Campbell County High School, Cont.

-- Wyoming 4A Boys' Cross-Country State Runner-up; 1996, 1997

-- Wyoming 4A Girls' Track and Field Runner-up: 1988, 1994

--Coach of eleven individual state cross-country champions and eight individual runners-up and two course record holders

--Coach of twenty-two individual state track champions

--Coach of eleven state champion relay teams

--Coach of twelve state records in Wyoming

Philosophy on Summer Training :

Success in cross-country (or any sport, for that matter) is one maximizing one's potential. In order for this to occur the athlete has to exhibit a tremendous amount of self-discipline. The athlete needs to plug into a training system that is tried and proven and is based on some solid evidence and experience. The essence of cross-country is running and so the training for cross-country should center on that activity (running). The progression must begin in the summer. If one fails to complete the training during the summer he/she has allowed the greatest opportunity to move up in the ranks to slip by. The following criteria need to be adhered to in order to see substantial progress: consistency, learning to run further, learning to run faster, and learning to run further faster. It sounds so basic but many a individual will try to run further before gaining consistency and then everything falls apart.

The one area that is one of the hardest to discipline oneself is in the area of tempo runs (anaerobic threshold runs or PPMs, as I call them). I encourage my athletes to complete two per week, a short one on Tuesday and a long one on Thursday. This probably does more to develop strength physically and mentally than anything I've seen. I've had individuals win state championships with no intervals simply PPM runs.