1. Please tell us the name of your firm, title, and describe your role in one sentence. I work at Goldman Sachs, as a Vice President-Investment Advisor. My team advises individuals, families, and foundations on their investment portfolios and other balance sheet matters.

2. What are your fundraising and athletic goals for The Decathlon, and what led you to choose them?  I would love to reach 40 reps on the bench press and mid 20’s on the pull-ups. Both would be meaningful accomplishments for me. As for fundraising, I would love to raise $4,000 or more.

3. How…

1. Please tell us the name of your firm, title, and describe your role in one sentence. Bank of America, Senior Vice President. I am a Senior Research Analyst in the Macro Strategy group at U.S. Trust. I help drive tactical investment strategy decisions.

2. What are your fundraising and athletic goals for The Decathlon, and what led you to choose them? I’m hoping to reach 5k in donations personally to help my team. My performance-based fundraising will be the vertical jump, so I’d like to close in on 40 inches after hitting 36 last year. I was disappointed in…

Looking to improve your speed for the Decathlon's various running events? 

Whether you're looking to shave seconds off your 40-yard dash or 20-yard shuttle drill, or improve your endurance for the 400-meter or 800-meter run, all Decathletes are invited to experience an incredible, complimentary track workout this Saturday, May 2, at 8:00am at the East River Park Track (at E. 7th Street).

Led by Coach Ted Towle, a veritable running legend from Brooklyn, the workout will consist of an active warm-up, followed by 6 to 8 sets of a 300-meter sprint at 400-meter race pace with a 90 second rest…

1. Please tell us the name of your firm, title, and describe your role in one sentence. I work at Rosemawr Management, an alternative investment advisor that focuses on US Municipal securities. I am an investment analyst, assisting in the sourcing and evaluation of new investment opportunities.

2. What are your fundraising and athletic goals for The Decathlon, and what led you to choose them? While my fundraising event is dips, my vertical jump declined from 2012 to 2014, so I am hoping to bring it back to par. As a team, we are tasked with raising over $10,000…

1. Please tell us the name of your firm, title, and describe your role in one sentence. Trillium Trading LLC -- Senior Vice President of Trading. I run the Miami office.

2. What are your fundraising and athletic goals for The Decathlon, and what led you to choose them? My goal when I signed up was to do 25 pull-ups. After training for 4 months I am hoping to do more. When I started training in January I could do 18. I hope to raise $5,000.

3. On average, a Decathlete receives donations from 34 supporters. What fundraising…

1. Please tell us the name of your firm, title, and describe your role in one sentence. I work at Lord Abbett which is a privately held mutual fund company. The title of my position is “Regional Consultant”. Another way to describe this role would be to say that I am an internal wholesaler.

2. What are your fundraising and athletic goals for The Decathlon, and what led you to choose them? Success will be defined by the amount of money I fundraise and how I perform in the Decathlon. If I am able to raise well over $4,000…

The shuttle run is a football drill that involves speed and agility. When the NFL has players do this drill, they are accessing linear speed and a player’s ability to change direction quickly.

To help you crush the 20-yard shuttle run at this year's Wall Street Decathlon, we asked Lauren Williams, a certified personal trainer and head coach at New York City’s athletic-based training studio Tone House, to come up with three moves to help you shave seconds off your personal best time.

1. Side Standing Long Jump: In this exercise, start by squatting low, with…

While you may not hear many athletes pledging to improve their vertical jump height at the 2015 Wall Street Decathlon (events like the 400-meter seem to be where athletes set their goals high), the vertical jump is worth just as much as any other event the Decathlon offers: 1,000 points.

To earn the most points possible when stepping up to the metaphorical plate of the vertical jump competition, we've asked Shayne Cureton, Division 1 Collegiate Level Athlete and head coach at New York City's premiere training facility Tone House New York, for the best exercises to improve your…