She is awesome! It’s great to see someone who has participated and studied the sport. She knows her sport and has the right mentality to be the U.S. relay coach. I didn’t know who she was at first, but after this interview i was super impressed and proud. I wish her nothing but the best!
I'm a track coach at the youth level but no a relay coach. And just to hear Mechelle speak and breakdown relay sprinting is insane!!! I hope to get my daughter down to AP Ranch for a clinic or 2 as she gets older. I'm learning a lot just hearing her speak. Please more of this type of content with high level coaches!
I was a relay specialist for Jamaica 1984 Olympic Silver and 1988 Olympics Relay finalist 4th place 4x100m 2nd lef both times. These technologies with data used to analyze speed of baton passes and velocity, A plus all the technicalities 0 to 3 sec in the zone and the measure of which athletes perform the task best running the different relay legs is amazing and I didn't have none of these considerations when I competed. No wonder the USA women team 4x100 is having success they getting now. Congratulations.
She did an awesome job organizing the relay teams. We all understand that when everybody in the pool is "Great" that it's going to be tough choosing that team. Keep up the good work Mechelle! 🎉
This was one of your best episodes very revealing appreciate the explanation of her strategy and her ability to make tough decisions despite external factors I hope Jamaica was listening it’s going to more than having the fastest women in the world to win another global championship. Michele understands the technical aspect her personnel ability to execute the strategy and the relationship necessary to make complex decisions. Congratulations
Thanks for doing this interview. All of the relays you guys discussed stand out for me as the highlights of watching T&F over the past 3 years. Total goosebumps moments. So it’s fantastic to witness the mind & heart behind the coaching of those moments. What a brilliant person!
Man this was great! I don’t get to watch alot of your shows but your content is outstanding. And this was one of the best I’ve seen! Mechele is amazing! Keep bringing the 🔥
Her take / insight on the relay legs are incredible .. made me look at some things differently as fan of Track & Field. Not to mention her “actual firsthand experience”
She didn’t use her own science. The last two women’s wins are solely bc of Sha’Carri’s speed. That was very evident in Paris. A top Jamaican team would have won that. Bc she didn’t use her own reasoning. Gabby and Sha’Carri had terrible handoffs. Gabby and teetee had terrible handoffs. The common issue: gabby lacking relay iq. She said the opposite here. My eyes saw diff
If she needed gabby on the team. Her long legs make her a better 2nd leg but not over teetee and no way Dennis or Sha’Carri was taking anything but anchor. We see her runs girls down since high school. She is anchoring bc she can do that. Gabby is much better suited for 4x4. She is not Alyson
@@blackmenachievellc1950the science was the first year when they beat a loaded Jamaican team. Ever since then doesn’t matter the US is too much. You talking about a good Jamaican team. The Jamaican women haven’t been healthy for a couple years. If Elaine gets right with Shericka and that young Jamaican talent the US will have a problem.
Great interview Mechelle seems to be a wonder spirit. I ‘m impressed with her fortitude to lead - willing to make the tough decisions. She backs up her approach with data.
Excellent Interview ! I was at the 2022 World Championships and saw and heard first hand some of the outside influencers chatter trying tell Coach Mechelle Lewis Freeman who to put on the 4x1 Relay. Thank God she stuck to her values of selecting who and why she put on the Relay. Keep up the good work Coach and continue to strive for excellence.👨🏾💼🤔😄🏃🏽♀️🏃♀️🏃🏾♀️🏃♀️🔥❤️👍🏾🇺🇸🌍
First of all, amazing interview with Coach Freeman. The detailed look into what makes relays work and the complexities involved was truly educational. Second, the dream 4x100m teams might need to consider bringing in Bob Hayes. With max velocity in excess of 12m/s on a cinder track...how could he not be in the mix. Coleman might be a great starter, but the first leg is still 100m and Justin Gatlin was consistently an amazing starter...with great top end speed. Gatlin 1st leg, Gay 2nd leg, Lyles 3rd leg, Hayes 4th leg.
Cos of the depth issue, the most competitive W4x4 race that will unfortunately never happen but would be fun to see play out would involve the best US W4x4 vs the best EUR W4x4 (Bol, Adeleke, Kaczmarek & Amber Anning) vs the best CAR W4x4 (Paulino, Miller-Uibo, Pryce & Sada Williams), would be an incredible race!
Insightful interview. Courageous, thoughtful, intelligent and driven being. A true student of life. Thorough in her research and analysis and an excellent communicator. Makes sense why she's had the success she's had. PG County rep. 👌🏾 Sidenote: In my opinion, it would help if the cohost's mic is turned up more or he projects more as he speaks.
Everyone be really apprehensive about naming 4x100 relay teams. Pure sweatin the names lol 😅😅😅😅 truly being considerate of everyone’s feelings. But it’s great to hear Evelyn Ashford’s name mentioned. She deserves the shine.
40:21 I remember this.. Respect to that USA anchor. Kennedy Simon, right? I feel like Mechelle and USATF knew their star Allyson Felix would probably get passed (maybe by Femke Bol) the same way she got passed by Paulino if Felix were to run anchor leg. So they gave Simon the anchor position to preserve Felix's reputation in case Felix had ran 4th & given up USA’s lead...
Allyson rarely runs anchor leg so I doubt they would’ve put her in the anchor position anyways. The USA women’s team just did not have any viable female runners for anchor leg because the stronger runners that year were focusing on their individual events (like Sydney or Britton).
I'm from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 Dream USA 🇺🇸 mens 4x100m team: 1st C.Coleman 2nd J.Gatlin 3rd Noah 4th T.Gay That's how I would set it if all were in their prime!
@kristoncartwright4165 yh that's a bomb 💣 squad either way! I had to think about those spots alot but I watched all these athletes run and I just had to go with tyson on last because I remember before gatling tyson was bolt biggest rival outside JA and dawg idk any American had even as close to as Top Speed tyson had so that's why I had mine so and tbh 3rd as mine is was tuff because there's alot of really good other sprinters from the USA from like 2012 - 2016/7 ish that didn't really last at the top stage but had great seasons in between those years
@@Josh-y2v8x I switched them because Tyson is a better curve runner than Lyles and I like Lyles top end for a straight away. I feel like this is similar to a VCB of Jamaica where either way its up for whoever is running against them.
You should have asked about the Kendall Ellis story. What was the original W4x100m team in Budapest and what made her change her decision. Who was supposed to run the 4x4 final in Budapest.
@@mdmex4476 dd u watch the whole thing? She said she decided to put Gabby on 3rd leg in the mrng of the final in Budapest. Gabby was originally 2nd leg.
If I had a guess on who was supposed to run the 4x4 final in Budapest 2023 before team USA got DQ: Talitha to Gabby to Shamier to Alexis (any order with these 4).
Yep. So once again she didn’t use her own science. They also are coached by the same guy. They have a rapport others not Dennis Mitchell athletes don’t. She tried to pretend like politics is not part of it. It is.
@@teekayzee1321there’s no way TeeTee would be the one to go. People forget that Gabby has messed up baton passes in 2023 Budapest, 2024 World Relays, and the 2024 Olympics (in BOTH the 4x1 and 4x4).
Yea they don’t have relay iq and likely have never ran on one. I understand it in a way most don’t bc of my hs coach. He worked with the national team on starts and handoffs. Literally was gone for a week in 2006 doing that.
If the best women's team ever (all in their prime) were based purely on speed I'd go with Flo-jo, Carmelita Jeter, Sha'Carri Richardson & Marion Jones. The slowest PB of this bunch is 10.65... With decent hand-offs I feel like sub-40.50 would be theoretically possible with this team. Idk the order though, I'm unsure who is good out of the blocks relative to the other 3. Men you could have Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin, Christian Coleman & Trayvon Bromell. I'd probably go with Christian Coleman first, Tyson Gay 2nd, Trayvon 3rd, & Gatlin to anchor. Coleman has the best start, but is probably going the slowest from 90-100m out of these 4. So I actually think you want the guy with the worst start out of these 4 (I'd say Tyson) to go 2nd so they don't run away from Coleman, luckily even with a not so great start Tyson Gay has still ran multiple 9.7s & the one 9.6x. If I remember correctly Trayvon has a pretty good start & Tyson will probably have the fastest 90-100m so a good starter won't get run up on too badly, then the most experienced Gatlin anchors. I think a 36.7ish would be do-able by this team with practiced handoffs.
Eh the women’s team would be the fastest. Sure the best? No. Not without Alyson Jeter, Alyson, Sha’Carri Flo Jo Current women: Tamari TeeTee Melissa Sha’Carri This team is unbeatable. I bet my life on it
@@blackmenachievellc1950 With the "big 3" from Jamaica, especially Elaine & Shelly past their primes the US team is probably unbeatable right now. Everyone in their primes though I'd say the Jamaican team was the unbeatable one.
I’m sorry she’s never going to convince me that gabby was a good choice. Never. The budapest win and Paris wins were because of Sha’Carri. Especially Paris. If she was not on the team. That team loses worlds and Olympics. To not acknowledge that here is crazy. To pretend that gabby has relay iq is laughable. And YES. I could put together a team that incudes spears and handoff. The teams I’d have chose. Tamari to teetee to Melissa to Sha’Carri. Tamari is the best lead off the USA has had in a while. TeeTee Melissa and Sha’Carri are teammates. That connection already exists. That would have been an Olympic record. Gabby was picked bc of politics that’s it. She’s a “better” star for the white gaze than Sha’Carri. Just wait until Sha’Carri understands the 200m better. Nobody except Julien Alfred has a top end speed close to Sha’Carri. Elaine Thompson is the next closest then Shericka Jackson. Healthy shericka = another silver medal for gabby. A better start = 100m gold even if Shericka and Shelly were in the final. Those are facts. In no world using real objective, best handoff, and speed is gabby the choice unless it was political.
@@blackmenachievellc1950 To me Gabby should be doing the 2nd leg. She has good top speed and with her height she could do some damage on 2nd rather than 3rd.
@@blackmenachievellc1950 Tamari is the best lead leg and quite frankly Melissa ddnt do really well on 1st leg in Paris. Dina left her in the dust. I would prefer Tamari to Gabby to Melissa to ShaCarri.
Well who else was going to run 3rd leg at the Olympics? They apparently tried Tamari on 3rd leg at one point to at least run the prelim round but that didn’t pan out. Aleia can’t run on the curve because of injuries, and they left Tamara Clark at home. Only other person that could have tried it was Brittany Brown.
She is awesome! It’s great to see someone who has participated and studied the sport. She knows her sport and has the right mentality to be the U.S. relay coach. I didn’t know who she was at first, but after this interview i was super impressed and proud. I wish her nothing but the best!
Amen 🙏🏿 🫶🏾🙏🏿💜💯📌😊
Best conversation I’ve ever heard on the complexity of selecting, training, and running the relays. I’m enriched. Thank you!
I'm a track coach at the youth level but no a relay coach. And just to hear Mechelle speak and breakdown relay sprinting is insane!!! I hope to get my daughter down to AP Ranch for a clinic or 2 as she gets older. I'm learning a lot just hearing her speak. Please more of this type of content with high level coaches!
I was a relay specialist for Jamaica 1984 Olympic Silver and 1988 Olympics Relay finalist 4th place 4x100m 2nd lef both times. These technologies with data used to analyze speed of baton passes and velocity, A
plus all the technicalities 0 to 3 sec in the zone and the measure of which athletes perform the task best running the different relay legs is amazing and I didn't have none of these considerations when I competed. No wonder the USA women team 4x100 is having success they getting now. Congratulations.
I clicked on this so fast. My wife does her hair from time to time! She good people 🤛🏾🤛🏾🤛🏾
She needs to coach the men's 4x100 team
This was a great education, I could have listened to another 90mins
Blessings 🙏🏾❤🙏🏾 Oxen Hill in the House. Lots of great people came out of PG Co. Keep making area proud.
Blessings 🙏🏾🇹🇹❤️🇺🇲🙏🏾
She did an awesome job organizing the relay teams. We all understand that when everybody in the pool is "Great" that it's going to be tough choosing that team. Keep up the good work Mechelle! 🎉
This was one of your best episodes very revealing appreciate the explanation of her strategy and her ability to make tough decisions despite external factors I hope Jamaica was listening it’s going to more than having the fastest women in the world to win another global championship. Michele understands the technical aspect her personnel ability to execute the strategy and the relationship necessary to make complex decisions. Congratulations
Mechelle is the best Relay Coach!!! Hands down!! Keep up the good work!!!
Thanks for doing this interview. All of the relays you guys discussed stand out for me as the highlights of watching T&F over the past 3 years. Total goosebumps moments. So it’s fantastic to witness the mind & heart behind the coaching of those moments. What a brilliant person!
Man this was great! I don’t get to watch alot of your shows but your content is outstanding. And this was one of the best I’ve seen! Mechele is amazing! Keep bringing the 🔥
Michele is amazing!!
Wow. 😮
I’m impressed with the work, effort and thinking that’s gone into relay !
Well done en
Her take / insight on the relay legs are incredible .. made me look at some things differently as fan of Track & Field. Not to mention her “actual firsthand experience”
Great show. I love how Michelle broke down the science of putting together a successful relay.
She didn’t use her own science. The last two women’s wins are solely bc of Sha’Carri’s speed. That was very evident in Paris. A top Jamaican team would have won that. Bc she didn’t use her own reasoning. Gabby and Sha’Carri had terrible handoffs. Gabby and teetee had terrible handoffs. The common issue: gabby lacking relay iq. She said the opposite here. My eyes saw diff
If she needed gabby on the team. Her long legs make her a better 2nd leg but not over teetee and no way Dennis or Sha’Carri was taking anything but anchor. We see her runs girls down since high school. She is anchoring bc she can do that. Gabby is much better suited for 4x4. She is not Alyson
@@blackmenachievellc1950the science was the first year when they beat a loaded Jamaican team. Ever since then doesn’t matter the US is too much. You talking about a good Jamaican team. The Jamaican women haven’t been healthy for a couple years. If Elaine gets right with Shericka and that young Jamaican talent the US will have a problem.
Great interview Mechelle seems to be a wonder spirit. I ‘m impressed with her fortitude to lead - willing to make the tough decisions. She backs up her approach with data.
Great interview. Mechelle is not just a great coach but a great speaker as well. All the best for TrackGirlz!
Excellent Interview ! I was at the 2022 World Championships and saw and heard first hand some of the outside influencers chatter trying tell Coach Mechelle Lewis Freeman who to put on the 4x1 Relay. Thank God she stuck to her values of selecting who and why she put on the Relay. Keep up the good work Coach and continue to strive for excellence.👨🏾💼🤔😄🏃🏽♀️🏃♀️🏃🏾♀️🏃♀️🔥❤️👍🏾🇺🇸🌍
Who dd they say she should put😅😅
Ya’ll production is looking nice! Love the growth.
I love how passionate she is about her craft.
First of all, amazing interview with Coach Freeman. The detailed look into what makes relays work and the complexities involved was truly educational. Second, the dream 4x100m teams might need to consider bringing in Bob Hayes. With max velocity in excess of 12m/s on a cinder track...how could he not be in the mix. Coleman might be a great starter, but the first leg is still 100m and Justin Gatlin was consistently an amazing starter...with great top end speed. Gatlin 1st leg, Gay 2nd leg, Lyles 3rd leg, Hayes 4th leg.
Cos of the depth issue, the most competitive W4x4 race that will unfortunately never happen but would be fun to see play out would involve the best US W4x4 vs the best EUR W4x4 (Bol, Adeleke, Kaczmarek & Amber Anning) vs the best CAR W4x4 (Paulino, Miller-Uibo, Pryce & Sada Williams), would be an incredible race!
That would be such a good race
@@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1 Who do you have winning?!
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 great interview!
Coach Freeman is awesome. I saw her at Texas Relays working the teams!
This interview was straight 🔥
Insightful interview. Courageous, thoughtful, intelligent and driven being. A true student of life. Thorough in her research and analysis and an excellent communicator. Makes sense why she's had the success she's had. PG County rep. 👌🏾
Sidenote: In my opinion, it would help if the cohost's mic is turned up more or he projects more as he speaks.
Everyone be really apprehensive about naming 4x100 relay teams. Pure sweatin the names lol 😅😅😅😅 truly being considerate of everyone’s feelings. But it’s great to hear Evelyn Ashford’s name mentioned. She deserves the shine.
Holmes is stone cold!!!❤❤❤
What facility is this interview happening in? I need that this winter - haha! Awesome interview!
I wish I became a sprinter when I was younger, it’s so cool
Love this! 🎉
I’ve always wondered why Grant Holloway isn’t mentioned for third leg… I’d love to see it
40:21 I remember this.. Respect to that USA anchor. Kennedy Simon, right? I feel like Mechelle and USATF knew their star Allyson Felix would probably get passed (maybe by Femke Bol) the same way she got passed by Paulino if Felix were to run anchor leg. So they gave Simon the anchor position to preserve Felix's reputation in case Felix had ran 4th & given up USA’s lead...
Should have anchored Jonathas.
Allyson rarely runs anchor leg so I doubt they would’ve put her in the anchor position anyways. The USA women’s team just did not have any viable female runners for anchor leg because the stronger runners that year were focusing on their individual events (like Sydney or Britton).
Listening to her talk explains why the Women always medal and the Men don’t. Personal experience that bleeds into the coaching.
Evelyn Ashford 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great ❤❤❤❤❤interview you’ll
I'm from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
Dream USA 🇺🇸 mens 4x100m team:
1st C.Coleman
2nd J.Gatlin
3rd Noah
4th T.Gay
That's how I would set it if all were in their prime!
🇹🇹 🇹🇹 🇹🇹 🇹🇹 🇹🇹
Gay & Lyles for me
@kristoncartwright4165 yh that's a bomb 💣 squad either way! I had to think about those spots alot but I watched all these athletes run and I just had to go with tyson on last because I remember before gatling tyson was bolt biggest rival outside JA and dawg idk any American had even as close to as Top Speed tyson had so that's why I had mine so and tbh 3rd as mine is was tuff because there's alot of really good other sprinters from the USA from like 2012 - 2016/7 ish that didn't really last at the top stage but had great seasons in between those years
@@Josh-y2v8x I switched them because Tyson is a better curve runner than Lyles and I like Lyles top end for a straight away. I feel like this is similar to a VCB of Jamaica where either way its up for whoever is running against them.
@kristoncartwright4165 yh "like VCB" I like that! They perform kind of similar when u think about it fr
You should have asked about the Kendall Ellis story.
What was the original W4x100m team in Budapest and what made her change her decision.
Who was supposed to run the 4x4 final in Budapest.
right. I was hoping they would talk about that
That was OLY 2024 not Budapest
@@mdmex4476 dd u watch the whole thing? She said she decided to put Gabby on 3rd leg in the mrng of the final in Budapest. Gabby was originally 2nd leg.
If I had a guess on who was supposed to run the 4x4 final in Budapest 2023 before team USA got DQ: Talitha to Gabby to Shamier to Alexis (any order with these 4).
As for the 4x1 team, I think either TeeTee’s leg or Tamara Clark’s leg in the prelims made her change the lineup/order for the final
What facility is that? It's 🔥
Kyree King or Courtney Lindsay has shown good and fast on the 3rd leg and if they pass to Noah, they’re not losing
Yep. So once again she didn’t use her own science. They also are coached by the same guy. They have a rapport others not Dennis Mitchell athletes don’t. She tried to pretend like politics is not part of it. It is.
“We loved to watch yah run fist pump” Lmfaooooo😂😂😂😂😂
I would have loved to see Tamari Davis on the relay this year. I really don't think Gabby was needed.
A team of tamari, tee tee , Prandini and shacarri should Break that 40.82 WR
I think Gabby should be running the second leg.
Tamari to Gabby to Melissa to ShaCarri.
@@teekayzee1321there’s no way TeeTee would be the one to go. People forget that Gabby has messed up baton passes in 2023 Budapest, 2024 World Relays, and the 2024 Olympics (in BOTH the 4x1 and 4x4).
@@chuke6897I guess people feel gabby is a better 2nd leg but TT can’t run 3rd
She should be the coach for men relays
Does anyone not want Maurice Greene on the anchor? I'm baffled
Yea they don’t have relay iq and likely have never ran on one. I understand it in a way most don’t bc of my hs coach. He worked with the national team on starts and handoffs. Literally was gone for a week in 2006 doing that.
I just wanted her to tell us what line up she wanted for the mixed relay in 2022.
I've definitely been one of those internet coaches, but I've never questioned Mechele! Just the other...nvm lol
If the best women's team ever (all in their prime) were based purely on speed I'd go with Flo-jo, Carmelita Jeter, Sha'Carri Richardson & Marion Jones. The slowest PB of this bunch is 10.65... With decent hand-offs I feel like sub-40.50 would be theoretically possible with this team. Idk the order though, I'm unsure who is good out of the blocks relative to the other 3.
Men you could have Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin, Christian Coleman & Trayvon Bromell. I'd probably go with Christian Coleman first, Tyson Gay 2nd, Trayvon 3rd, & Gatlin to anchor. Coleman has the best start, but is probably going the slowest from 90-100m out of these 4. So I actually think you want the guy with the worst start out of these 4 (I'd say Tyson) to go 2nd so they don't run away from Coleman, luckily even with a not so great start Tyson Gay has still ran multiple 9.7s & the one 9.6x. If I remember correctly Trayvon has a pretty good start & Tyson will probably have the fastest 90-100m so a good starter won't get run up on too badly, then the most experienced Gatlin anchors. I think a 36.7ish would be do-able by this team with practiced handoffs.
Eh the women’s team would be the fastest. Sure the best? No. Not without Alyson
Jeter, Alyson, Sha’Carri Flo Jo
Current women:
Tamari
TeeTee
Melissa
Sha’Carri
This team is unbeatable. I bet my life on it
@@blackmenachievellc1950 With the "big 3" from Jamaica, especially Elaine & Shelly past their primes the US team is probably unbeatable right now. Everyone in their primes though I'd say the Jamaican team was the unbeatable one.
I’m sorry she’s never going to convince me that gabby was a good choice. Never. The budapest win and Paris wins were because of Sha’Carri. Especially Paris. If she was not on the team. That team loses worlds and Olympics. To not acknowledge that here is crazy. To pretend that gabby has relay iq is laughable. And YES. I could put together a team that incudes spears and handoff. The teams I’d have chose. Tamari to teetee to Melissa to Sha’Carri. Tamari is the best lead off the USA has had in a while. TeeTee Melissa and Sha’Carri are teammates. That connection already exists. That would have been an Olympic record. Gabby was picked bc of politics that’s it. She’s a “better” star for the white gaze than Sha’Carri. Just wait until Sha’Carri understands the 200m better. Nobody except Julien Alfred has a top end speed close to Sha’Carri. Elaine Thompson is the next closest then Shericka Jackson. Healthy shericka = another silver medal for gabby. A better start = 100m gold even if Shericka and Shelly were in the final. Those are facts. In no world using real objective, best handoff, and speed is gabby the choice unless it was political.
@@blackmenachievellc1950 To me Gabby should be doing the 2nd leg. She has good top speed and with her height she could do some damage on 2nd rather than 3rd.
@@blackmenachievellc1950 Tamari is the best lead leg and quite frankly Melissa ddnt do really well on 1st leg in Paris. Dina left her in the dust. I would prefer Tamari to Gabby to Melissa to ShaCarri.
SHE SHOULD HAVE COACHED THE MEN TOO!
She's fine.
Everyone measures baton speed even on the college level, girl you ain’t doing nothing that’s different
Where did she say she was? And no not everyone does that. Why did you feel the need to humble a black woman? What credentials do you have to try that?
Why not get Bianca belair on here?
Gabby is not a good turn runner. Not even in her 200. Liiiike come on
Well who else was going to run 3rd leg at the Olympics? They apparently tried Tamari on 3rd leg at one point to at least run the prelim round but that didn’t pan out. Aleia can’t run on the curve because of injuries, and they left Tamara Clark at home. Only other person that could have tried it was Brittany Brown.
23 she of what needed to be done but in 24 she almost cost them a medal
@@blackmenachievellc1950 she should be running second leg rather than 3rd. Just like Felix.