![]() However, resting is also equally important. Athletes have to go through strict diet and workout accordingly. The sprinting can be very exhausting and requires a lot of training. These sprinters have performed exceptionally well and holding recorded never seen before. Sprinting tracks are very much loved by athletes like Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Carl Lewis. It is a sport that involves running for a short distance at a top speed of their body. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for is an athletic sport that requires stamina and speed. It's a balancing act."ĭave Eminian is the Journal Star sports columnist, and covers Bradley men's basketball, the Rivermen and Chiefs. Teach them to manage stress and their life. ![]() "Coaching is just making sure you put kids in a situation to succeed. That 9.91 time in the 100 ranks 50th in history on an all-time list littered with Olympic medalists.īut he's not just coaching the runner. Glavash was named Mountain Region Assistant Coach of the Year in March as his own story continues to grow.Īnd he knows Jones could be the next great story on the world track stage. Jones broke a meet record with a time of 6.48 seconds. Texas Tech's Terrence Jones reacts to his time after the 60 meters during the Big 12 track and field meet, Saturday, Feb. "Your mind has to be a little bit different in this business." I'm lucky to have a great head coach at Texas Tech in Wes Kittley who lets me do this and is always there as a sounding board. We enjoyed doing it and came out every day loving it. "I was blessed in high school with coach Themas," Glavash said. 'Best-kept secret in central Illinois': Inside IVC's $6.7 million multi-sport turf upgradeįor Glavash, his love for the sport and for coaching began at IVC, under head coach Mike Themas. "He would say Olympics are on God's time. It's nice when the great talents are great people, too. He's a humble guy, a God-fearing kid, great teammate. "It's fun to coach the great ones," Glavash said. Jones, meanwhile, is an Olympic-caliber catch for Texas Tech, and he's growing rapidly under Glavash's tutelage. Texas Tech sprinter Terrence Jones embraces IVC grad and Tech assistant coach Zach Glavash on the track. "We put the head of it in a bucket with some maggots to strip it down to the bone and we still have the skeleton." I'd be out there at 1 a.m., build a fire, catch a catfish and put it on a shovel and cook it for everyone when they came in from their night out."Īnd things really are bigger in Texas, where Glavash caught a 7-foot, 165-pound alligator gar a couple of years ago. "There was a collection of about 25 houses there and we'd go fish. Favorite spot was in Victoria (a tiny village in Knox County). "Back in the day everyone would go out and socialize all night, but I'd go fishing for catfish, just loved it. "I miss the fishing in Illinois," he said, laughing. But his second love is fishing, and he has a story to tell. He got there with his magnificent running resume. Glavash, 39, was a 2022 inductee to the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame. We waited and put him back out there, and he lights the world on fire." Alligator gar and landing a prize Then he had some injuries, his body wasn't ready to run those kind of times. He tied the (60) record in his sophomore year last year. "He ran the World Championships at age 16. "He just came along at the right time," Glavash said. Jones ran that 60 in 6.45 indoors, the fastest time in NCAA history. His first race in the 60 in college he runs the collegiate record." "Some of the things he did, I thought he might be a 100-meter runner. "He has all the talent in the world," Glavash said. Jones came to Texas Tech as a 400 runner, and a 6-foot-4 athletic marvel from the Bahamas has proved an exciting challenge for the coach. He's always been fascinated by the short sprints. He has built a reputation in coaching circles for recruiting and developing talent. Glavash was an elite 800-meter runner himself, ranking among the top 100 in the country coming out of high school. "It's the beginning, now people are watching him." "People were shocked, but I actually thought he was going to do it. "In the track world, it's like a bomb went off," Glavash said. IVC grad and Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame inductee Zach Glavash, an assistant coach at Texas Tech now working with the world's fastest man in Terrence Jones.
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