36 days to go until kickoff. Can you tell it’s a little slow in the Gainesville Sun Sports Department?
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: July 27, 2018 at 7:50:27 AM CDT > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Former Gator walk-on Fricke finds new > competitive outlet > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Former Gator walk-on Fricke finds new competitive outlet > By Kevin Brockway (Gainesville Sun) - July 26, 20180292 > > > Former UF basketball walk-on Hudson Fricke takes part in a regional CrossFit > competition. [Submitted photo] > Hudson Fricke spent three seasons a walk-on for the Florida men’s basketball > program, playing sparingly from 2007-10 while pushing teammates in practices. > > Fast-forward eight years and Fricke has found a different competitive outlet, > a lifestyle and a business opportunity in the sport of CrossFit. > > Fricke, 29, came upon the sport somewhat by accident. The 6-foot-1 guard > finished his college career at Milligan College in Elizabethtown, Tenn., > helping lead the NAIA school to a conference title while earning conference > player of the year honors. Fricke then returned to his native Greenville, > S.C., but didn’t give up on his dreams of playing pro basketball. He even > explored trying to obtain dual American-German citizenship to have a better > chance to land a spot on a German team. > > “I was working with friends here in town, flipping houses, playing basketball > as much as I could, and kind of stumbled upon this thing called CrossFit > during that time as well,” Fricke said. > > Fricke found himself drawn to the workout regimen that incorporates elements > of high-intensity interval training, Olympic weightlifting, plyometrics and > calisthenics. He became a certified CrossFit instructor and six years ago > started an affiliated gym, Southern Moon CrossFit, with a high school friend, > Dave Schlarb Jr. In six years, the gym has grown, with five coaches, > including Fricke, overseeing 90 clients. > > “We kind of want to stay pretty intimate and that keeps our product to a much > higher quality of product,” Fricke said. > > As a standout athlete, Fricke became attracted to the competitive side of > CrossFit as well. He began taking part in CrossFit competitions and twice, > was ranked as the number one CrossFit athlete in South Carolina. Four times, > Fricke has qualified for CrossFit regionals, but has come up just short in > taking part in the annual national CrossFit games, which takes place the > first week of August. The top five from regional competitions qualify > nationally. The highest Fricke has finished at regionals was seventh in 2015. > > Fricke said he enjoys the competitions, but views CrossFit as more than local > or national rankings. > > “It’s the greatest transition program, the greatest community builder,” > Fricke said. “It’s done wonders for so many people, including myself > personally, my family.” > > Fricke said he’s taken the lessons learned from his three years at Florida > under renowned former Gator basketball coach Billy Donovan into his adult > life. During the 2008-09 season, Fricke broke both wrists in a freak > weightlifting accident when an exercise ball popped while he was lifting > weights on it. Initially, Fricke said it caused him to reflect on where his > basketball career was going and how to accept his role on the team. > > “Any time you have adversity there is always a way to respond, there are two > ways to respond to it, it can be in a positive way for yourself or the moving > forward progression, or there can be a negative response it,” Fricke said. > “At the time I was definitely in a tight spot, emotionally and physically.” > > Fricke said he chose to take a positive response, “The change for me was, hey > let’s change my attitude about this, let’s change how I’m looking at this,” > he said. > > Fricke said he still plays pickup basketball a few times a week in > Greenville. He still follows Gator basketball as often as he can and texts > Donovan on occasion. > > “He’s probably the greatest mentor in my life and the things that I learned > from him have been implemented in everything I do in a positive way,” Fricke > said. > > Fricke said he still has a window of about two to three years to try to > qualify for the CrossFit nationals. Whether that happens or not, Fricke said > he’s found a lifetime sport. > > “It kind of filled that void for me of training,” Fricke said. “I was always > big on training and getting into the gym and getting shots up and now instead > of getting shots up it was rowing or lifting weights or running or doing > something else, just some type of physical training for myself personally. > > “The business side of it, I really enjoy trying to passionately pursue people > that I could better and really help their lifestyle and help their lives and > coach them through whatever they are at in their lives and use CrossFit as > the means to make an impact in others.” > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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