"Newsom has a lot of experience. Very motivational, loves winning and cares about success in academics and in the sport . Unfortunately he is blind to the team culture. it’s extremely clicky, worse than high school in my opinion and i went to a bigger school than the whole university. I went through a extremely rough time while i was there, my teammates never truly supported me, talked bad about me behind my back and spread rumors. Very childish behavior. I ended up dealing with injury and had to have a major surgery and basically had to re learn how to use the muscles and movements in my lower extremities. When I came back, no one on the team cared, supported or cheered me on during practice when i came back, but yet did it for the other teammates. Overall, I think newsom knew he couldn’t help me in the situation i was in. He didn’t know the full extent, but knew most. I remember when i went in his office to quit the team, he asked the last time i had been happy. I couldn’t answer his question. We both knew it was time. From what i’ve heard and keeping in touch with current track athletes, there has been a MAJOR breakthrough in communication on this team. My only hope and prayer is that is follows through. Because if it does get fixed, this could be a TRUE championship team."