Tyler Germain

Head Track and Field Coach at Kalamazoo Central High School: 2024 MHSAA Men's D1 State Champions

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

Since 2021 at Kalamazoo Central:

43 Events as Conference Champ
32 Events as Regional Champ
64 State Qualifying Events
23 All State Performances
4 Individual State Champs
46 School Records
2 Conference Champion Teams
1 Regional Champion Team
1 State Champion Team

#TRACKCITY

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@PumasTrack No argument here!

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@SprintersCompen Thanks man!!

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

Stats have been updated!

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

Since 2021 at Kalamazoo Central:

43 Events as Conference Champ
32 Events as Regional Champ
64 State Qualifying Events
23 All State Performances
4 Individual State Champs
46 School Records
2 Conference Champion Teams
1 Regional Champion Team
1 State Champion Team

#TRACKCITY

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@CoachInTheShire @eddieikertIII @AltamontXCTF @TrackCoachJones Ok

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@CoachInTheShire @eddieikertIII @AltamontXCTF @TrackCoachJones 🙃

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@CoachInTheShire @eddieikertIII @AltamontXCTF @TrackCoachJones If the stick massively accelerates that means the outgoing runner was not at top speed when receiving the baton...

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@CoachInTheShire @eddieikertIII @AltamontXCTF @TrackCoachJones Leave early or leave late, the speed of the stick is all that matters.

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@CoachInTheShire @eddieikertIII @AltamontXCTF @TrackCoachJones It is not slower.

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

Our sprint training has been very heavily influenced by @pntrack and #feedthecats.

We've had at least one sprint relay team on the podium at state finals every year since 2022.

2022 - 4x100
2023 - 4x100
2024 - 4x100 and 4x200
2025 - 4x200
2026 - 4x200 and 4x400

Not too bad!

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@AltamontXCTF @eddieikertIII @TrackCoachJones BTW, our 4x200 was on the podium again at the state finals this past weekend.

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@Stickmata24 @AltamontXCTF @MikeBasic2 @TrackCoachJones Their open PRs were as follows:
22.55
23.10
23.49
23.74

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@FrankDelavergne @AltamontXCTF @TrackCoachJones There is no such thing as free distance. The baton is going to travel the same 30 meters through the zone whether the the baton is outstretched, next to, or thrown. The key factor remains how fast it travels through that 30 meters.

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@MikeBasic2 @AltamontXCTF @TrackCoachJones I don't agree, but that's fine. The beauty of this thing is that there are very few key principles, but thousands of methods. No matter what kind of handoff you coach, it has to be coached well and executed with precision. Best of luck to you and your teams!

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@FrankDelavergne @AltamontXCTF @TrackCoachJones It's pretty simple. Fastest time wins. If the baton slows down in the zone, it leads to a slower time. The more it slows down, the slower the overall time becomes. The faster the baton stays through the zone, the less detriment to overall time.

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@AltamontXCTF @MikeBasic2 @TrackCoachJones "I though this coach might be on to something but then I saw that all his athletes just kept improving."

I'm being sarcastic here, but these aren't unrelated. And our current lineup, which is slower in open 200s than our last lineup, is still one of the fastest in the state!

[Nathan West @CoachWest3sport]

We love our fly by’s, it started as an idea, and almost broke the school record last year. We have broke it twice in the last 2 weeks. Still not perfect, but we got 1 race left.

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@Jordan_SHS2019 @AltamontXCTF @TrackCoachJones Yes!

[Tyler Germain @TrackCoachTG]

@FrankDelavergne @AltamontXCTF @TrackCoachJones Free distance is a myth. The only metric that matters is the speed of the baton through the zone!