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Former Buckeyes coach and current Lt.

Governor, Jim Tressel, partners with Maysville

Elementary to launch Fitness Challenge

BY LYNETTE DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ
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Lt. Governor Jim Tressel knows how to get a crowd riled up. The former Ohio State Football Coach revealed his Maysville jersey at the start of a lively
assembly at Maysville Elementary School. State Representative Adam Holmes (left) gifted the jersey to Tressel before the assembly for the Fitness
Challenge. Lynette Dotson
Ohio’s 67th Lieutenant Governor, Jim cluding the staff at the lieutenant gov- Smart Goals and progress can be
Tressel, channeled his experience as a ernor’s office, the Department of Educa- tracked in the workbook, and conversa-
coach to deliver a powerful and exuber- tion and Workforce, the Department of tions with parents and guardians about
ant assembly for The Team Tressel Fit- Health, the Department of Administra- making healthy choices and implement-
ness Challenge at Maysville Elementary tive Services, and even principals, phys ing habits that promote good health
School. ed teachers, health teachers, and fitness were encouraged.
“Right now, we have 390,845 stu- training places. “You know, as a coach, I always felt
dents involved. 52% of all the third “So we had a little think tank. We built that, of course, they wanted us to win
through eighth graders in Ohio. Our goal that first pilot, went through it, had great games and so forth, but really what they
for round three this fall is 100%. See if success, and learned a lot. Here we are wanted us to do, or what we wanted to
we can get all the kids in the state of in round two, over doubled the numbers, do, was to prepare our young people for
Ohio to think about working out, getting and I think the enthusiasm is even great- the rest of their lives. And their health
active, making sure they think about er than round one, and we’ll learn from and fitness and their focus and their
what they eat, getting that rest, and hav- this one, and then we’ll get even better quiet time and their mental health, that
ing that quiet time, that reflection, that for round three. But, yeah, a lot of collab- was all part of it. So this is what we did
attitude of gratitude. And if we can do oration. We couldn’t have done it with- every day with our Buckeyes,” explained
that, we think we’re going to be a health- out all those departments,” Tressel said. Tressel. “And so when Governor DeW-
ier state,” Tressel stated. At least 400 students in grades 3-5 ine wanted us to do it with the youth, I
13 Muskingum County school build- from Maysville were at the assembly. thought, uh-oh, I don’t have much experi-
ings are signed up. The 30-day challenge They watched a brief video and were ence with the youth. But what I’ve found
is open to grades three through eight in each provided with a workbook de- is they’re no different than the college
Ohio. Tressel and his team have been signed to guide them through the chal- kids. If you give them a good program,
visiting Ohio Schools that have adopted lenge, and watched fitness demonstra- if you let them make some choices, if
the program. Currently, 1,356 schools tions led by their peers, school teachers, you challenge them to try to get better,
are involved, and out of those, Tressel and staff, showing some of the suggest- if you challenge them to help each other
has visited about 100 to promote the ed cardio and flexibility activities. The Lt. and encourage each other, they’re just
challenge and ignite a fitness spark in Governor also spoke about the impor- like college kids. And so I’ve found that,
young students. tance of sleep and nutrition. The goal of you know, it’s been a lot of fun. It kind of
The lieutenant governor’s office the program is to work towards becom- reminds me of my coaching days that,
reached out to Maysville Elementary to ing a Healthy Habits Champion by first you know, sometimes we do it as well as
discuss implementing the program in working through the Bronze, Silver, and we’d like, and there’s other days we’ve
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the school. Maysville has been on the Gold Levels outlined in the workbook. got to get a little bit better, and we keep
radar because the Governor came to an- “The governor said to us about six or challenging ourselves. But really, all
other event, and in a separate instance, eight months ago, you know, I’ve always we ever talked about as coaches is we
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