@BrendanThompsn That’s awful, the kid must be devastated

@coach_catrina It’s mentally and emotionally weighing on him. He’s mentioned giving up the sport several times. Breaks my heart to see his passion turned into a nightmare.

@BrendanThompsn This is incredibly unfortunate and happens too often. How many instances do you think the college coach reaches back out to the HS Coach?? My guess 0

@FloydTrack In this particular case, I was told the coach has blamed him for his performance decrement. There are apparently others on the team who share his experience and sentiments.

@BrendanThompsn Sometimes the athletes need to take the reins. Schedule a meeting with the coach. Tell them where they are at. Be transparent, respectful, but persuasive.

@JakeCVenes He has taken action steps to no avail.

@BrendanThompsn Could be the level of competition. Running with leveled athletes could have gotten to his head. I don’t know the kid but I’ve noticed many athletes’ numbers are altered due to environment, not necessarily based on training tactics.

@weareserrano The competition isn’t much different than a pretty good HS training group. Lot of 11.1-11.4 and 22low-22high athletes.

@BrendanThompsn Unfortunate and very frustrating. I’ve seen this too many times

@T_Cortazzo Difficult to navigate for the athlete and family.

@BrendanThompsn Same thing happens in swimming. Coaches who have had some level of success will refuse to evaluate their own methods

@Based_N8 Such a shame

@BrendanThompsn Has he thought about transferring?

@AndersonKarston A lot

@BrendanThompsn Why not go directly to the coach and communicate, educate, advocate for the athlete?

@justin_ternes All proactive options have been exercised at this point with 0 results.

@BrendanThompsn That has to be incredibly frustrating. Sounds like a coach that is stubborn in his training methods, and doesn't know how to adapt to how different athletes respond. I saw this also. What was great for me, ended up breaking someone else down and their body fell apart.

@ny_kia31_sports Exactly! Important to fit our programs to the athlete!

@BrendanThompsn Does he have a scholarship? If not, are there club track options? So he can stay at that school and continue his passion…What’s typical for first year college athlete? (Adjustment years or improvement right away?)

@PlantBasedAdvoc Has a scholarship. There’s generally some adjustment, but not a 0.7s loss over 100m or a nearly 2s loss over 200m.