Athletic Republic is proud to announce an advanced certification recognizing trainers who demonstrate extraordinary athlete development skills, maintain the highest level of professionalism, strive to improve their training centers’ operations and contribute to the advancement of Athletic Republic. The Master Trainer certification is being awarded to 20 long-time members of the performance sports training network to commemorate the company’s 20 year anniversary. The inaugural class of Master Trainers will be awarded the distinction on Saturday, April 24, 2010 as part of Athletic Republic’s Facility Conference, being held in Park City, Utah, and include:

» Mike Antoniades: Sport Dimensions - London, UK

» Darrel Barnes: Athletic Republic - Rancho Cucamonga, CA

» Paul Cialone: Athletic Republic - Rochester, NY

» Myron Cullen: St. Alexius Medical Center - Bismarck, ND

» Shawn Dassie: Athletic Republic - New Braunfels, TX

» Derek Ferley: Athletic Republic - Sioux Falls, SD

» Dan Hutchison: Ultimate Speed - Jupiter, FL

» Jim Kielbaso: Total Sports Performance - Wixom, MI

» Pete Leno: Dickinson State University - Dickinson, ND

» BJ Maack: Athletic Republic - Little Rock, AK

» Jay MacLeod: Athletic Republic - Fargo, ND

» David & Gary Nelson: Acceleration Indiana - Indianapolis, IN

» Kyle Nettestad: Athletic Republic - Lincolnwood, Morris and Orland Park, IL and Merrillville, IN

» Kyle Norris: Sports Acceleration Center - Spirit Lake, IA

» Dan O’Donnell: Athletic Republic - St. Louis, MO

» Chris Range: Madonna ProActive Sports Performance - Lincoln, NE

» Matt Stack: Bluestreak - Stamford, CT

» Rocky Tekulve: Tekulve Acceleration Training - Cincinnati , OH

» Jim Walker: TOSH - Salt Lake City, UT