Fingerprints on Medals

Sports dietitian Anna Turner, MS, RD, CSSD, joins Ralph Reiff and Scott Hudson to answer a question every athlete's family should ask: is my athlete eating enough? Anna grew up as a triathlete in rural Illinois and worked at Kansas, Illinois, and Notre Dame. She later worked with the Colts, Fever, Butler, and Ball State through St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis. Today she runs a virtu...

Melina Kennedy is a mom of twins who both run Division I track — Sophia at Stanford and Marcus at Notre Dame — and their paths could not have been more different. Sophia found running in fifth grade after a self-described "terrible" soccer career. Marcus played soccer through his first year at Eckerd College, tried track on a brand-new team, ran 1:52 in the 800, and transferred to Notre Dame. A fo...

Emma Grace Hurley holds the American women's 8K record — she took it from Deena Kastor at the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle in March 2026, 21 years after Kastor set it. Eight days before this conversation, she finished fourth at the ASICS Falmouth Road Race in 35:36, eleven seconds off the win, on a day she was convinced would be a disaster. Ralph was working the medical tent at that finish lin...

2008 Olympic bronze medalist and Alabama women's gymnastics Associate Head Coach Justin Spring joins Ralph Reiff and Scott Hudson to retrace the injuries most fans never understood — the 2007 ACL tear, a torn ankle deltoid ligament four months before Beijing, and an L4–L5 disc flare two weeks before Olympic Trials — and how he still hit team finals. Justin then flips to today: the freshman-to-coll...

School is back, the buses are rolling, and the first cross country meets of the season are here. In Episode 10, Ralph Reiff and Scott Hudson turn their attention to the high school cross country athlete — and to the parents trying to support them without overstepping. Scott, an athletic trainer and strength coach who raised a runner through Carmel High School and college, offers the advice he wish...

Most people don't start training until something forces them to — a bone density scan, a fall, a parent who can no longer get out of a chair. This episode is for the adults who'd rather not wait for that moment. Ralph Reiff, 68 and still working the field with the University of Indianapolis athletic training staff, and Scott Hudson, who has spent three years building a strength class in Carmel, In...

Every athletic trainer, coach, and physical therapist knows foam rolling works. The problem? Getting athletes to actually do it — consistently, correctly, and without treating it like a chore. In this episode of Fingerprints on Medals, athletic trainers Ralph Reiff (REPS Indianapolis) and Scott Hudson, ATC break down how to get athletes engaged with the foam roller — from first-time high schoolers...

Day-Won Fitness in Indianapolis co-owner Dana Matis joins Scott & Ralph. Dana discusses the facility inception, clientele, breathing, muscle activation and lifelong mobility.

Greg Moore, CSCS, Head Strength Coach at Butler University and experienced with elite athletes.

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Elite insights from Josef Newgarden on training for #Hyrox, learning to run, his elite mindset and how to lead from the cockpit. #indy500 #indycar #fitness #running #leadership

Strength coach Greg Moore goes inside his experience to bring simplicity to high quality movement and how to manage the strength development process.

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