Unconquerable Brendan McGoldrick

On this special episode, I interview one of my all time favorite people in education: Coach Nick Tucker, the RBR varsity baseball coach! Coach Tucker and I discuss the upcoming Mental Fitness Symposium on March 15th. Coach Tucker and I have collaborated with a number of people at school including the Gamechanging Bucs, a student-athlete led organization seeking to make things better for the Bucs, to bring this exciting opportunity to RBR! The day will include a keynote address from Dr. Jarrod Spencer, breakout sessions to discuss what student-athletes are experiencing, and some closing remarks from myself. Listen here for more information on this exciting opportunity!!

The following is an audio recording of our pre-sectionals visualization exercise from practice. Envision success and the feelings the race will bring and be unconquerable!

Who is Gabe Kroll? Gabe Kroll is a member of RBR's class of 2020, he is the school record holder in the 400m dash, and a Group 3 Indoor champion that placed 7th in the state at the Meet of Champions. Currently, Gabe is studying tat THE Ohio State University in hopes to get into dental school, and he is my guest tonight! It was so fun getting to catch up with Gabe tonight reminisce about his being on the team, setting the school record, having a great freshman Global Studies class together, and seeing how grown up he is! I'm super proud of Gabe and all the work he's put in, and I can't wait to see where he is heading in this world!

If you are interested in being interviewed for the podcast, or you know another MUTFXC or RBRXCTF alum that is interested, please reach out to me and let me know! We want to try to do everything we can to inspire the current and future generations of Buccaneers to the best of our ability!

Joel Rivera is an RBRXCTF alumnus from the class of 2016, and graduated from TCNJ with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Joel joined the XC team as a freshman after running one season of cross country team for his hometown of Union Beach. On this weeks episode, I interview Joel about his path to becoming a lifelong runner, and his advice for the current team! Big thanks to Joel for taking the time to catch up!

Andrew McDowell graduated from RBR in 2021 after transferring ahead of his sophomore year. On this episode of "Unconquerable," we discuss Andrew's history with running, his career at RBR and at his current school (Susquehanna University- go River Hawks!), and how Andrew looks at success, training, and school. Big thanks to Andrew for sitting down with me on Google Meet tonight, and best of luck heading into the school year!!

Today we had a very special episode- our second round of alumni chats! This time I was joined by RBRXCTF alums Chris Wong, Cameron MacIver, Kyle Neary, Joel Rivera, Tyler Schwinn, and Christian Luca. I am incredibly proud of what each and every one of these young men have accomplished both in their time as Bucs and since then as well! It has been an honor to be a small part of their journey to prosperity, and an even bigger honor to sit down and chat with them for over an hour.

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