Fuller Succeeding at Ohio State

Megan Fuller, a freshman soccer player at Ohio State, is having an outstanding season so far for the Buckeyes. After coming off the bench the first game of the season, Megan has started every game since. She leads the Buckeyes in minutes played and has helped lead her team to a 6-2-1 record. Megan went to high school at Bondurant-Farrar and worked out at Acceleration Iowa throughout her high school career. We wish Megan the best of luck the rest of the season!

Former AI Athletes Starting for UNI

Two former Acceleration Iowa athletes will be in the starting line-up for the UNI Panthers this weekend as they head into Jack Trice Stadium to play Iowa State. Austin Zlab (top picture), a senior from Urbandale who is the starting center for the Panthers, worked out at AI prior to his senior season of high school. Chris Jepsen (bottom picture), a freshman from Urbandale, is starting at defensive end. Chris worked out at AI for several years in preparing to play college football.

It is great to see their hard work paying off. We wish them luck Saturday against ISU!

Quote of the Week

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

Dick Vermeil - Super Bowl winning head coach

New Little Hawkeye

Reggie Hoegh, the Waukee Director, is pictured here with his wife Laura and their new little boy Ryan Allen Hoegh. He was born August 31, 2010 and weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces. The Hoegh family rooted for the Hawkeyes this weekend and Ryan is asleep because the game was a blow out! Ryan is looking forward to starting his training at Acceleration so he can dominate the competition as soon as possible.

Agility Drills on the Turf

The video shown shows Calvin Dixon (7th grade Waukee), Kristin Riley (11th grade Johnston), and Parker Reed(9th grade Valley) performing some fun yet challenging agility drills. These drills are great for working on footwork and cordination in making cuts as well as starting and stopping. Great work!

Kid's got ups!

Geordan Hetherton (junior, Dowling Catholic) shows off his ups by doing a 48" box jump with ease!

Going the Distance

Unknown to most AI athletes is our distance club. To become a member, athletes must complete intervals of running and holding on the treadmill for at least 1 minutes and 30 seconds. Congrats to Niko Bakros (above), Grace Vander Weide, and Nick McLellan on becoming the newest members! Look for more AI athletes to break on to the distance scene here soon!

AI Athletes Lead Ankeny to Win

Ankeny High School dominated North High School 47-6 last Friday, led by many AI athletes. Cole Myers (#7 above) had 96 yards passing, including 1 TD, while his brother Cory had an interception for the Hawk defense. Carter Brandt led Ankeny with 118 yards. Several other AI athletes started for the Hawks, including Jordan Studer, Drew Doig (#69 above), Matt Andriano, and Zach Thompson.

Nick Wilson Joins Acceleration Iowa Staff

Nick Wilson, a recent graduate of Simpson College, joined the Acceleration Iowa staff in August. Nick was an intern this summer and is now working at the Urbandale facility full-time. Nick went to Saydel High School where he was a 3 year letter-winner in track and football. Nick was named to the All-District team as a senior in football and holds school records for most receiving yards in a season (683), receiving touchdowns (7), and yards per catch (22.5). As a track athlete Nick was a 5x state qualifier. Nick was a Drake Relays qualifier in 2006 in the 110 high hurdles, the first Saydel athlete to do so in almost 15 years. Nick is also the school record holder in the 4x400 meter relay. In college, Nick was a two year letter-winner in track and was also a conference place winner in the 110 high hurdles in 2010.

Quote of the Week

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
-Vince Lombardi

"Ain't I" Footwork

Some slow motion of some of the footwork drills done for halftime at the Waukee location.