always going to win
9:09
and you got to learn that in life.
9:10
You're not always going to win, but that
9:11
doesn't mean you you lost.
9:13
>> Yeah.
9:13
>> That just means you got to get ready and
9:15
continue to compete, continue to train.
9:17
It's a feedback, you know, and and
9:19
that's what it is. I mean, professional
9:20
athletes, there's track athletes that
9:21
are professionals that never won the
9:23
Olympics, never made it to the Olympics,
9:25
but they're professionals.
9:26
>> Yeah.
9:27
>> I have This is for both of you, LaMonica
9:29
and Mike. Thank you again for being
9:30
here. I remember running track in high
9:32
school and a lot of
9:35
the coaches were teachers, you know, um
9:38
and and doing double duty, if you will.
9:40
And a lot of the
9:42
guys would be upset if they didn't make
9:44
the football team or the basketball
9:46
team. The same with the girls, if they
9:48
didn't make the basketball team. And I
9:49
remember the track coaches saying, "Come
9:52
run track. Everybody's not going to make
9:54
the football team and the basketball
9:55
team. Come run track." And a lot of
9:57
those kids were resistant to running
9:59
track because they had their hearts so
10:01
dead set on football or basketball. But,
10:04
don't you kind of feel like it's a good
10:06
warm-up, you know, or a good practice to
10:08
have being out on that track? And maybe
10:11
come back again and try out for football
10:12
or basketball the following year.
10:14
>> Absolutely. You know, we say a lot of
10:16
times, um excuse me, [clears throat] we
10:18
get folks that want to be fast. And we
10:21
tell them, "If you want to be fast in
10:22
football, you need to be track fast
10:24
first." All right. It's a different kind
10:26
of workout. It's a different kind of
10:28
rigor and commitment. But, really to
10:29
speak to what you're talking about,
10:30
Heather, they become part of a
10:32
community. They become a part of a team.
10:35
Right? Sway said it is individual, but
10:37
honestly, it's a collective community.
10:39
And we cheer for each other. We lift
10:40
each other up. We look forward to being
10:42
at the track meet all day Saturday, all
10:43
day Sunday, sharing grapes, you know. It
10:46
really is a is a community. It's a part
10:48
of so many core memories of these kids
10:50
that they may not have made the
10:52
basketball team or the football team,
10:54
but they come back for track. They come
10:56
back every single year because they love
11:00
it.
11:00
>> I love that. LaMonica and Mike are here.
11:03
Um they represent Pacific Coast
11:05
Shockwave. We're going to talk to you
11:08
citizens so you can support this uh
11:11
community event that's taking place
11:13
um July 27th through August 7th. You can
11:15
get August 2nd. You can get your tickets
11:17
at pcshockwaves.org.
11:20
Um if you over 8,000 athletes, is it If
11:24
athletes want to register for the Junior
11:27
Olympics,
11:28
how do they do it?
11:30
>> Yeah, so there's a process for USA Track
11:32
& Field and it is a rigorous process.
11:34
So, um you got to get a USA Track &
11:37
Field membership uh within your
11:39
association. There's 56 associations
11:41
around the country. All 50 states
11:43
participate. Um once you get that um
11:46
USATF membership, you have to compete in
11:49
the what is called the association
11:51
championship. From there, the top eight
11:53
individuals uh to top 12, depending on
11:56
where which which states you're in, will
11:57
then move on to the regional
11:59
championship. Um there's only 15
12:02
regionals uh
12:03
championships. Those typically are going
12:05
to happen at the end of end of June,
12:07
early July. And um the top five
12:10
athletes, only the top five, get to
12:12
qualify to the Junior Olympics.
12:15
So, it is a tough process, right? So,
12:17
you're talking about me going through
12:19
the process, 100% of these kids will
12:21
neck down by the time the regionals
12:23
happens to probably about 95%, right?
12:25
It's it's it's the reality.
12:27
>> But it's worth it, man. I want to
12:30
um I'm going to go to the phone lines.
12:31
If you ran track, you got a kid in
12:33
track, you with a kid in track, you
12:35
worked on a track and field team,
12:37
888-742-3345.
12:40
We're talking about the National Junior
12:42
Olympics Track & Field Championship,
12:43
July 27th at El Cerrito
12:47
at Cerritos College at Cerritos College.
12:50
I'm from the Bay. We got El Cerrito, but
12:52
at Cerritos College. All right, Andrea
12:53
[clears throat] is on the line from
12:54
Mississippi. What up, Andrea?
12:56
>> What up, Andrea?
12:57
>> Hey, how are you?
12:59
>> Andrea, what's up?
13:00
>> Andrea, isn't this exciting? Can you
13:01
hear how excited I am?
13:04
>> Uh yes, sir. And look, I'm kind of
13:06
jealous because I wish we had that
13:08
opportunity when I was in high school.
13:11
>> Yeah, right?
13:13
>> I wish we did. I wish we did. And it's
13:15
very prominent down here in the South.
13:17
They um I'm actually was astounded
13:20
because I tuned in to your station and I
13:22
heard this. And I had been dreading this
13:25
all my years after
13:27
running track in high school that when I
13:30
was chosen to run, I didn't really have
13:32
an outlet.
13:34
Um I had played all the sports there
13:35
were.
13:36
However,
13:38
um track was given to me by one of the
13:40
teachers. She just told me to go out
13:41
there in the field and run. So, I ended
13:43
up doing distance, the 3200, the 1600,
13:46
the 800, the 400, the 4 by 4 meter
13:48
relay, and also the high jump.
13:51
I practiced
13:53
at 5:00 in the morning before school,
13:55
practiced during school, practiced after
13:57
school, conditioned myself, pushed
13:59
myself to beat my time every time at
14:03
every event.
14:04
And even with my competitors, I watched
14:06
their time to beat their time. First,
14:08
second, and third place.
14:10
>> Mhm.
14:10
>> I was there all year round, made it to
14:12
state, placed second.
14:14
Uh
14:15
the support is very important. The
14:17
support, the perseverance, and I also
14:20
heard you say um
14:22
that
14:23
when you're out there, once that gun
14:26
goes off, you're on your own.
14:29
That's the best feeling in the world
14:30
because you're competing against other
14:32
people, but you're also pushing yourself
14:35
to get to that finish line first.
14:38
And even if you're last, as long as you
14:40
cross that line, that's important
14:42
because
14:43
>> Yeah.
14:44
>> there's no losers [applause] in track.
14:46
They're all winners.
14:47
>> Yeah, man.
14:49
Hey Trey, I wish I know you're in
14:50
Mississippi, but you know the event is
14:52
in July, man. If you you make your way
14:55
out, we'll make sure you get a ticket.
14:56
>> Come on out.
14:57
>> At least two tickets.
14:58
>> Yeah, we'll host you.
14:59
>> All right.
15:00
>> We'll host you.
15:01
>> information afterwards because I I would
15:03
love to come out there?
15:05
>> Okay, but you got to get yourself out
15:06
here. That's the only thing.
15:07
>> [laughter]
15:09
>> All right.
15:10
Okay. All right, hold on the line. We're
15:12
going to get
15:12
>> Kalani got you.
15:13
>> We're going to get your information. And
15:15
and listen, we're going to give you a
15:16
T-shirt, the whole nine. All right?
15:18
You're going to Pacific Coast Shockwaves
15:21
going to take good care of you. Hold on
15:22
the line, all right?
15:23
>> Trey. All right. Yeah, she's a citizen.
15:26
Allison is in Inglewood. Allison,
15:28
welcome to the show.
15:29
>> Hey, Allison.
15:31
>> Good morning, Sweet 16.
15:32
>> Yo.
15:33
>> Um yeah, I just want
15:35
A long time listener, first time caller.
15:37
>> We got a first time caller.
15:39
>> First time
15:40
>> Hold on. Hold [screaming] on. Hold on.
15:44
Welcome to the victory stand.
15:48
>> And I just want to say I'm a track and
15:50
field mom. I mean, in high school I was
15:52
a track and field manager, so I could
15:53
get out of class with my friends. But
15:55
now I'm a track and field mom, and I
15:58
just see like the grit, the
16:00
determination, the resilience, and the
16:03
character
16:05
development in my daughter.
16:08
She's a sprinter, so she does the one,
16:10
the two, and the four by one. So, she's
16:12
done the 400 once, and that kind of took
16:14
her out, but I just see when she's
16:16
coming around the curve on the 200 and
16:18
coming down that home stretch, and then
16:20
having to rely on her teammate to pass
16:22
her the baton on the back curve, you
16:24
know? And just seeing them when they
16:25
cross that finish line, cheeks are red,
16:27
sweating, panting, but
16:29
the feel of winning and crossing that
16:31
line and placing. I've just seen the
16:34
development in her, and
16:35
I didn't think she was out for track,
16:37
for running, but she surprised me, and
16:39
she loves it. So, we're going to keep
16:40
doing it. I'm glad to hear there's an
16:42
event. I'm going to try to make it out
16:43
there in July in Cerritos.
16:45
>> Awesome.
16:46
>> Allison, come on, join us. It's going to
16:48
be a good time. It's going to be great
16:49
food there as well. There's going to be
16:51
entertainment. There's going to be
16:53
Olympic athletes there. Some of those
16:55
Olympic athletes are LaMonica that will
16:58
be there.
16:59
Can you name anybody, or is it too soon?
17:01
>> Too soon.
17:01
>> Too soon.
17:02
>> Not yet.
17:03
>> Okay.
17:03
>> What we what we can say is there'll be a
17:05
a few dozen of them. This is LA. This is
17:08
where the majority There's there's a
17:09
there's a lot of Olympians that live
17:11
here, that train here,
17:13
with all the great teams and coaches
17:14
that we have out out in Southern
17:16
California. They're here. So
17:18
>> Yeah.
17:18
I know I know a few of them, so I can't
17:20
say. Ramona gave me that look. I can't
17:22
say who it is, but Allison we would love
17:25
it for you to make it July 27th to
17:27
August 2nd. Go to pcshockwaves.org.
17:30
I want everybody to go to
17:31
pcshockwaves.org.
17:32
Go check it out. You know, decide if you
17:35
want to buy a ticket, but I suggest you
17:37
do. Do it now. Okay?
17:38
>> And congrats to Shockwaves for bringing
17:40
it to LA.
17:41
>> Yay, man. You was super citizen.
17:44
>> That's what I mean in the world, man.
17:45
>> Hey, man. Let me tell you something.
17:46
This is going to be in Southern
17:47
California first time since 2007.
17:51
The ages of the athletes will range from
17:53
anywhere from 7 to 18 years of age.
17:57
There'll be nearly 10,000 athletes that
17:59
are going to participate.
18:02
I got Larry from Indianapolis on the
18:03
line. And you see people calling from
18:05
all over the country right now. He
18:07
actually competed in the Junior Olympics
18:09
before. Larry, welcome to the show, man.
18:11
How you doing, Larry?
18:13
Good morning.
18:13
>> I'm a long time listener, first time
18:15
caller.
18:16
>> First time caller. We got another one.
18:18
Hold up, man.
18:19
>> What up?
18:23
>> Welcome to the relay team, Larry.
18:27
>> Back in 1984, I competed in the Arco
18:29
Jesse Owens uh
18:32
Junior Olympics games.
18:34
>> Oh, [laughter] yeah.
18:35
>> In the high jump.
18:35
>> Where? What city? What city was it in?
18:38
>> Uh
18:39
we competed out of we started in Terre
18:41
Haute, Indiana and only first place for
18:44
only first place
18:45
participants got to go.
18:47
From Terre Haute, we went to Louisville.
18:50
We became on the Louisville team. Only
18:52
first place
18:53
uh finishers got to go and from there we
18:55
went to San Diego State for the finals.
18:58
>> Yeah.
18:58
>> Nice.
18:59
>> Yeah, I remember that. Them days. Yo,
19:01
Larry, can you speak to now that you're
19:03
an adult to parents
19:05
who um
19:06
are looking for, you know, activities to
19:08
put their kids in and how track and
19:11
field has benefited you from a child to
19:13
an adult.
19:15
>> It has benefited me. Today, I'm 55 and
19:17
I'm still working out due to I believe
19:20
the discipline that cross country gave
19:22
me. And from cross country, I went to
19:24
track and field, where I competed in the
19:27
100 m, high jump, long jump. I'm 5'7"
19:30
and I've jumped what, like 6'4" in the
19:32
high jump, 23 ft in the long jump, 10.9
19:34
in the 100 m.
19:36
And I'm still working out today. That
19:38
gives you discipline.
19:41
>> Wow, you had vertical, bro. 5'7" jumping
19:43
6'4".
19:44
>> That's amazing.
19:45
>> spud with
19:47
>> [laughter]
19:48
>> vertical or horizontal? At 5'7", so
19:50
yeah.
19:52
>> Yeah, man. Well, look, if you can make
19:54
it and even if you can, if you could
19:56
support us, go to pcshockwaves.org.
19:58
You can even purchase tickets for other
20:00
people to go who might be in the area.
20:02
We really appreciate it because these
20:04
type of events take communal support. It
20:06
take support of the community and
20:08
families. Um these good folks right here
20:11
doing this, you know,
20:12
out of the love of their heart, you
20:14
know, nobody's getting rich off of this.
20:16
I've I've done a few track and field
20:19
a few track meets and Lord knows you do
20:21
not get rich off of it. Um and so, if
20:24
you could support Larry, we appreciate
20:26
you and we appreciate your call,
20:27
brother, and you're a super citizen,
20:29
man.
20:29
>> That's right. In the morning. Thanks,
20:30
Larry.
20:30
>> All right. I appreciate you taking my
20:31
call. Thanks, guys.
20:33
>> Thank you, man. Lamont said Let me see.
20:37
TJ in Colorado ran from a kid until
20:40
college. Now, he coaches. TJ, welcome to
20:43
the show.
20:45
>> Hey, how y'all doing?
20:47
>> What up, TJ?
20:49
>> Hey.
20:50
Um so, yeah, like I was saying, I I ran
20:53
all the way up through college and
20:55
it was a great time, showed discipline
20:57
and camaraderie with the team.
20:59
Um
21:00
but the the main reason I'm calling is I
21:03
want to make sure parents understand
21:06
that track is not just a secondary
21:08
sport. Um
21:10
>> Yeah, that's right.
21:11
>> As athletes,
21:13
it's it takes a special mindset in track
21:18
to compete at that level, to push your
21:19
body through pain.
21:22
And you know, don't take your kids out
21:25
of track to go put them in basketball
21:27
and such because it's doing them a
21:29
disservice.
21:33
>> Okay. I see Okay. Don't take your
21:36
kids out of track to do basketball. You
21:38
say continue to do both is what you
21:40
saying, T.J.?
21:42
>> Absolutely. But I've seen where during
21:45
track season there's AAU basketball and
21:48
they'll pull the kids from track to go
21:51
to basketball.
21:52
>> Yep. Yep.
21:53
>> And it's just it's not right.
21:56
>> You know, one of the things that it it's
21:58
actually teaching them cuz it is you
22:00
know, all this is a is a is a teaching
22:02
moment and it's teaching them that it's
22:05
okay to not commit.
22:07
And that's what you don't want to teach
22:08
your kids, right? So once it gets hard
22:10
and you know when it gets hard? When
22:12
when like now, when it's time to go
22:14
qualify for Junior Olympics. We'll have
22:16
families that say, you know, I'm going
22:18
to go get ready for football and then
22:20
when they don't get to the championship
22:21
of football, well I'm going to go get
22:22
ready for track or basketball. You're
22:23
always trying to get ready for something
22:25
cuz you can't finish something.
22:26
Right? So you got to teach these kids
22:28
that they got to essentially do
22:30
everything they can to finish.
22:32
And and that's kind of analogous to
22:34
track and field. You got to finish the
22:36
race you started, you got to finish it.
22:38
When you get eliminated, then you're
22:40
done, right? At that point, you got to
22:42
continue to compete and this is one of
22:44
the problems we do see talking about
22:46
secondary sport. Track is is is a
22:48
primary sport for more kids in the
22:50
United States than any other sport.
22:52
>> Yeah.
22:53
>> You go to a high school cross country
22:54
meet, there's 13, 15,000 kids at that.
22:57
It blows you away.
22:59
Right? But we treat it as a secondary
23:01
sport because it's not one of those that
23:03
we watch on on on Saturdays and Sundays.
23:05
>> Mhm.
23:05
>> When we turn on our TV until the
23:07
Olympics.
23:07
>> Right.
23:08
>> Right, or big championship. Everybody
23:10
wants to watch what? Track and field.
23:11
>> Mhm.
23:12
>> Every 4 years. Right?
23:14
>> And so, I think that's that mindset and
23:16
I appreciate that that that you brought
23:17
that up because, you know, we deal with
23:19
this track coaches as well.
23:22
>> There's something about it and to TJ's
23:24
point, there's something about it that
23:25
seems like less less sexy depending on
23:29
where you are. It's like it's like like
23:31
tennis as well. You know, some of like
23:34
the coach said, everybody you're not
23:36
always going to make the basketball or
23:37
the football team. You have track, you
23:39
have tennis. But something about being
23:41
like a football player or a basketball
23:43
player brings a different energy, you
23:46
know, possibly. And maybe it is the
23:47
television. Maybe it is the hopes of
23:50
college basketball, the industry of it
23:51
all and the celebrity that goes along
23:54
with the football players and basketball
23:55
players.
23:56
>> Yeah, and how they market them.
23:57
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah.
23:59
>> Marketers.
24:00
>> Yeah.
24:01
>> It's branding, right? You want to speak
24:03
to that?
24:04
>> Um
24:06
you know, sometimes track and field does
24:08
come off as less sexy.
24:09
>> Mhm.
24:11
>> But talk to runners.
24:13
And you know, they call it runner's
24:14
high.
24:15
>> Mhm.
24:15
>> Because you get something physiological
24:17
physical and also sociological from it.
24:20
You get a team and a community.
24:22
Um and it it it doesn't get a lot of
24:25
airtime until they're those big events
24:27
like coming up to the Junior Olympics or
24:29
coming up to the actual Olympics.
24:31
Um
24:32
And that's probably the narrative that
24:33
we got to change. And I think some of
24:35
that is about money, too.
24:36
>> Yeah.
24:36
>> I think a lot of big donors want to get
24:38
behind some of the the larger
24:40
money-making sports.
24:41
>> Yeah.
24:42
>> Um and we should change that about track
24:43
and field. Professional track and field
24:45
definitely needs to have the big banks
24:47
behind it.
24:48
>> Mhm.
24:48
>> And that's what we're doing now. We're
24:50
starting right now at the USATF National
24:53
Junior Olympics Track and Field
24:54
Championship, July 27th through August
24:57
2nd at Cerritos College. First time in
24:59
19 years has been in Southern California
25:02
courtesy of pcshockwaves.org.
25:05
Go visit them now. We're going to come
25:06
back with a special announcement. I
25:08
understand that they found a host for
25:10
this big event and we're going to find
25:12
out and reveal who that is coming up
25:15
next. Shade45.
25:17
Shade45.
25:20
We're talking to Mike La Monica from
25:21
Pacific Coast Shockwaves organization.
25:25
Go to pcshockwaves.org.
25:28
They are officially promoting the USATF
25:30
National Junior Olympic Track and Field
25:32
Championship July 7th through August the
25:34
2nd.
25:36
And as we said prior to the song
25:39
we got a big announcement to make. Big
25:41
big drum roll, please, Torch.
25:50
Wait wait hold up hold up hold up.
25:53
>> Here we go. So everybody knows that
25:54
Wednesday, July 29th is going to be the
25:57
opening ceremonies at 7:00 p.m. at
25:59
Cerritos College.
26:00
And Swayze IS THE MC.
26:03
>> [screaming and crying]
26:05
[laughter]
26:06
>> TRACY, I DID IT.
26:09
YOU HAVE ARRIVED.
26:10
>> I DID IT.
26:11
>> I WANT to I want to thank you first of
26:13
all thank you Mike La Monica.
26:16
Uh
26:17
I hadn't even prepared a speech for this
26:18
one.
26:20
But I want to shout out my brother T
26:21
Calloway from Top Speed Athletics. You
26:24
know that's who you doing. You hire me,
26:25
you hiring us. Um Top Speed Athletics
26:28
for all the work we've been doing. My
26:30
man KT from Five North Track Club.
26:33
You know um and uh guy guys thank you. I
26:36
I accept. Thank you. I appreciate it,
26:39
yo. So that's more the reason to come
26:41
out
26:41
>> That's right.
26:42
>> and support this big event July 27th
26:44
through August 2nd. What day am I MCing?
26:47
>> July 29th,
26:48
Wednesday. Wednesday.
26:50
>> Now normally when I MC I I
26:52
there with me guys. So I don't know.
26:55
>> I got something to do.
26:56
>> I just
26:57
>> [laughter]
26:58
>> Don't even.
26:59
Michael LaMonica has nothing to do with
27:01
you.
27:03
This one right here
27:04
>> You got something to do
27:05
>> I got something to do with Sway. You are
27:07
not about to have me working [laughter]
27:09
on No. Y'all don't understand. I'm sure
27:13
there's a female out there in the
27:15
universe
27:16
who is way more decorated than my high
27:18
school [laughter] track record. I'M SURE
27:21
>> TRACK RUNNER, MAN.
27:22
>> [clears throat]
27:22
>> I I know. I I used to run track in high
27:25
school.
27:26
>> Okay, me too.
27:28
We all did.
27:29
>> You You You mentioned college. Mine
27:31
stopped at I was started rapping once I
27:33
I went to college. [laughter]
27:35
Yeah, find another female. I'm sure
27:36
between this collective right here y'all
27:38
y'all can find somebody with medals,
27:40
real medals, not Sway medals.
27:42
>> making that announcement soon, too.
27:43
>> Yeah, man.
27:44
>> Oh, you got a female?
27:46
>> Uh we're we're waiting for her to make
27:48
the announcement.
27:49
>> Yeah.
27:49
>> Oh, wow.
27:50
>> Maybe she can make that announcement
27:51
here on the show.
27:52
>> If you guys will invite her on air, we'd
27:54
love to have her come out.
27:55
>> love to invite her. I can't allude I
27:58
can't give any information on who it is.
28:01
>> Not yet.
28:02
>> But easily one of the most recognizable
28:05
names in Olympic history.
28:07
>> Oh, wow.
28:08
>> Because she's made Olympic history.
28:10
>> Okay.
28:11
>> Is that that's good?
28:13
I don't want to say too much.
28:15
All right, and I've been a big fan of
28:16
hers
28:17
>> Us, too.
28:18
>> for a long time and I'm looking forward
28:21
to meeting her and you know, doing
28:24
whatever I can to bring attention to
28:25
this amazing event. What does it feel
28:27
like for you all, man? Like when they we
28:30
we got familiar with each other back in
28:32
1990, right? When they came up to go to
28:35
college at UC Berkeley was the same year
28:37
King Tech and I started radio
28:40
on KMYL in the Bay Area. And so they
28:43
they were able to listen to the
28:45
world-famous Wake Up Show on Friday
28:47
nights and set their cassette decks to
28:50
tape and record and learn about all kind
28:52
of hip-hop culture, music, um music
28:55
>> college.
28:56
>> Got you through college, right? Ain't
28:58
that something? And we didn't know we
29:00
met through this.
29:01
>> That's right.
29:01
>> Right? So salute, you know, salute to
29:04
our KT for
29:05
uh bringing us all together. Who was it?
29:07
KT and
29:08
and Billy?
29:09
>> KT, Billy Potts from 10 East.
29:10
>> Uh-huh. Billy Potts, man. Billy Potts
29:13
Huh?
29:13
>> Good people.
29:14
>> Good people. Billy Potts from 10 East is
29:16
man, he's a juggernaut in this track and
29:18
field thing. KT from 5 North, these
29:21
young these men are juggernauts in this
29:24
They love your children.
29:26
>> That's right.
29:26
>> They care about the kids, man.
29:28
They really are transforming lives with
29:30
10 East and 5 North. They are
29:32
transforming lives of your kids.
29:36
Sometimes we don't know what's going on
29:37
with our kids and we might not be able
29:39
to get in sync. All we can do is support
29:41
them. And they got to kind of go out and
29:43
experience world on their experience the
29:45
world on their own. Track and field is
29:47
one of those safe spaces you could put
29:49
your kid in and they're going to learn
29:51
skill sets. They're going to learn
29:52
They're going to learn mental fortitude.
29:55
They're going to learn things that your
29:56
kids will come back to the home and then
29:58
they'll be more evolved than they were
30:00
prior to it. I've watched Billy and KT
30:03
personally, you know, just deal with
30:05
these kids and I'm like, "Wow." Me and T
30:08
Calloway, you know, my brother's the
30:09
same way. He loves the youth. You know,
30:12
that's one of the reasons why we started
30:14
Top Speed Athletics to get involved and
30:16
to give back. Salute to you all.
30:19
>> You mentioned hundreds of kids.
30:21
Y'all have kids?
30:23
>> We got it We got three.
30:24
>> Okay, [laughter]
30:25
you know
30:25
>> We have three.
30:26
>> And so when you got kids at home, it's
30:28
even, you know, more outstanding that
30:31
you're taking care of hundreds of kids
30:33
that's in your community. So I want to
30:35
say salute to you all.
30:37
>> Appreciate that.
30:37
>> And you know, we we probably can't get
30:39
home if we don't mention our kids on the
30:41
show.
30:41
>> Say them, man. Shout them out.
30:43
>> So, let me just tell the story before we
30:44
get to that, but
30:45
>> [laughter]
30:45
>> um you know, when your kids are going
30:47
just like the kids you know, the parents
30:49
these days, they want to put them in all
30:50
these different sports. So, we were in
30:51
volleyball, baseball, this, that.
30:53
>> Aquatics.
30:54
>> And aquatics. I said, "Listen, this is
30:56
getting too hard.
30:57
Mom and Dad did track.
30:59
All three of you doing track. Pick a
31:01
Pick an event."
31:02
And and all three of them uh found their
31:05
found their way. Um they were all
31:07
different and at the end of the day, all
31:09
three of them found their pathway. All
31:12
three were different and they all
31:14
competed in D1. Uh went to college and
31:16
everything. And so, they um you know,
31:19
they're they're they're real big
31:20
supporters of us.
31:21
>> Yeah.
31:21
>> Uh they know what the track the sport
31:23
has done. They work behind the scenes.
31:25
So, we're not doing it just ourselves.
31:26
We got a team and they're part of that
31:28
team. Um and so, um they're they're
31:31
they're wonderful kids. So, right now we
31:32
got, you know, one in med school, one in
31:34
law school, and then one working on Wall
31:35
Street. So,
31:36
>> Whoa.
31:37
>> that's where we are. So, this is what it
31:39
it should do.
31:40
>> Yeah.
31:41
>> Talking track and field.
31:42
>> You got to say Sochi was a thrower.
31:44
>> Yeah, she was a thrower.
31:45
>> Armando, who is an Alpha and he's in law
31:48
school at Howard,
31:48
>> Uh-huh.
31:49
>> ran the 800. And our youngest, Maya,
31:51
who's working on Wall Street, was a
31:53
hurdler. Really an 800-meter hurdler.
31:55
>> Well, 400-meter hurdles and she became a
31:58
sprinter. She was multi, so she was just
32:00
a lot of stuff. So,
32:01
>> And so, they we we are a track family.
32:03
Sway and Heather B. We are a track
32:05
family.
32:06
>> Wow.
32:07
>> That's amazing. Tracy's in New York.
32:08
Tracy, go ahead and chime in.
32:10
>> Yeah, no, this is great timing. Hey,
32:11
Lavonica, what's up, Mike? I love that
32:14
we've been having this conversation
32:15
about the the stack of skill sets that
32:18
one gains when they are in track and
32:20
field. Um the benefits to your social
32:22
life. And what y'all are really talking
32:24
about right now is I feel like track and
32:26
field, there's a romantic edge that you
32:28
also gain.
32:29
>> Absolutely. [laughter and gasps]
32:30
>> Because we all know about the film Love
32:32
& Basketball, but y'all could have the
32:33
film Love in the 800-meter race.
32:36
>> [laughter]
32:37
>> Could you guys speak about how you met?
32:42
>> Wow.
32:43
There's two connections there. I'll just
32:45
tell you this. So, I can say this. 1986,
32:48
we met at a track meet.
32:49
>> Okay.
32:50
>> track meet in in
32:52
and in that year, we went into Diablo
32:54
Valley College for the California State
32:57
Meet for the youth. That's back in in
32:59
his neighborhood, right?
33:01
And
33:02
and since then, we've been together for
33:04
40 years.
33:05
>> Wow.
33:06
>> It's been 40 years.
33:07
>> Wow. Congratulations.
33:08
>> So, so we actually met at an LA Jets
33:11
meet.
33:12
>> Yes.
33:12
>> And they just had their 40th anniversary
33:14
as we had our first 40 our 40th
33:17
anniversary as well.
33:19
Track Don't say that. Track brought us
33:21
together.
33:22
>> LA Jets boy. Wow, I remember that name.
33:25
That's still around? So, track can feel
33:27
like Tracy said, love and track can
33:29
feel.
33:30
>> [laughter]
33:32
>> That's crazy, man.
33:34
>> It's been good to us.
33:35
>> That's amazing. Really happy for you
33:37
all. We got Wesley on the line real
33:39
quick. He wanted to He wanted to speak
33:41
up. Wesley, say what up to the team.
33:43
>> Hey, what's going on, uh, citizens? Not
33:46
my first time calling, but uh, I
33:47
appreciate y'all having me on.
33:50
Uh, Coach Mike, Miss LaMonica
33:53
Hey, I love y'all like family. I I
33:55
appreciate everything y'all do for me.
33:58
Yeah, I'm I'm the coach in Rancho for
34:01
Tip Top Track.
34:02
>> I love that.
34:03
>> Wow.
34:05
Wow, man. You tune in to us, bro?
34:08
>> Oh, absolutely. Look, I've been a I've
34:10
been a listener since 2015 all day long.
34:12
It's not my first time calling. I've
34:14
called Reggie like four times.
34:16
>> 11 years, homie.
34:18
>> You a super DUPER CITIZEN.
34:22
DUPER STATUS, DOG. [laughter]
34:23
How many people got the duper status?
34:26
Wow, man.
34:28
>> Absolutely. I just
34:30
Oh, go ahead. Go ahead, Sway.
34:32
>> No, I'm just looking forward to seeing
34:33
you at the track meet and you you know,
34:35
if you tune into this show that long,
34:36
you know, you I spend a lot of time
34:38
talking track and field and the benefits
34:40
of it.
34:41
>> Yeah.
34:41
>> And
34:42
and so so I'm really proud that my
34:44
brother and I got involved with these
34:46
things and and and that we'll be a part
34:48
of this Junior Olympics. You know,
34:50
that's something we thrived to, you
34:52
know, compete at, you know, as youth.
34:55
You know, and so to be a part of it this
34:56
way, man, comes full circle. Coach
34:58
Wesley, man, I'll see you out. I'll see
35:00
you at Cerritos, all right?
35:02
>> be there.
35:02
>> Yes, sir. You'll see me. I'll be loud
35:04
and proud. Shockwave, let's go.
35:05
>> [laughter]
35:06
>> You're a super citizen, man.
35:08
We'll get you Dell real quick. Keep him
35:10
on hold. He's in Atlanta. Go ahead, you
35:11
Dell. Talk to us.
35:12
>> Hey, Dell.
35:14
>> Hey, good morning. Good afternoon,
35:15
everyone. First time caller, long time
35:18
listener.
35:19
>> We got another one. We got another one.
35:24
>> Welcome to the finish line.
35:27
>> Appreciate it.
35:29
Yeah, I'm currently on the clock right
35:30
now headed into work, but I did want to
35:31
call.
35:32
We have met and seen Shockwave a lot
35:35
because my daughter's a two-time
35:38
national champion in shot put. She won
35:39
in 2011
35:41
and 20 4
35:44
2024.
35:46
>> What's her name?
35:48
>> Kennedy Cason.
35:51
>> Kennedy Cason.
35:52
>> Kennedy Cason.
35:52
>> Okay.
35:53
>> Yeah.
35:54
Yeah, and so
35:55
she did work with some people. She
35:57
competed with some of the athletes out
35:59
there competing with Shockwave. Her name
36:00
was
36:01
Jorinde van Klinken. So, they
36:03
>> Oh, yeah.
36:03
>> Yep.
36:04
>> Oh, yeah. Yeah.
36:05
>> Yeah.
36:05
>> Yeah, we just talked We just talked to
36:07
Jorinde a couple of days ago.
36:08
>> Yes.
36:09
>> She's coming back.
36:10
>> She'll be She's been
36:13
Yeah, so the stuff that they were
36:14
talking about, which I was talking about
36:15
in terms of it's a commodity, you know,
36:17
even from different teams, you see a
36:19
group of
36:21
students or athletes that you know
36:22
you're going to compete with all the
36:23
time. So, you always encourage everyone
36:26
to do better than the other. So, it's
36:27
it's a real family thing. She's been
36:29
doing it since she was seven, so Lord
36:31
willing, you know, she's getting over
36:32
her shoulder injury, but uh we should be
36:34
out there in three years as well. We
36:35
making plans.
36:37
>> Awesome. Awesome.
36:38
>> Man, man, well, good good when we when
36:40
you come out there, look for me. I'll be
36:41
one of the people on the microphone.
36:44
>> [snorts]
36:44
>> No, don't try to get back on the field,
36:46
Sway.
36:48
>> [laughter]
36:48
>> Huh? Look for me or Heather. Look for me
36:51
and Heather.
36:53
All right. All right, man. Appreciate
36:55
you, man. Hey, you're a super citizen.
36:57
>> A Sway in the morning.
36:57
>> Yeah, listen, I want to thank you guys
36:59
for coming up today. This is a big deal,
37:01
citizens, Southern California, uh United
37:05
States, worldwide, man. Like, if you
37:06
want to compete in this event, man, it's
37:09
possible. The USATF National Junior
37:11
Olympic Track and Field Championship
37:13
taking place July 27th through August
37:16
2nd. Go to pcshockwaves.org.
37:20
And then also there's a there's a
37:21
challenge you guys are doing on social
37:23
media, right? What is this?
37:25
>> Yes.
37:25
>> What is this challenge that's going on?
37:27
>> Challenge accepted. It's called the
37:29
running man challenge.
37:30
>> The running man challenge.
37:31
>> So, it's a nationwide challenge put out
37:33
to all track enthusiasts, moms, dads,
37:36
coaches, referees, all all of the above.
37:38
Uh record yourself doing the running
37:40
man.
37:42
And then tag us, challenge accepted. If
37:45
you and your team have the most likes,
37:48
looks in the running man challenge, you
37:51
may be out here in Los Angeles competing
37:54
against other running man challengers.
37:56
>> So, you could win you could oh,
37:58
competing against
37:59
>> flying you out here.
38:01
Yeah, we're not flying you out here. You
38:02
got to be out here. However, there'll be
38:04
teams nationwide, so guys, if you
38:06
coming, get on social media, videotape
38:10
yourself doing the running man, and then
38:13
uh tag us, challenge accepted. And based
38:15
on that, we're going to pick the most
38:17
looks and the most likes.
38:19
>> Okay, I should join that.
38:20
>> No, no, no.
38:22
>> I'm going to go ahead and do it.
38:23
>> the last time you did the running man,
38:24
Sway? Keep it a hundred.
38:26
>> One hundred?
38:27
>> Yeah.
38:27
>> Maybe
38:29
89?
38:30
>> [laughter]
38:32
>> MAYBE.
38:34
>> WELL, SWAY, you you got to you got to
38:36
post your running man challenge
38:39
at [laughter] PC Shockwaves.
38:41
>> At PC Shockwaves.
38:43
>> Shock- at PC Shockwaves.
38:44
>> Okay. Make sure you add PC
38:46
@PCShockwaves.
38:49
Do the running man challenge. Uh you put
38:51
the hashtag What is it?
38:52
>> We run CA.
38:54
>> We run CA for California. #werunca
38:58
PC Shock- @PCShockwaves.
39:01
I'll get it down. The best running man
39:03
doer ever in the history of the running
39:05
man is from Oakland.
39:06
>> That's right.
39:08
MC Hammer time.
39:09
>> There you go. Nobody could beat Hammer
39:11
at the running man. And he's from
39:12
Oakland. Who?
39:14
>> I'm just asking.
39:14
>> Who?
39:15
>> Uh-uh. Is there ultimate running man
39:16
song? What's the What song you go to for
39:18
the running man?
39:20
I don't remember Hammer doing the
39:21
running man.
39:22
>> Let's get it started.
39:23
>> Let's get it started. Yeah, let's get it
39:25
started. Let's get it started. That's
39:26
it.
39:27
>> But
39:28
Sway, I do want to talk a little bit
39:29
about volunteers if that's okay.
39:31
>> Okay. Let's do it.
39:32
>> Absolutely.
39:32
>> Cuz you know I was about to rap. So get
39:34
that in. Okay. Go for it.
39:36
>> Please hold just one second. Yes. Um
39:38
uh many hands make light work.
39:41
And it it takes more than just Mike and
39:44
myself and the and the awesome
39:45
volunteers from PC Shockwaves to to host
39:48
an event of this magnitude. And so we're
39:50
taking volunteers all over the nation.
39:53
Volunteers, excuse me,
39:55
39:58
40:02
>> volunteering,
40:04
if you're interested in being a part of
40:05
this movement,
40:06
40:09
and we'll get information to you.
40:11
>> Love it, man. Congratulations. Y'all did
40:13
it, man. Pacific Coast Shockwaves, you
40:16
in the game. Thank you for bringing the
40:18
the the champ the the Junior Olympics to
40:21
Southern California first time in nearly
40:23
20 years. I know this whole coast is
40:26
going to be supporting this.
40:27
>> Oh man.
40:28
>> Uh people from the Midwest is coming.
40:30
People from the South, people from the
40:32
East Coast they're coming. Northeast,
40:33
they're all coming. People from
40:35
overseas.
40:37
>> [cheering]
40:37
>> They're going to come visit.
40:39
All right. I appreciate you Mike. Good
40:41
to meet you in person, brother. Uh thank
40:43
you, man. Thank you guys for coming by.
40:45
Thank you to your team.
40:47
All right. Let's name Let's name them.
40:49
Jackie.
40:51
Raquel, Rachel.
40:54
>> [laughter]
40:56
>> I know these people.
40:56
>> Say it.
40:57
>> My name is Denine.
40:58
>> Denine.
40:59
>> Denine.
40:59
>> Rachel.
41:00
>> Rachel.
41:00
>> And Jackie.
41:01
>> And Jackie.
41:02
>> They're here getting busy. Monisha's
41:03
here, too. She She runs Did you run
41:06
track, Mo?
41:08
Ninth grade.
41:09
>> Ninth grade.
41:09
>> That counts. All right, cool. Thank
41:12
y'all for tuning in today.
41:13
All right.
41:14
>> just just jump in real fast because
41:16
these beautiful ladies are the ones that
41:18
are running our social media.
41:20
>> Oh, okay.
41:20
>> And they are with SheEOX.
41:24
>> SheEOX.
41:24
>> SheEOX.
41:26
>> Nice.
41:27
>> Our social media is on fire because of
41:30
these three women right here.
41:32
>> right. That's what's up, man. Okay.
41:34
>> Sway. Thank you for this opportunity.
41:36
>> Oh, absolutely, man. And to thank my
41:38
brother Tariq Callaway, too. T. Callaway
41:40
is the one that got us involved in this.
41:42
So, shout out to T. Callaway.
41:44
>> Oh, yeah.
41:44
>> Top Speed Athletics.
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