Cross Country

The best way to prepare for Cross Country is to start running! Focus on your mechanics as you run. It’s important to learn to run properly from the start to avoid issues later on. If you want a personalized workout plan, feel free to reach out and I would love to work with you.

I hope that athletes can take away a feeling of pride and accomplishment at the end of a season. Cross Country requires a tremendous amount of physical endurance and mental strength. I hope that even after the season, they can use those strengths in all aspects of their life.

I ran at STM all four years of my high school career. Some of my fondest memories are from those seasons and some of the greatest life lessons came from my coaches and the work that I put in to the seasons. I love coaching here at STM because it allows me to give back and pass on some of these things to the next generation of Cavaliers. STM has the best students and the Cross Country team is the cream of the crop. I am proud to coach them and an immerse them in decades of a proud tradition.

The atmosphere of the Cross Country team is very unique. I believe that going through hardships with someone automatically brings those people closer. So naturally, after a hill workout in “death valley,” a speed workout at Tippecanoe Park, or a distance run out to College Avenue, the team is quite close. There is friendly competition between runners, of course. We set goals before each meet and those goals are often to outrun a teammate or beat someone else’s personal record. However, at the end of a race, after giving it their all, there is nothing but support and congratulations regardless of who has the fastest time in the end.