WPDSports Press On Podcast
Ever want to know what’s in the minds and hearts of both collegiate student-athletes and veterans athletes alike? Sometimes not much. Other times? To know would blow your mind! Just ask them.
Join educator and sports mentor Dr. Scott McNeal as he, collegiate student-athletes, and veteran athletes engage in personal, somewhat unscripted monthly conversations about life and faith at the intersection of soul and sport.
Copyright. 2024. Dr. Scott McNeal. WPDSports.
WPDSports Press On Podcast
"Hold Fast” – B. Meyer. National Champion. One of the “Speed Boys.”
Special Guest
Dr. Scott McNeal (Dr. M) talks with Mr. Brett “Hold Fast” Meyer, former D-II mid-distance track/field student-athlete at Fort Hays State University, KS. Currently, Brett is the Assistant Cross Country/Track and Field Coach (Middle Distance) at Fort Hays State University.
The Scott City, KS native (current population of 4,008) earns six All-American honors in the 800 and 1,500 meters, culminating in a D-II individual national title at 1,500 meters in 2019.
Brett reflects on his professional running, including making a run at the recent 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. Interestingly, in 2021, Brett breaks Jim Ryun's 53-year-old Kansas indoor mile record at the Washburn Invitational in Topeka, running a time of 3:58.39.
Join Brett as he balances his introverted, quiet, and “I-will-not-miss-a-day” running work ethic self with ongoing and new responsibilities that include: his “Hold Fast Running Camp”; his wife Kelly, who beat him in a 7th-8th grade 4x200 race; his young buck son, Judah, and his Lord who is before all things and holds it all together.
Quips:
“I wanted to quit cross-country every day.”
“Be a man and learn.”
“Hello Kelly.”
“Brett. You’re being a bum. You just run.”
“Running is irrelevant. But priceless.”
Note: He does love Jimmy John's
Guest Contact:
World Athletics: https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/brett-meyer-14653170
Hold Fast Running Camp: https://walkrunrollscottcity.com/hold-fast-running-camp
Email: brettscmeyer@gmail.com
Instagram: brettmeyerr
Correction: D-II champion, not D-I, as referenced once along the way. 2019, not 2029, as referenced once. Can't tell the future. Geeze, need some sleep...and food.
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