UcFit was born in August of 2010 in central New Jersey. With a few thousand dollars, some creativity, hard work and the support of the people around us we've grown our baby. Today is a day to remember as we brought in samples for our new partner, 4point4, an organization that has done uniforms for the US Women's Volleyball team, and that is partnered with NBA greats Larry Johnson and Bill Walton to spread their philosophy based around an awesome give-back model. We are "powering" their sublimated uniform development in all sports with Boys and Girls Basketball, Soccer and, of course, Lacrosse going first. I had the pleasure of working out of their office in Manhattan, in the Fashion District, today. It is incredible to know that we have built something that has carried us this far; I never imagined sitting where I am to type this blog back when we began. So much for teaching Latin, ;), apparently there is a career here!
Some of the UcFit powered gear for 4point4 - #swag
'Working' in the office with a sportswear savant and former Nike designer, Mike Cherman of Ice Cold New York - check him out, they are killing it right now!
Be happy, stay positive, do cool s**t
PJ
The UcFit Crew was honored to be invited by our partners, 4point4, to the inaugural Tewaaraton Award 'watch-list' announcement ceremony. Quick info - the Tewaaraton is given to the best male and female lacrosse player in th country. The ceremony was packed with big names in lacrosse as we got to mingle with Rob Pannell, Gary Gait, even Mark Herzlich of the NY Giants (who had a full scholarship to Johns Hopkins for lacrosse but went on to play football), along with many others. Uncommon Fit did the design work for event sponsor, 4point4's 2014 offical t-shirt for the Award organization. How freakin' cool? At the event it was kind of like a basketball player seeing Michael Jordan, Kevin Durant and Karem Abdul-Jabbar all in the same place...except for lacrosse... We're so proud to have had the chance to be there and to be involved in the 2014 Tewaaraton campaign in our small way.
With the trophy! Sweeeettt!
Our pick is Princeton's Tom Schreiber who played with out team at CityLax's Southampton tournament in 2012!
Be happy, stay positive, do cool s**t,
PJ
The 2nd Annual Margolis Cup was a tremendous gathering of college talent. More importantly, Uncommon Fit raised approximately 7k towards the awareness of Mary's Place by the Sea, a NJ based organization that supports women with Cancer.
Special thanks to former US-U19 player Ralph D'Agostino, who helped to host the Margolis Cup aimed at Collegiate and Post-Collegiate Men's lacrosse players. 2013 was the 2nd year Uncommon Fit ran the tournament in Flemington, NJ and it again was a great success. Games were played from 8am-11pm every 30 minutes on Saturday, and then on Sunday playoffs consumed both the highest and lowest ranking teams. Some teams that were ranked low decided to forfeit on Sunday and may not be invited back in 2014.
The Margolis Cup is created by two parts; 1 part charity and 2 great lacrosse - Ralph created the concept for the tournament in 2012 while trying to come up with a way to make a bigger impact for fellow New Jersey residents recently affected by Hurricane Sandy. I and Uncommon Fit had been helping in Keansburg directly after the massive flooding and damage.
Lacrosse is described by many as the medicine game, and by creating a high level tournament from the wide pool of NJ post-high school players both Ralph, myself, and Uncommon Fit saw an opportunity to help and grow our game. At the same time, we want to provided collegiate players a good place to 'get some run in' while home for the holidays. Two birds, one stone – Great Lacrosse – Giving Back to the Community! Many of the games, including the Bridgewater vs Summit championship from the event can be found on Access Lacrosse's website.
Please view the website Mary's Place by the Sea if you have any loved ones afflicted with Cancer we encourage you to entertain a conversation with these lovely and caring people at Mary’s Place.
UcFit founders PJ Martin (left) and Brian Dower with Michele Gannon, the person behind the concept of Mary's place by the Sea.
Congrats to the Tournament Champions: Summit Lacrosse (Summit High School Alumni Players)
