Friday, May 20, 2011

CORY T. PHILLIPS Academic Athlete of the year 2011!!!

Iron Fitness  Academic Athlete of the year 2011

Mitch Quanell Coleman and Patrice Coleman

Words of a proud mother (Patrice Coleman)

"WE are so very proud of my 2011 8th grade graduate Cory T. Phillips. He was awarded for being the ONLY student in his school with the HIGHEST CRCT scores!!!!!! He aslo received honors as well as Atlethic awards. MY cheeks hurt from all the smiling and his dad hands are sore from all the applauding. :-) A glorious moment for any parent....HATS OFF TO YOU CORY T. PHILLIPS!!!!"
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Patrice L Coleman I love the blog! Thank u so much because um trying to find him a sponsor or scholarship to go to an academy for high school (whose financial aid deadline past, they dont let the public schools know this info, so I missed it). He has the academics; we just need the cash. Ive been working overtime at this cause school starts Aug. Any suggestions. I really dont want him in the high school in our district...he wont get challenged."

(Watch video of Cory running below)


     Through my mentorship program I found great pride in acknowledging kids my program made a difference in. But since the meeting of a young man name Joel and his father I found something that must be noted and that is great parenting. Father Mitch and mother Patrice Coleman (The Colemans) from Rolling Fork, Mississippi, has made an effort to parent and prove that parenting is not a myth when done properly and effectively it actually works. It is easy to work hard at one particular element within your life. However for a kid is highly unlikely for them the be a great athlete at such a young age and still maintain the discipline, maturity, and professionalism level to also be academically inclined as well. Cory T. Phillips, an 8th grader like no other.


I hate to know something and see kids that are not trying to get their work done or not trying to work out hard because I know that if they work harder now once they are older they will not have to work as hard as other kids once they get older. This mindset has been instilled in Cory since birth and passed down to his two younger brothers Jekobe and Jaylan Coleman.

Cannot wait to see the impact Cory Phillips has on the sports world in Atlanta, Georgia once he enters high school and what lucky D1 COLLEGE will be blessed with his academic and athletic talents.




                                                  Cory Phillips' Parents "The Colemans"


                         Georgia Favor 1st Inventational Premier Track Meet









"The Colemans" has a great support system! Family First!

Monday, May 16, 2011

GEORGIA FAVOR 1ST ANNUAL PREMIERE INVITATIONAL TRACK MEET!

      GEORGIA FAVOR 1ST ANNUAL PREMIERE INVITATIONAL TRACK MEET!!! 
                                                                     "2011"
I was blessed to be requested to assist with Georgia Favor Track Club and their track this past Saturday May 14, 2011. I must say it was a huge success. And it was nice to see parents encouraging their kids to win and lifting their kids’ spirits when they do not. I did not have this support when I was growing up and because of that I know firsthand what it means to a kid to have the same hand that feeds them, to be the same hand that chastises them, mirror the hand that supports them.


“It takes a village”. I am a firm believer in it takes a village to raise a child and in today’s society that village is our community. Through our strong faith, academics, and sports, we can live much healthier lives not depending upon handouts and mental shackles.

Sports with parenting can do that. In sports you will work hard to accomplish your goal “The Gold” and sometime not achieve it. Good parenting will keep our kid focus so they will know that this is not the time to quit but the time to work even harder now so you will have an even better chance of obtaining that goal. If you can honestly walk away from a race knowing you “ran through the finish line” giving it your all, you can comfortably do the same with your daily tasks in your life.

GOD, parents, academics, and sports; together strengthen our youth for a better tomorrow, stronger family, and cleaner community free of drugs, violence and quitters.

Georgia Favor “Is where it’s at”

Iron Fitness “I am my ONLY competition”

P.S. I CHAOS would like to thank Georgia Favor Track Community for allowing me to be a part of such a great spiritual family.

Personal Trainer and Strength Specialist “CHAOS aka C4”