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Jeff Connors is in his eighth year as Carolina’s Strength and Conditioning Coordinator and his seventh as an assistant athletic director. While his primary focus is the football team’s strength and conditioning, Connors oversees the department’s entire strength and conditioning program and also works specifically with the women’s basketball team.
Mark Flynt In 1965, he was first team, all-district defensive back for the first state championship football team for the Odessa Permian Panthers, starting the winning tradition at Permian High School, and later inspiring the movie Friday Night Lights. At age 59, he received national attention throughout the 2007 football season. With his final year of eligibility confirmed by the NCAA, Mike was able to make the team and become the oldest contributing member of a college football team in NCAA history.
Joel Ballantyne and Santi Aragon
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Joel Ballantyne is a high school track and cross country coach with enormous success in preparing athletes for championships. His girls cross country team has been ranked one of Broward County’s top five teams for two straight years, while qualifying for the state championships both years. He has helped bring the boys track program three straight district championships. His athletes have also gone on to compete in colleges from Division I through Division III. He coaches privately during the summer for the USATF and AAU National Championships. Each high school athlete he has privately trained has qualified for the National Junior Olympics in sprints and distance events. Coach Ballantyne emphasizes not only periodization of training modules, but also proper nutrition in order to achieve the best performance at the right time.
Santiago Aragon is a 19 year old NPC bodybuilder. He has been bodybuilding competitively for the past two years. He is recently undefeated in his bodybuilding career, winning the 2007 NGA Florida championships, 2008 Mid Florida Muscle, 2008 Southern States and the 2008 Teen and Collegiate Nationals. He is planning to take a year off to bring up lagging body parts and come back strong at the 2010 NPC Junior Nationals. Currently Santi is going to college in Orlando, FL majoring in Business Administration. He hopes to one day start his own business in the Bodybuilding and Fitness industry.
Andy Haman and Abbe Dorn
Andy Haman began pursuing his boyhood dream of becoming an IFBB PRO Bodybuider after retiring from teaching in the Public School system for over 15 years. He worked for a year and half every day for five hours per day and dieted for almost two years in preparation for his return to competition. Andy Haman earned his IFBB Pro Card at age 41 after winning the Super Heavyweight Class Championship and was named the Overall Show Champion at the MastersNationals in July of 2007. Andy can bench press 615 lbs, barbell curl 225 lbs 10 times and perform decline sit-ups with a 150 lb dumbbell for 15 reps. He is married to wife Michelle (25 years!) and has 4 children, Sammy, Daisy, Ruby and Lucy. Learn more about Andy by clicking here.
Abbe Dorn grew up in Denver, CO and attended Arapahoe High school where she was on the varsity soccer and cheerleading team. In college at the University of Northern Colorado she played soccer and received her degree in Nutrition. After college she worked at 24 Hour Fitness as a personal trainer. Her interest in figure competition lead her to Carla Sanchez and the Performance Ready Team and competition in seven shows. Abbe is currently a Denver Police officer for the city and county of Denver, and will take her athletic abilities into competition on American Gladiators on Monday, May 19.
