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JANUARY 2016 Volume 10, Issue 1
PUBLISHERS Eric Carlyle • eric@competenetwork.com Patrick Gamble • patrick@competenetwork.com COMPETE MAGAZINE Editor-in-Chief Connie Wardman • connie@competenetwork.com CompeteNetwork.com Editor Ty Nolan • ty@competenetwork.com Style Editor Alfonzo Chavez • alfonzo@competenetwork.com Art Director Jay Gelnett • jay@competenetwork.com Graphic Design Assistant Matt Boyd • mattb@competenetwork.com Contributors Harry Andrew, Ian Colgate, Jay D’Angelo, Joseph Gaxiola, Jeff Hocker, Jon Johanson, Jeff Kagan, Miriam Latto, Charles Naurath, Dr. Rob Elliott Owens and Brian Patrick Photo Editor Jacquelyn Phillips • jacquelyn@competenetwork.com Photographers Thomas Fleisher, Leland Gebhardt Sales & Partnerships KC Jones • kc@competenetwork.com Jonathan Bierner • jonathan@competenetwork.com Administration Camille Fitzgerald • camille@competenetwork.com Copyright © 2016 MEDIA OUT LOUD, LLC All Rights Reserved. Corporate Office 4703 South Lakeshore Drive, Suite 3 Tempe, Arizona 85282 • 480-222-4223 Compete is a trademark of Media Out Loud, LLC MISSION STATEMENT Compete unites the world through sports. COMPETENETWORK.COM
2015 YEAR IN SPORTS 16 MEET FALLON FOX 20 BILLY BEAN
BASEBALL’S INCLUSION AMBASSADOR
22 GO! ATHLETES:
USING VISABILITY, CHANGE AND ADVOCACY
KICK–OFF
11 COMMUNITY HERO Jack Mackenroth
12 LEFT FIELD
Speed Read, Grandstanding,Thumbs UP/DOWN
DEPARTMENTS 24 MVP
Johnny Perez
27 ATHLETE
Savannah Burton
SPORTS 31 Bi-Annual Cycledelic Festival & Ride 33 Trent Taylor 36 What Would Tom Waddell Say? 38 Meet K Marie 40 Compete’s 2015 Charity Golf Classic
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42 GYM BAG 44 EVENTS 46 SPORTS YEARBOOK
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COVER ATHLETE Fallon Fox, MMA Fighter COVER PHOTO Rolando De La Fuente
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