Nick Gaines - Sports Photographer

Is there any Cricket here in Truro?

While just getting done a 5 day stint at the NSPE, I haven’t had any time to see what’s happening in the world of LOCAL SPORTS.

I’ve got a pretty open week and wondering if there are any games happening this week in or around Truro?

If your team or league would be interested in having me drop by and grabbing a few action shots let me know when and where?

Any sport is welcome to message me, just looking to add more content to the page.

I had the pleasure of photographing the U15 Brookfield Elks yesterday, individually and as a team. Now most of you who follow my page know that once the "nice" team photo is done I always need a "fun" one.

and .... Voila!

ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT: Chase McDermott.

Some athletes compete. Others redefine what’s possible.

At just 18 years old, Chase McDermott has established himself as the fastest human in Nova Scotia history, earning a reputation built on relentless dedication, explosive speed, and hard work. A 2026 graduate from CEC, Chase has become one of the province’s most accomplished sprinters, inspiring the next generation of athletes every time he steps onto the track.
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𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙏𝙤𝙢 𝙎𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙄’𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙧, 𝙨𝙤 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙. 𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙥. 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩. 𝙄 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜.

𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙄 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧. 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣. 𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙. 𝙄 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙋𝘽. 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛𝙛.

𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙮 𝙋𝙖𝙮𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙋𝙖𝙮𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝, 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣. 𝙃𝙚’𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙧. 𝘾𝙀𝘾 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙋𝙖𝙮𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙋𝙖𝙮𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣. 𝙃𝙚’𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠. 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢.

𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙖 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙖—𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙄𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩. 𝙄 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚.

𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚-𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚 1 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 7. 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙜𝙖𝙧. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣’𝙩. 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙜𝙖𝙧 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙜𝙖𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙯𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚. 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙜𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜.

𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝-𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣. 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢, 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙒𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩.

𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙥𝙩?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙔𝙚𝙨, 𝙪𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝘼𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙙. 𝘿𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙨, 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙜𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙮. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮. 𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢. 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡.

𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐.𝙎.—𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙡𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘿𝘼𝙇 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢, 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛. 𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚. 𝘿𝘼𝙇 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙤 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.

𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝘿𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚—𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝘾𝙀𝘾 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩. 𝙊𝙗𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙤𝙛. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩.

𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝘼𝙨 𝙖 𝙈𝙞’𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙦 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚, 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨. 𝙄’𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙈𝙞’𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙦 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞’𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙦 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙄 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥.

𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙧?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙣. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙋𝘽 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣.

𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙍𝙊 𝙋𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙀: 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨?
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙀: 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢. 𝙄 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙩 𝙐𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨.

"Contrary to common belief, speed is not simply regulated by genetic factors; it is a skill that can be improved upon. Chase embraces this knowledge. What makes Chase an apex athlete is his dedication to improvement and coachability. I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have been able to work with Chase on his journey." - Coach Troy Payson.