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b"Guillermo Blanco was names the Head Men's and Women's Powerlifting Coach at McKendree University in November 2018.\\n\\nIn the 2019-20 school year, Blanco will serve as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the cross country, track and field, lacrosse, golf and tennis teams in addition to his role as Head Powerlifting Coach.\\n\\nBlanco helped lead the men's powerlifting team to a third-place finish at the 2019 USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Collegiate Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. There, he helped four lifters earn All-American honors, three of which earned a podium finish.\\n\\nBlanco came to McKendree\\xa0after spending two years as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Aurora University in Aurora, Ill., in 2017. There, he helped design and implement training programs for the Spartan's student-athletes. He also served as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Wheaton-Warrenville South High School football team (2016-17) in Warrenville, Ill.\\n\\nBlanco has gained valuable experience as a Sports Performance Specialist for Acceleration Sports Performance (2014-17) in Naperville, Ill. There, he helped train athletes aged youth to collegiate-level and develop skills that enhanced their sports performance through a variety of platforms.\\xa0\\n\\nBlanco was a student strength and conditioning intern for the football program at the University of Illinois. His role there was to coach players through training sessions designed by the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach and served as the lead coach for the Fighting Illini walk-on players.\\n\\nBlanco has a notable history and continues to participate in the competitive powerlifting community. He has competed in the American Powerlifting Federation (APF) since 2015. He set a national and world records in the 100 kg\\xa0Open Classic Raw Division squat (259 kg) in 2017. He also represented Team USA at the World Powerlifting\\xa0Congress (WPC) World Championship in the 100 kg Open Classic Raw Division in November 2018.\\n\\nBlanco graduated from the University of Illinois in 2012, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Kinesiology and earned his master's degree in exercise physiology from the University of Louisville in 2013.\\n\\nBlanco is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).\\nFollow Coach Blanco\\nEmail-gmblanco@mckendree.edu\\n\\nTwitter- @CoachGBlanco\\nInstagram- @gmo68\\n\\nRate, Review & Subscribe to the podcast.\\xa0\\n\\nTwitter- @talk_strength\\nInstagram- @strengthtalkshop1"