Ep.101 || Alia Armstrong | Reflecting on a Dream Season | 4th Place at World Champs | When Outsiders' Faith Becomes Your Own Faith | 2022 NCAA Champion from 2 Black Runners

Ep.101 || Alia Armstrong | Reflecting on a Dream Season | 4th Place at World Champs | When Outsiders' Faith Becomes Your Own Faith | 2022 NCAA Champion

1 hour 9 minutes Posted Aug 9, 2022 at 1:00 pm.

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Episode start 

Interview start 

How did you survive your competition schedule? 

Reflecting on recent races 

Where does your maturity come from? 

Was the 4th place finish bittersweet? 

Did you think you would go this far this early? 

Best hype person out there! 

Alia’s mom and positive energy 

How does everybody know each other 

Parents influence 

How does it feel to have influence with your accomplishments? 

Pure happiness 

Following the path 

When you were younger, did you see track & field as your future? 

Results from middle school track meet 

What events were you doing before hurdles? 

Why didn’t you compete in the long jump? 

What was it like getting into LSU? And why did you pick it? 

What about the LSU coach, team, and culture makes it different? 

What was it like coming into a team with top competitors? 

What it like competing with Tonea at the Olympic trials? 

Do you feel like you've learned anything from the women on the US team? 

What were you doing in between race days at WC? 

Who had the loudest personality on the US team? 

Does the atmosphere change with the different competitions? 

Did you leave WC with hope for the sport? 

How does it feel to be a part of this golden age in track & field? 

Top 5 favorite Disney movies 1:00:35 how do you spend your free time? 

What music are you listening to right now? 

One message, what would it be? 1:05:14 

What mark do you want to leave on track & field? 1:09:17 Interview end

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Alia Armstrong, who finished 4th place in the 100m hurdles at the World Championships, joined your favorite 2 Black Runners for an interview about her dream 2022 season. Her season may have started with a false start at the NCAA indoor championships but she ended it as a NCAA Champion and a World Championship Finalist. This is a special podcast because the Potts brothers know Alia's family, plus Joshua and Alia went to the same middle school together.

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