Elite Performance Training Staff
Charles
Smith, MS, NASM-PES
Owner & Head Trainer
Performance Enhancement Specialist
"Charlie joined Elite Performance (EP) in 2004, shortly
after receiving his BA in Physical Education/Sports
Management concentration from Ohio Wesleyan University.
While at OWU, Charlie was a four-year varsity letter winner
for the men’s basketball team, earning an all-conference
award his senior year.
Since joining EP in 2004, Charlie has trained numerous
amateur, collegiate, and professional athletes in all
sports. He has been involved with the development and
implementation of the strength and conditioning program for
Otterbein College’s football team. Charlie also
developed and implemented the strength and conditioning
program for Westerville South’s boys basketball team,
Westerville North’s boys and girls swimming and diving
teams, and the speed/agility program for Thomas
Worthington’s baseball team. He is currently working
with area athletic directors to set up their respective
school’s strength and conditioning programs. Along
with working with the aforementioned programs, Charlie
trains over 400 local high school, collegiate, and
professional athletes a year on an individual basis.
In 2006, Charlie finished his Master of Science degree from
California University of Pennsylvania in Exercise Science
and Health Promotion: Performance Enhancement and Injury
Prevention track. He also earned his Performance
Enhancement Specialist certification from the National
Academy of Sports Medicine in 2006. In the same year,
Charlie, along with Dayne Conley, published an article on
dynamic and static stretching. The article won “second best
article of the year” in “Clinical Outlet Newsletter.”
In 2007, Charlie fulfilled one of his goals by purchasing
the company from Dayne Conley and becoming owner of Elite
Performance. Charlie now looks forward to growing EP
and to continue in the footsteps of Dayne by “Helping
athletes reach their peak potential.”
Contact Charlie today to begin your Elite Performance
program!
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Dayne
Conley, MPT, MS, NASM-PES
Founder & Program Design Consultant
Licensed Physical Therapist
Performance Enhancement Specialist
"Dayner" founded Elite Performance in the winter of 2001
with one collegiate soccer client. As his reputation of
training excellence spread, Dayne grew the number of
athletes he trained to over 300.
His past experiences include an internship with the
Cleveland Indians & working as a rehabilitation consultant
for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dayne has also worked as an
adjunct faculty member at Otterbein College. Additionally,
he has trained numerous area high school & collegiate teams
in a variety of sports.
Outside of his duties with Elite Performance, Dayne is the
owner of Conley Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine in
Westerville. He is also the co-founder of Same Day Sports
Medicine, a unique rehabilitation opportunity for injured
athletes. Dayne also gives many lectures throughout Ohio on
functional training and rehab to hundreds of trainers and
therapists.
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Andy
Busch, NASM-CPT
Certified Personal Trainer
Andrew Busch joined Elite Performance in 2003 as an intern
with Dayne. In 2004, he became a Certified Personal Trainer
through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and joined
the EP staff. In the fall of 2004, the San Francisco Giants
signed Andy to a free-agent contract. From 2004-2006 he was
with the Giant’s organization making his way to the AA team
in Connecticut. Finishing his career in 2006, Andy has
rejoined the EP staff.
Andy has a BA in Physical Education from Ohio Wesleyan
University. While at OWU, he was a three-year varsity letter
winner on the baseball team (a one-year varsity letter
winner at Eastern Michigan University). Andy has extensive
knowledge on protecting baseball players from throwing
injuries and developing strength and stamina in the throwing
arm. Along with Elite Performance, he has created a program
to increase velocity for pitchers while preventing injuries
at the same time. Andy and EP will be implementing this
program to its high school and youth pitchers as well as
area high school and club baseball teams.
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Tami
McCandlish-Smith, CPT
Certified Personal Trainer
Tami McCandlish-Smith is the most recent addition to the EP
staff. Tami holds a personal fitness trainer
certification through the American Fitness Professionals
Association and is a former National Academy of Sports
Medicine Certified Personal Trainer. Her fitness
background also includes experience in exercise
prescription, core and neuromuscular stabilization concepts,
and a variety of aerobic fields such as kickboxing and
water-running.
Tami is dedicated to serving each client with enthusiasm and
attention. Throughout her fitness career, Tami has
trained children, adults, recreational exercisers, and
athletes in one-on-one and group settings. Her focus
is weight management and developing functional programs that
are tailored to meet each client’s individual goals and
needs.
In addition to Tami’s fitness background, she holds a B.A.
in English and Journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University,
where she was recruited to play basketball. She is the
author of Flying Grounded: My Spiritual Triumph Over Female
Bullying and runs a Central Ohio nonprofit called The
Triumph Organization, which is dedicated to dealing with
relational aggression among girls and women.
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Sara
Hotchkiss, NASM-CPT
Certified Personal Trainer
Sara is currently a senior at The Ohio State University
working towards her BS in Health and Wellness (March 2007).
She joined the Elite Performance staff in May 2007. She is
also applying to Physical Therapy graduate programs, with
plans to attain a Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2011.
Along with working for Elite Performance, Sara is a student
assistant at Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital with The Ohio
State University Medical Center. At Dodd she works
one-on-one with patients who have sustained brain and spinal
cord injuries. She has also done volunteer work at
HealthSouth Physical Therapy, Conley Rehabilitation and
Sports Medicine, and Burkam Rehabilitation. Since joining
the Elite Performance staff, Sara has worked with athletes
of all ages in many different sports. Sara’s sports
experience includes being a 10-time letter winner in high
school.
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Drew
Kaszubski, NASM-CPT
Certified Personal Trainer
Drew joined the EP staff in 2004 when he became a Certified
Personal Trainer with the National Academy of Sports
Medicine. He graduated with a BA in Physical
Education/Sports Science concentration from Ohio Wesleyan
University in 2005 where he was a four-year player on the
nationally ranked men’s soccer team. From 2005 to 2006, Drew
coached both boys and girl’s soccer teams for Worthington
United Soccer Club. Drew is currently in Japan where is
teaching and coaching for the Time Life English School. He
will return in October/November 2007.
Drew aspires to help individuals set, reach and exceed
goals. By establishing strong reports, increasing
functionality, decreasing likelihood of injuries, educating
for overall wellness, Drew assists individuals to push
themselves to their limits. He stands by the philosophy that
in order to achieve maximum potential, one must incorporate
stabilization, strength, and power training.
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Scott
Mendenhall, ATC
Certified Athletic Trainer
Scott Mendenhall joined the Elite Performance staff in 2003.
He has helped Dayne and Charlie part-time since then. He has
experience training athletes in baseball, softball,
basketball, soccer, football, swimming, lacrosse,
volleyball, wrestling, and track. Scott is also in charge of
our off-site baseball speed and agility clinics where he
travels to area high schools to work with their teams on
baseball-specific speed and agility drills and techniques.
Scott attended James Madison University and received a
degree in Health Sciences. He currently works full-time at
Mt. Carmel St. Ann’s outpatient physical therapy clinic in
Westerville where he assists in the rehabilitation and the
return to sport of student-athletes as well as weekend
warriors. Scott is a Nationally Certified and Licensed
Athletic Trainer in the state of Ohio and has over six years
of work experience in the field. With his experience as an
athletic trainer, Scott provides a wealth of knowledge on
rehabilitation and injury prevention to every athlete he
works with at Elite Performance.
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