Saints Fetzer, Gallagher up training regimen at CTS
Devin Caldwell had one of her best seasons of softball in 2011.
She had 42 starts at second base and batted a team-best .328 with a team-high tying 12 multiple-hit games as a freshman for Sacramento State. She had seven doubles and 14 RBIs and committed just five errors all season.
For her efforts, the Napa High School graduate was named as the freshman of the year on the Pacific Coast Softball Conference’s All-Coastal Division team and was also chosen first-team all-conference.
A lot of Caldwell’s success is due to the work she puts in off the field. She has been going to CTS Strength & Conditioning in Napa three days a week over the winter break, working on her speed and all things strength-related so that she’s ready to go when the Hornets start their spring season.
“I feel like I’m in great shape to go back,” said Caldwell. “It’s very important — it keeps me strong, in shape. It takes me to the next level as an athlete.”
Caldwell, a three-time All-Napa County selection for the Indians, isn’t the only college athlete who has been training at CTS Strength & Conditioning, located at 1755 Industrial Way, No. 21, off of California Blvd.
McRae Kirmse, a Justin-Siena graduate, who plays lacrosse at Western New England University (Springfield, Mass.), and Taylor Willis, a sophomore out of Napa High who plays basketball at UC Santa Cruz, have also used the facility that is owned by John Cortese.
“His workouts really get me ready,” said Caldwell.
“His workouts really work up your endurance, which is one thing that I need to work on. It just gets me ready and takes what I’ve done in fall season and continues the speed and the strength that I have going.”
Caldwell also trained at CTS Strength & Conditioning during the winter break of her freshman year at Sac State.
“I felt 20 times stronger when I went back,” she said. “My speed had increased. It showed in my season. I had a great season and I feel like a lot of it has to do with the training and the time I put in here.
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