We wrap up our IHSA state coverage with our 2A and 1A notes and our top 8 faves from each day, and then we take you the north regional of the Indiana dance postseason! And our first-ever convos with Joliet Catholic coach Kelsey Kunz and former Crystal Lake Central coach Alli Heckman.
Almost 6 weeks later and we're still in awe of the outstanding teams that took home big trophies in 2A and 1A at IHSA state. I've got some interesting notes on what I saw at Indiana's north regional on Leap Day 2020, which is the final step before their state comp. And this podcast just turned up thanks to our very first guest: Kelsey Kunz, the rookie coach who led Joliet Catholic to a 3rd place finish in 1A! We recap her experiences as a first-year coach on a big-name team, throw the spotlight on their trainer (who apparently has unreal flexibility for a middle-aged dude), and uncover the mystery of whether or not an actual celebrity came to one of their football games. Then we reveal our top 8 list of Day 1 routines that didn't make it to Day 2. Hmm, another guest? Yup, did it. This time it's former coach Alli Heckman from Crystal Lake Central talking about her first year away from coaching and her thoughts on the routines she watched, along with a deep dive into the secret to developing legit quads! We explore the philosophical question that keeps you up at night: would you rather have a team with clean triples or somewhat clean quads? We wrap it up by revealing our top 8 Day 2 teams who didn't get on the podium but were still basically awesome.