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Meet the Coaching Staff
Meet the Coaching Staff
Mike Farthing
Head Coach
Sprints Horizontal Jumps
mfarthing@csd99.org
Coach Farthing is in his 18th year coaching cross country and/or track. For the past 5 seasons, Coach Farthing has served as the sprint coach in addition to coaching horizontal jumps and hurdles. He served as an assistant girls cross country coach from 2016-2021. Prior to coaching cross country, Coach Farthing served as an assistant with the DGS girls track team during the 2016 season. Prior to DGS, Coach Farthing served as both an assistant and head girls coach at Westmont High School from 2011-2015. Coach Farthing also serves as a speech coach for the football team and Roadrunners Soccer Club. He has also coached for the Chicago Flyers Track Club and junior high cross country at Westmont Junior High in District 201 where he teaches Special Education.
Sean Senf
Associate Head Coach
DistancePole Vault
ssenf@csd99.org
Coach Senf has worked with the Mustangs Track and Field Team for the past 8 seasons. This is his 8th year coaching at DGS working with the Boys Cross Country team during the fall. Prior to his time at South High School, Senf spent one year as an assistant coach at Niles West High School working with the distance programs during both the fall and spring seasons. Before coaching Senf ran for Illinois State University completing at the Division I level at distances ranging from 1,500 to 10,000 meters.
Brian Caldwell
Assistant Coach
DistanceHurdles
bcaldwell@csd99.org
This is his 18th year coaching Track at DGS and he’s also been the head coach of the Boys Cross Country program for 18 seasons. Prior to South, Caldwell spent 4 seasons as an assistant coach for both Cross Country and Track at Carthage College where he worked with numerous All-Americans and National Champion in the hurdles. Before coaching, he competed in both Cross Country and Track, specializing in the decathlon, at Carthage while being a team captain for 3 years in both sports.
David Lee
Assistant Coach
Throws
Coachlee1341@gmail.com
Coach Lee has served as the throwing coach at DGS for the past 9 years. Prior to joining the Track program, he was the Head Freshman Wrestling Coach and Freshman Football Defensive Line Coach at South. Previously he has coached the throws at several high schools in Chicago, East St. Louis, Macomb, and in Tennessee. Prior to coaching, he competed in Football and Track at Western Illinois University. Lee brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the program. Lee is a proud alumni of East St. Louis Sr. High School.
Juankeem Finley
High Jump/Sprints
juankeemfinley@yahoo.com
Coach Finley is a proud alum of Downers Grove South High School. After graduating from DGS, Coach Finley competed at Robert Morris University in Chicago. Coach Finley is starting his 3rd season at DGS primarily coaching high jumpers. Last season, Coach Finley coached 3 jumpers to 6'0" or better!
Greg Maloney
Sprints/Jumps/Distance
gmaloney@csd99.org.
Coach Maloney is starting his 2nd season as assistant coach for our track & field program. He started his teaching and coaching career at St. Ignatius Prep in Chicago coaching wrestling and track for 4 years. In 2003, Coach Maloney came to Downers Grove South. He served as the freshman and JV wrestling coach for 19 years. The past three years he has been an assistant coach with the boys cross country program.
Michelle Gagnard
Volunteer Assistant - Sprints
Coach Gagnard will starting her 2nd season assisting our sprint group. She is the founder/head coach of the Chicago Flyers Youth Track & Cross Country Club. Since founding her club in 2009, Coach Gagnard has coached over 1,600 athletes! She has trained 2 National Champions, 15 State Champions and 23 Top 10 National Athletes. The Flyers cross country teams have won the AAU State XC Championship twice, in 2020 won the Northern National AAU XC Championship and four times placed as a top 3 team at the Cross Country Coaches National Youth Championship with 12 top 20 medalist. In 2019, 25 former Flyers were running for their D1 and D3 college programs.
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