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Great Hearts Athletics Exos Combine

Great Hearts Academies April 10, 2024 -

athletes running drills at the Exos combine

80 Great Hearts Arizona athletes, grades 8th – 12th, were recently given the opportunity to do a combine at Exos, a world-renown athletics performance and training location in Phoenix.

“Exos is one of the premier training facilities in the world, so this was a great opportunity for our Great Hearts student-athletes to showcase their skills and get an idea of where they excel and the skills they can improve on,” said Blake Schilly, Great Hearts Middle School League Commissioner. “It was also a unique opportunity for our Arizona academies to come together in one place and support each other in their athletic endeavors.”

Student doing high jump

“When they arrived, they saw some current NFL players working out and going through their off-season preparation,” said Jon Rickey, Arizona Network Director of Athletics. “Exos trained six of the top ten NFL draft picks last year, and trained Xavier Worthy, a wide receiver from University of Texas, who just broke the 40-yard dash record at 4.21 seconds!”

athletes running drills at the Exos combine

Great Hearts athletes participated in:

  • Warm-up
  • Laser timed 40-yard dash
  • Broad jump
  • 5 – 10 – 5 drill
  • 3-cone agility drill
  • Vertical jump
  • Bench Press

These are the same tests that NFL hopefuls perform at the NFL Combine and for their Pro-Days on their respective campuses.

As the world leader in human performance for over 22 years, it’s the goal of Exos to empower people to ascend to new heights in work, sport, and life. It’s why they say they named their company Exos, derived from “exosphere,” the highest level of the atmosphere. To them, it embodies performing at a higher level. 12,000 elite athletes have been supported by Exos, including 215 Olympians.

 

athletes running drills at the Exos combine

In the 40-yard dash times, our top four were Troy Barlow from Scottsdale Prep at 4.57, Tico Lentz from Veritas Prep at 4.63, Branjor Byaruhanga from Cicero Prep at 4.66, and Kaden Bridges from Glendale Prep coming in at 4.69.

“It was also a unique opportunity for our Arizona academies to come together in one place and support each other in their athletic endeavors,” said Schilly.

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