July 8th San Ramon
Valley
Cross Country Clinic
July 8th,
2006
At San Ramon Valley HS (NCS)
What? Cross Country Clinic 2006
Where? Performing Arts Center
San Ramon Valley High School, Danville, CA
When? July 8, 2006
8:30am to 5:30pm
How much? $35 per coach (parent, athlete, whatever)
Who?
Walt Lange-Jesuit High School--"The Jesuit Distance Program"
Coach at Jesuit since 1970, 8 state cross country championships, athletes
have won 7 state gold medals in 1600 and 3200, 32 Jesuit runners have
competed at the state meet in the 1600 or 3200.
Pat Tyson-Mead High School
Pat Tyson is a legend not only in the state of Washington but also all
around the country. His Mead teams have won an incredible 13 State
Championships and his individuals have had great success in the Footlocker
series over the years.
Tim O’Rourke-Arroyo High School—“Interval Progression
for Cross Country”
Former coach at Arroyo High School--National Champions in 1987, State
Champions in 1986 & 1987, ranked in the top ten in the state 11 times,
and an overall dual meet record of 323 and 9. Tim is now the meet director
for the Mt. Sac track and cross country invitationals and Footlocker
Western Regional.
Ken Reeves-Nordhoff/Ventura High School
Since the start of the state cross country meet, at least one Reeves’ coached
team has placed in the top 5 in the state except for 1988 and 2001. Since
1990, at least 1 Reeves coached team has been on the podium at the state
meet except for 2001. As a head coach, he has the opportunity to coach
11 state team championship teams and five individual state champions.
In four years as an assistant at Ventura High School, he has helped coach
two team championship teams along with a 2nd and 3rd place team. Coach
Reeves has coached 5 Footlocker National Finalists. He was twice named
National Cross Country Coach of the Year. In 2002, he was inducted into
the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame.
Gary Towne-Chico State University—“Taking the 9:30 guys
to Nationals”
10th year as head coach. Have coached the Chico Men’s XC team to
7 straight top 10 NCAA finishes (4 straight Top-5), Women have finished
in top 6 nationally 4 years straight. Men have won West Region titles
4 years running...Women 3 years running. Both squads took 2nd at Stanford
Invite last fall beating lot’s of DI schools. Despite having never
landed a sub 5 min gal, the lady ‘Cats defeated two DI schools
that went on to win their conferences in ‘05 in XC. With very little
scholarship dollars to work with, the Wildcats of Chico have managed
to become one of the very best programs in the state regardless of division
Come and learn from some of the best coaches in the west. Each speaker
will be on stage for a 90 minute “show” of what they do,
why they do it, and what they don’t do, to produce champions year
after year. So get the date of July 8th on your calendar now, you don’t
want to miss this all-star cast of characters!!
For questions email Tim Hunter at [email protected]
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