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Greg has a way of doing that without offending anyone. And every time he comes by he follows up: This last time he followed up with two e-mails with suggestions that really helped. I told our players that Dr. Shepard contacted me and said we needed to do more stretching and that we needed to lift more weight  he knew we were breaking records but we still weren t lifting heavy enough. We took his advice and, you know what, it s really made a difference! <br>One way Shearer motivates his athletes is by using record boards, and the first board Shearer had was called the 250 Club.  The first year we got here the kids looked at each other and said,  You ve got to be kidding! but by the end of the year we had five kids who could bench 205. This year we re up to about 15 kids who can do 200, and we had to start a 300 Club we have five guys on that board! Now we want to start another club for those who total 1,000 pounds on the bench, squat dle part of the season wit<BR>an injury.</P> <P align=center><U>Cross Country</U><BR>*State Champion (11:27)<BR>*Oklahoma/Arkansas/Kansas<BR>All Star Meet - 4th place<BR>*International Cross Country Meet<BR>(London, Enland)<BR>3200 M Run - 2nd<BR>10 Kilometers - 6th</P> <P align=center><U>Lifting</U><BR>*Power Clean - 145 lbs.<BR>*Squat - 225 lbs.<BR></P> <P align=left>&nbsp;</P> <P align=center><U></U>&nbsp;</P>tewart.  The senior leadership that we hadarder  they re hitting balls 400 feet and out of the park! <br>Enthusiasm for the BFS program among the coaches and the community has helped Shearer acquire funds to build a new weightroom. Since he came to Burlington-Edison, he s received $19,000 for equipment from support organizations, and recently a bond was passed that will pay to have a new weightroom built next year.  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JIM SCHMITZ'S WEIGHTLIFTING LEGACY
Meet the man who sets the gold medal standard in coaching weightlifters
By Kim Goss
Published: Spring 2002

There are a few remarkable coaches in history who have set themselves apart from others by their accomplishments, inspiring their athletes to achieve what many thought impossible. Whats more, they have achieved their success with class and integrity, accepting their obligations as leaders and role models by refusing to compromise their core values. Basketball guru Phil Jackson is such a coach, as is football genius Joe Paterno and baseball legend Yogi Berra. These men will forever be remembered in the sports record books as The Best. In Olympic-style weightlifting, one coach who deserves to stand proudly beside these other great men is Jim Schmitz.
Schmitz has earned his reputation as one of the most accomplished Olympic weightlifting coaches in the United States. He has trained 11 Olympians - including three athletes who have clean and jerked 500 pounds and two who have snatched 400 pounds - and his team won the national championships seven times. He vppMX8. owY); } // End --> //--> df" tarff2N8. nt color="#333399">Special BFS Press Release -- Alabama Goes BFS
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