Devan’s Athlete Meet Recaps:
I pride myself in putting as much detail and insight as possible into recapping my athletes’ competitions. I do my best to reflect on programming strategies, individual differences, history as an athlete, high/low points during prep, how meet day went itself, attempt selection strategy, and plans with any adjustments to training, programming, or technique going forward.
Give them a read!
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Client Brendan Farrell walking away with a nice PR DOTS score despite a more hectic prep! A positive way to lock in his third meet working with Devan
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Client Garrett Glass PRing just about everything, his total, his DOTS score, and breaking more State records just 10 weeks after his previous meet! A perfect 9/9, 27/27
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Client Maxine Marzella rounding out a flawless 3rd meet working with Devan— PR squat, bench, deadlift, total, first 400+ DOTS score, and 1st place in the Juniors!
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Client Abby O’Brien hitting a PR bench, deadlift, and total at ‘25 USAPL Northeast Regionals! Her 4th meet working with Devan
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Client Mar Hubbard at the ‘25 PLA Rising Tide, surpassing her previous Powerlifting America best total from just a few months prior despite some technical misses on the day, walking away with a solid second meet with Devan
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Client Sean Carr grinding out a +22.5kg total PR at his second meet working with Devan— huge PRs on all 3 individual lifts!
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Client Cara Fox competing over in Australia at the PerforMotion Strength Standard meet, debuting in a lighter weight class, walking away with some wins on the day despite no objective PRs
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Client Garrett Glass hitting a squat, bench, and +12.5kg total PR on an 8/9 day, with multiple State records, at ‘25 USPA Nationals! Great way to kick off his first meet with Devan
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Client Jake Hansen going 8/9 and hitting a massive +30kg PR total at his second meet working with Devan!
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Client Sophia Fortin taking the silver medal in the Junior 63kg division at ‘25 Powerlifting America Age Division Nationals in Reno NV!
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Client Brendan Farrell going 8/9 and PRing his bench, deadlift, and total at the ‘25 USAPL Titan Barbell Open!
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Client Abby Boissy locking in another 9/9 day working with Devan— their 5th meet working together!
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Client Sophia Wood hitting a squat & DOTS score PR at 2025 Collegiate Nationals, despite a rougher day with technical calls
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Client Maxine Marzella PR-ing her squat & total at ‘25 USAPL Collegiate Nationals!
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Client Mar Hubbard going 8/9 just shy of her all time bests and in her first Powerlifting America meet, just one block in with Devan!
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Client Megan Hurley going 9/9 at her first meet working with Devan!
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Client Abby O’Brien PR-ing her bench, deadlift, and total on an 8/9 day at her third meet working with Devan!
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Client Sophia Fortin crushing her first Powerlifting America meet to round out her 8th meet with Devan, and qualifying her for the Age Division Primetime session!
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Client Adrienna Davis competing at Powerlifting America Bench Press Nationals, transitioning her nicely before stepping onto the Age Division Nationals platform
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Client Brian McGrath hitting a huge +25kg PR total on a perfect 9/9 day at his second meet working with Devan!
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Client Sean Carr PR-ing his total and all 3 lifts on a perfect 9/9 day to kick off his first sanctioned meet!
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Client Sadman Mishel PRing the total, squat, bench, and DOTS score, with a PR tie on deadlift during his second meet with Devan at BPA Nationals!
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Client Adrienna Davis hitting a PR total after 1.5+ year of injury, the definition of a comeback meet. A perfect 9/9 day, and a +7.5kg bench PR as a bonus
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Client Carlos Urbina PRing his squat, bench, and total at the 2024 Virginia Winter Wrecker to kick off his first meet with Devan!
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Client Travis Tran winning the 67.5kg class at 2024 MA State Champs, PRing his squat, deadlift, and total on an 8/9 day
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Client Abby Boissy wrapping up her 4th meet working with Devan, PRing her total, and her deadlift by +10kg on a 9/9 day!
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Client Emily Smith PRing her total and bench press after just one block together with Devan, ending the day 9/9, and with excellent data to use for future training!
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Client Maxine Marzella with a perfect 9/9 day to start her first meet with Devan, PRing everything on the day, and her total by +22.5kg
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Client Elle McKenzie ending a strong meet on an 8/9 day, just shy of her meet PRs on all 3 after a very hectic prep
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Client Patrick Festa with a 486 DOTS performance with his second meet with Devan, PRing all 3 lifts, and the total by +22.5kg on a perfect 9/9 day!
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Client Liam Tate with the #1 most improved performance on the team in 2024— a +82.5kg PR total, with PRs across the board on an 8/9 day!
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Client Tyler Luangraj ending an excellent 8/9 day with a +50kg total PR, PRing the squat and deadlift, all in his first meet with Devan!
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Client Peter Knez rounding out a strong 8/9 day at the 2024 PLZS Nationals, ending the day with a +15.5kg PR total, and great data going forward from prep
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Client Sophia Wood wrapping up a massive +20kg meet PR total after just 1 block working together, hitting meet PRs on both squat and deadlift on a 9/9 day
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Client Minh Vu wrapping up the second meet working with Devan with a +20kg total PR, PRing all three lifts on the day!
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Client Kinzie Peterson going 8/9 and PRing her total by +22.5kg, finishing the day off with a 465kg and securing a 520 DOTS score!
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Client Daniel Allen running a smooth bench only meet at ‘24 Commonwealths, finishing 3/3 on the day with a meet PR bench
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Client Kiyaan Chavoshi finishing 2nd overall in the Men’s Junior 105kg class at CPU Nationals, and walking away with a perfect 9/9 day
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Client Sophia Fortin finishing 3rd overall in the Women’s Open 60kg class at ‘24 USAPL Raw Nationals, earning herself a 541 DOTS score at her 6th meet working with Devan!
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Client Elyse Velasquez with a perfect 9/9 day at ‘24 USAPL Raw Nationals, with the highlight being an all time PR deadlift of 185kg/408lb!
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Client Jack O’Donnell with a 9/9 day to kick off his first meet with Devan, PRing his total by 7.5kg
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Client Andrew Raczka with a great first meet with together, PRing his squat, bench & total, and tying his PR deadlift!
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Client Caelan Langley PRing all 3 lifts on a perfect 9/9 day to sum up a huge +22.5kg total PR at our first meet working together! Perfect attempt selection across the board
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Client Liv Macphail with an awesome first meet after a heavily pain ridden prep, ending the day 8/9 with 0 misses on strength, another day with perfect attempt selection and 0 kilos left on the platform
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Client Brian McGrath rounding out an amazing first meet together, and first meet in general for him, with a great peak/taper on the day, going 8/9 with 0 misses on strength, and all third attempts made perfectly to plan
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Client Eric Pimentel PRing his squat by +15kg, bench by +10kg, and total by +25kg at 2024 Northeast Regionals, a very successful day
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Client Walter Richardson with a solid 8/9 day at 2024 USAPL Northeast Regionals after a tough tail end of prep. This was our 5th meet working together and the journey this far has been awesome!
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Client Abby O’Brien PRing her DOTS score by +26 and her total by +7.5kg at our second meet working together at 2024 USAPL Northeast Regionals!
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Client Jacob Swan with a massive +32.5kg total PR at our third meet working together! Rounding out the day 8/9, with a +12.5kg PR squat, +2.5kg PR bench, and +17.5kg PR deadlift!
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Client Elyse Velasquez with a great first meet together! First 400kg total and 400+lb deadlift on an 8/9 day, PRing her squat, deadlift, and total by +12.5kg!
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Client Elle McKenzie with an awesome first meet together at the USF Powerlifting South Florida Showdown, PRing her squat, deadlift, and total on an 8/9 day!
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Client Patrick Festa going 9/9 at ‘24 Collegiate Nationals, PRing his squat by +10kg, bench by +5kg, and deadlift by +10kg for a +25kg total PR on a 9/9 day, and 12th overall in the 90kg class!
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Client Abby Boissy PRing her squat by +7.5kg, her deadlift by +5kg, and her total by +7.5kg at her first National meet at ‘24 USAPL Collegiate Nationals— her third meet with Devan
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Client Travis Tran placing 10th overall in the 67.5kg class at ‘24 USAPL Collegiate Nationals and breaking the American Record bench with 171.5kg! All on a 9/9 day, and his first 600+kg total
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Client Sadman Mishel PRing his squat, bench, deadlift, and total on an 8/9 day at the ‘24 Powerlifting America King of the Jungle
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Client Sophia Fortin bringing home the silver medal in the 60kg class on a 9/9 day at ‘24 Collegiate Nationals, PRing her total by +8kg and breaking the Collegiate National squat record with a 178kg!
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Client Noor Hassan killing her first National meet, going 9/9 with a +7.5kg squat PR, +10kg deadlift PR, and +17.5kg total PR to round up a +25 PR DOTS just 13 weeks after her prior meet!
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Client Jamie Smith with a huge +20kg total PR on an 8/9 day to start off our first meet working together! Jamie PR’d her squat by +7.5kg, bench by +7.5kg, and deadlift by +5kg during her 5th powerlifting meet
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Client Kiyaan Chavoshi PRing every lift, and PRing the total by +30kg at the 2024 CPU Eastern Championship!
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Client Jake Hansen going 9/9 at the ‘24 USAPL OneUp Shamrock Classic, PRing his squat & deadlift to add up to a +27.5kg total PR and +15 DOTS PR!
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Client Sean Sullivan with a colossal +33 DOTS score PR at our third meet working together! Sean went 8/9, PRing the squat by +7.5kg, tying the meet PR bench with plenty of room, and PRing the deadlift by +7.5kg at a whole weight class lighter than our last meet in June
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Client Brendan Farrell with a flawless 9/9 at his first meet, with a 252.5kg squat 152.5kg bench, and 272.5kg deadlift with room across the board!
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Client Abby O’Brien with a huge first meet working with Devan, PRing her total by +22.5kg as well as her DOTS score on a 9/9 day! Adding +5kg to her squat, +15kg to her bench, and +2.5kg to her deadlift
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Client Noor Hassan with a perfect 9/9 day at the 2024 USAPL Odyssey Barbell Club Winter Open. Noor’s first meet and a great introduction to the platform!
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Client Minh Vu with an 8/9 day, +32.5kg total PR, and +23 DOTS PR at the 2023 Bay Area Barbell Winter Swolestice for a great first meet with Devan!
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Client Abby Boissy executing a flawless 9/9 day at the USAPL 2024 Clash at the Colosseum! Abby weighed in at the lightest she’s been, earning a huge +30 DOTS score PR and a +25kg total PR
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Client Sophia Fortin with an 8/9 performance at our 5th meet working together. Winning Best Overall Female Lifter and a 510 DOTS, earning herself a +15kg PR squat, +5kg PR bench, and +5kg PR deadlift!
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Client Eric Pimentel with an 8/9 day at our second meet working together at the 2023 USAPL Massachusetts State Championship, which kickstarted some serious post-meet training momentum
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Client Walter Richardson bagging a 9/9 performance at the 2023 USAPL MA Collegiate State Championship, with a +25kg PR total and perfect attempt selection calls on all 3 lifts!
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Clients Tony Castagno and Jacob Swan both going 9/9 at the 2023 USAPL New England Strength Solstice. Tony earned himself a 32.5kg meet PR total, and Jacob a 52.5kg meet PR total. Perfect attempt selection across the board!
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Client Eric Pimentel going 8/9 at the 2023 USAPL Odyssey Barbell Club Winter Open with a massive 670kg total at his first meet with Devan
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Client Abby Boissy going 8/9 during her first meet at the 2023 Odyssey Barbell Club Summer Open and adding 40kg to her gym total in 5 her first 5 months working with Devan
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Client Sean Sullivan going 8/9 at the 2023 USAPL Odyssey Barbell Club Summer Open and hitting a 37.5kg meet PR total during his 2nd meet with Devan — also earning his first ever 500+lb deadlift!
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Client Colin Murphy bringing home a perfect 9/9, 27/27 white lights meet at the 2023 USAPL CT Dennis Gleason Memorial. A17.5kg meet PR total, all time PRs on squat & deadlift, and tying his own state record on bench!
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Client Sophia Fortin earning the gold medal at 2023 Collegiate Nationals with an 8/9 meet and a 487.99 DOTS score
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Client Walter Richardson going 8/9 at the 2022 USAPL Odyssey Barbell Club Classic, hitting a 42.5kg total PR within just a few months of working with Devan!
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Clients Tony Castagno and Issam Alaga going 9/9 and 8/9 at the 2022 USAPL CT Spring Classic — both their first meets
Devan’s Bio
Services that I offer:
1-on-1 individualized online powerlifting coaching
Daily communication via instant messenger
Response times guaranteed within 24 hours at MOST, unless otherwise stated via team Instagram page or team emails
Google Drive communication
Programming via Google Sheets
Shared folders for training videos, spreadsheets, and general shared information
Regular block overview videos, technique analysis videos, and other related communication as necessary. Detailed block overview videos are sent every single training block
Weekly check-in forms every Friday
Technique analysis (long form & short form)
Free meet day handling contingent upon location
Detailed meet day attempt selection, weight cut strategies (as necessary), warm-ups, etc.
Access to private team Instagram page
Powerlifting education and personal development
Current rate: $180/ month
About Myself:
Hey everyone! My name is Devan Tenney, and I am a full-time online powerlifting coach with Triumph Strength & Performance. A little about myself — I am 24 years old and originally from Massachusetts. In 2022, I graduated with my B.S. in Psychology from Bridgewater State University with the goal of becoming a Counseling Psychologist. I applied to graduate programs in hopes of pursuing my Masters in Relationship Counseling Psychology. I was admitted to a program, and accepted the offer to pursue my Masters. However, I rescinded my own admission when I decided to pursue powerlifting coaching instead. My heart is in powerlifting coaching, and I knew that the complete shift in career path was something I was willing to work towards entirely. It wasn’t until later that year when I decided to unite with Co-Founders Chris and Andy to start Triumph Strength & Performance as a business. Immediately upon teaming up, everything has been going phenomenally, and we have created a serious & organized business that I am very proud of. This business has been my priority ever since.
Over the past few years, I have dedicated my time to becoming the absolute best powerlifting coach that I can be. The rate of which I was progressing as a coach allowed me to quit the job I had at the time in 2023 and pursue this passion full-time. That being said, online powerlifting coaching is now what I have dedicated my life to. I am determined to constantly improve upon every quality of powerlifting coaching out there, whether it be improving upon analysis of training videos, matching lifter psychology, learning more about biomechanics, improving upon strategies to individualize a lifter’s programming, formulating a long term plan for a meet prep, outreaching/networking with other coaches, etc.
I consider myself personable and friendly, yet hard-handed and blunt when needed. I believe that I have ample experience working with numerous demographics which has prepared me for situations which require different problem-solving approaches. I always make sure to meet a client’s personality where it is, and make sure to treat everyone fairly and equally.
About My Coaching Philosophy:
I take my job very seriously. When a client is putting their training in my hands, it is entirely up to me to do everything that I can on my end to maximize their performance as an athlete. I do not take this for granted.
I am a firm believer of finding what works for a specific individual through trial and error. This is going to look different for everyone. I place high emphasis on programming around lifter psychology, gathering a strong set of data over time that leads us to solving problems over time. I am very data oriented and pay close attention to trends in performance, and am a firm believer in continuing to do what works once we find it, while keeping training enjoyable.
That being said, this process cannot be done without high quality effective communication between the coach and the athlete. This is why I have such a comprehensive communication system — even from the first onboarding call with an athlete, I always make sure to emphasize the details to my system of communication and why each detail is being implemented. I also believe that finding what works in an athlete’s training is based on collecting high quality data and keeping records of that data as well. Referencing periods of training that were successful/unsuccessful is easy when things are diligently kept track of. So in short, I have a very communication-oriented system to base my problem solving strategies around, and make sure to keep expectations clear with that.
About My Service:
I have experience coaching lifters from a wide variety of demographics ranging from lightweight females to heavyweight males. Lifters ranging from those just getting into powerlifting, to coaching national and international level competitors. Everyones goals are different, and I’m here to help those goals be reached regardless of how high they may be set. Regardless of these goals, I do hold my lifters to a high standard and set firm expectations as to what I expect out of their training and communication with me. Specifically, I offer daily communication via WhatsApp, which is an app that I use solely for client communication. I additionally make routine block overview videos to detail each training block’s expectations, points of improvement, timing into competitions, progression rates on each lift, reasoning behind any changes that need to be made, any technical interventions being made, and more.
I am coached by Andrew Saillant (@ssspowerlifting) who I continue to learn from every day, and who continues to set an excellent example for what a high level powerlifting coach looks like. Previously, I have experience directly learning under Steve DeNovi who I worked under for 2 years.
I have experience coaching at multiple National, Regional, and State meets within the United States. I have also sent multiple athletes to international competitions in multiple different countries throughout my career. In 2023, my roster averaged an 88.9 % attempt success rate in competition with an average of a +20kg total PR. In 2024, my roster averaged a 92.7% attempt success rate with an average of a +20kg total PR.
I offer individualized powerlifting programming, meet prep, free meet day handling contingent upon location, detailed meet day planning, and more. I currently have 4+ years of experience as a coach under my belt, and work with 40+ athletes. Additional experience coaching a wide variety of demographics, and practice with a comprehensive communication system makes me extremely confident in coaching powerlifting. On top of all this, I operate on a self-made routine schedule. To further education myself, I spend time learning from the best coaches in the game, listening to podcasts, networking with coaches that I know personally, studying my own lifters’ trends in performance, and more.
I am currently taking on clients! If you are interested in working with me, click the blue “Apply for Coaching” button at the top of my page. For questions, feel free to send me a DM on Instagram @tsp_devan or email the team page at triumphsnp@gmail.com