The five-time All-American recently placed sixth in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Distance runner Grayson Murphy, a five-time All-American in two years at Utah, recently competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials. During this episode of Utes Insider, Murphy talks about her chase to make the Olympic Team and looks back at her collegiate career. Murphy recorded the two best times of her career in the steeplechase at the Olympic Trials, winning her heat in the prelims and placing sixth in the final, coming up short of advancing to the Summer Games.

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Utes Insider – Former All-American Distance Runner Grayson Murphy

After recording the highest individual finish by a Ute golfer at Regionals, the junior is off to the national tournament   Ute junior golfer Tristan Mandur is on his way to the NCAA Championships, playing May 28-June 2 at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. He joins the show to preview the championships, reflect on the season, and talk about the highlights of his Utah career. Mandur, a native of Mill Bay, British Columbia, became the third Utah golfer to qualify for NCAAs as an individual since 1990 and has the best Regional finish since that time by tying for fourth. The Ute golf team became the first Utah team to qualify for regionals since 1992, where it tied for seventh place.

Utes Insider – NCAA Golf Qualifier Tristan Mandur

Former U.S. National Team member talks about her time with the Red Rocks as well as her International Elite career   Gymnast Maile O’Keefe, who was the 2021 Pac-12 Conference all-around champion and claimed national titles on bars and floor, joins host Mike Lageschulte for this edition of Utes Insider. O’Keefe looks back at her sophomore year, when she helped lead the Red Rocks to the Pac-12 regular-season and post-season titles and a third-place finish at nationals. She also talks about her pre-Utah career, when she was a three-year member of the U.S. National Team and won a pair of P&G national all-around titles.

Utes Insider – Two-time NCAA Champion Gymnast Maile O’Keefe

Third-year Director of Skiing discusses the key performances from Utah’s 2021 National Title run.  It has been a great start to the Utah coaching career for Director of skiing Fredrick Landstedt, who has led Utes to two NCAA titles in two opportunities. This episode features his conversation with host Mike Lageschulte from the Athletics-Alumni Association Virtual Huddle on April 16. Landstedt looks back at Utah’s championship run and the people who made it happen. The team had nine podium finishes and 16 All-Americans at the NCAAs, led by two individual women’s Nordic titles by Sydney Palmer-Ledger. Utah scored 554 points to defeat second-place Colorado by 31.5 points.

Utes Insider – Fredrik Landstedt on the NCAA Skiing Title

The 17th year head coach discusses this year’s team, the south end zone stadium project and the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship Fund Kyle Whittingham’s football team recently concluded spring drills. The Ute head coach dropped by the Virtual Huddle co-hosted by Utah Athletics and the U Alumni Association on April 16, and we wanted to give you another opportunity to catch the interview. Whittingham breaks down this year’s personnel on both sides of the ball and discusses the quarterback position battle that will stretch into the fall. He also talks about the death of Ty Jordan and the scholarship fund established

Utes Insider – Kyle Whittingham on Spring Football

The Utah volleyball team earned the No. 14 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament with a 13-4 record. Junior setter Saige Ka’aha’aina-Torres joins host Mike Lageschulte on this edition of Utes Insider to look back on the season and look ahead to the tournament in Omaha, Neb. The Hawaii native also talks about why she felt Utah was the perfect place to play college volleyball and some things she did during the extended off season to help develop the mental side of her game. Ka’aha’a’ina-Torres has had one of the best seasons of any setter in the Pac-12 this year, leading the league with 10.52 assists per set. She is also the only setter ranked in the top 10 in the conference with 3.16 digs per set.

Utes Insider – Volleyball player Saige Ka’aha’aina-Torres

Freshman from Park City looks back on winning two titles at the 2021 NCAA Championships  Becoming just the 12th skier in school history to win two races at nationals, freshman Nordic skier Sydney Palmer-Leger joins host Mike Lageschulte on this edition of Utes Insider to look back on her amazing performance at the 2021 NCAA Championships. After winning the 5-km classic during the first Nordic competition, Palmer-Leger came out strong again on the final day to capture the 15-km freestyle by 24 seconds. In the process, she helped lead Utah skiing to its 14th national title. Palmer-Leger has also been a member of the U.S. relay team and had a pair of top 25 finishes at the 2019 World Junior Championships.   https://utahutes.com/news/2021/3/13/utah-skiing-wins-the-2021-ncaa-championship.aspx2021/event/1E005A627E001096?utm_source=ut_podcast&utm_medium=podcast_homepage&utm_campaign=ui_ep27_palmer-leger

Utes Insider – National Champion Nordic Skier Sydney Palmer-Leger

Brian Holman is in his fifth season overall as Utah’s lacrosse head coach and third at the Division I level. He dropped by the March Virtual Huddle that Ute Athletics co-hosted with the U Alumni Association on March 5, and we wanted to share this interview with you. Holman talks about the growth of the program, Utah’s new conference affiliation with the A-SUN beginning in 2022, his five-year plan for the Utes to reach the NCAA Championship, and how he ended up leaving North Carolina to take the head job at Utah in 2016.

Utes Insider – Utah lacrosse head coach Brian Holman

Rich Manning has built the Ute soccer program into a consistent winner, leading the team to eight NCAA Tournament appearances and 188 wins in 18 seasons. During this edition of Utes Insider, Manning joins Mike Lageschulte to look ahead to the spring season and talk about the challenges he and the players in the Ute program have faced over the past year. Manning also shares stories about the coaches and players he has worked with who have had an influence on his career and looks back on the highlights of his career at Utah, which included a trip to the Sweet 16 in 2016.

Utes Insider – Utah soccer head coach Rich Manning

Utah Athletics is celebrating Black History Month in February. During this edition of Utes Insider, we turn the show over to four Ute student-athletes who are part of U.T.A.H. group, which stands for United Together Against Hate. They have participated in a reading of “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The book is written as a letter to the author's teenage son about the feelings, symbolism and realities associated with being Black in the United States. Discussing the book are Haley Farrar of soccer, Maya Lebar from track & field, football player Miki Suguturaga and Zoe Weatherington of volleyball.

Utes Insider – Student-Athlete Discussion of “Between the World and Me”

Tom Farden is in his sixth year as a head coach with the Red Rocks, who are ranked No. 4 in the nation and favored to win the Pac-12 Conference Championship. Farden joins Mike Lageschulte for a lengthy conversation about this year’s team and plans to expand the Dumke Gymnastics Center in the coming years. He also tells the story of how Greg and Megan Marsden recruited him an assistant coach 11 years ago with the idea that could eventually take over the program.

Utes Insider – Gymnastics head coach Tom Farden

As she enters her 31st season as the head coach of the Utah volleyball program, Beth Launiere has also become an author. During COVID-19 pandemic, Launiere and Leo Hopf wrote “Stop Competing and Start Winning: The Business of Coaching.” Launiere drops by the show to discuss her new book and preview the upcoming season. The Utes are ranked No. 10 in the AVCA poll, their highest preseason ranking in school history. Utah returns three All-Americans from a team that went 24-10 and reached the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2019.

Utes Insider – Head volleyball coach Beth Launiere

As an All-Mountain West Conference safety from 2005-07, Steve Tate was Utah’s top tackler his last two seasons and led the Utes to three bowl victories. Today, he and his wife, Savanna, are making a difference in the Salt Lake community by running the Hayes Tough Foundation, named after their infant son who died from cancer in 2016. Steve joins host Mike Lageschulte on this edition of Utes Insider to look back on his playing career at Utah as well as talk about the work his family’s foundation is doing to provide financial support and hope to families afflicted by pediatric cancer.

Utes Insider – Former all-conference safety Steve Tate

As we gear up for the start of the Pac-12 football season, Mike Lageschulte catches up with former Utah and NFL wide receiver Kevin Dyson on this edition of Utes Insider. Dyson, who was a two-time first-team All-WAC selection for the Utes from 1994-97, remains Utah’s all-time leader in receptions and was a first-round draft pick by the Tennessee Titans in 1998. He played in two Super Bowls during his six-year NFL career, but is perhaps best known for taking part in some of the most memorable plays in the history of the Utes and the NFL. Dyson discusses the stories behind those plays during the show.

Utes Insider – Former Utah and NFL wide receiver Kevin Dyson

An All-Mountain West Conference safety on Utah’s 2008 Sugar Bowl team, Robert Johnson is now helping other former student-athletes as a professional development mentor. Johnson joins Mike Lageschulte on this edition of Utes Insider presented by Pepsi to look back at how he joined the Ute program as an under-recruited athlete from the junior college ranks, developed into an impact defensive player with 13 interceptions in three years at the U, and went on to play three years in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans.

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