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CityViewNC.com | 67 Left to Right: DAVID ALLRED, Silver Spoon Award; GEORGE BREECE, Greater Good Award; BOB BANGS, Small Business Excellence Award; GWEN & TIM HOLTSCLAW, Alumni Business Person of the Year; SUSAN GUY AND MARTHA OWEN, Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur of the Year; DR. BRIAN KENT, Entrepreneur of the Year; and WILLIAM TEMPLE ALLEN, Business Person of the Year Cgratulatis to e Inaugural Reeves School of Business Symposium Awards Winners ad_CityView_RSB awards congrats 2015_December 10 2015.indd 1 12/10/15 1:03 PM J ack Brunecz is the head cross country coach and assistant track coach at Methodist University who just completed his first cross country season with the college. Prior to coming to Methodist University, he was an elementary school teacher at Howard Hall Classical Elementary School and coached cross country and track at Pine Forest High School. He feels incredibly blessed to have had the opportunity to be a coach and mentor to so many of our area's youth. Happily married to Kali, they have two dogs, Zoie and Pacer. 6:00 a.m. - Most days for me start around 6:00 a.m. My mo- tivation for getting up is either knowing that my student- athletes are counting on me or God is counting on me to get the most out of myself and embrace the talents that he has blessed me with. is is when I do my first sit-up of the day.... when I get out of bed. 7:00 a.m. - is is the time that a morning practice would start or I would have taken care of everything that I needed to in order to be ready for my morning run. Either way, I always eat something light such as a granola bar or a packet of oatmeal just to have a little substance in my stomach and give me a little more energy. 8:30 a.m. - Practice or my own personal run will end around this time. On a day when I coach a morning practice, I will start my own run right aer it is done. e first thing that I do aer I run is drink a small amount (around 8 ounces) of Gatorade to get some electrolytes back in my body, be- cause ideally for maximal benefits you want to replenish your body with electrolytes within 30 minutes of your work- out. A typical breakfast aer a morning run would be: cereal, omelet and/or a bagel. I ALWAYS have a glass or two of milk each morning. I drink A LOT of milk. 9:30 a.m. - is is generally around when I start my day in the office. I will either be tending to recruiting manners within my office or I will be hosting a prospective student- athlete on campus for a visit. I love every part of what I do. 12:00 p.m. - Lunch! I do eat a smaller lunch because I usu- ally snack here and there throughout the day. If I have a re- cruit on campus, we will go to the cafeteria. I love getting to converse with prospective student-athletes of mine and their families on campus visits. I could talk about aspects of Methodist University, running, and training all day. It is very important to me to convey how great of a place Method- ist University is and how passionate I am about what I do. 4:00 p.m. - Normal practice starts. We always have a quick meeting prior to starting the workout to establish exactly what we're doing and discuss any upcoming events that we need to address. I like for the kids to be involved in other aspects of student-life, as long as it is manageable for them. 5:30 p.m. - Our normal practice will end around this time. At the end of our tougher, quality workouts such as: speed workout, progression run, lactate threshold run, hill work- out, long run for the week, etc. 7:00 p.m. - Almost all days I am home by this time to enjoy a lovely meal with my wife and have the company of our dogs that have missed us all day. She is a great cook and does a great job of creating healthy meals for us. She certainly is the better cook in the relationship. 9:00 p.m. - is is when I'm really starting to wind down for the night. My wife and I may have a small dessert as we watch one of our shows. Having sweets is perfectly fine as long as it is in moderation. 10:30 p.m. - Lights out! CV Jack Brunecz Cross Country & Track at Methodist University

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