COACHING STAFF

Coach Farthing is in his 17th year coaching cross country and/or track.  For the past 4 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.  From 2016-2019, the girls team placed in the top 5 at the state meet with a 3rd place finish in 2018. Prior to coaching cross country, Coach Farthing served as an assistant with the DGS girls track team during the 2016 season.  The girls team finished in 5th place at the state meet that year highlighted by All-State finishes by Shaliyah Dixon-Tucker in the 100m dash and 100m hurdles. Prior to DGS,  Coach Farthing served as both an assistant and head girls coach at Westmont High School from 2011-2015.  In 2015, Westmont placed 6th at the girls state 1A track meet highlighted by Annie Carlson's All-State finishes in the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 200m, and triple jump.  Coach Farthing also serves as the DGS football speed coach. He has also coached as a youth club track coach and junior high cross country coach in the Westmont school district where he teaches. 

This is his 17th year coaching Track at DGS and he’s also been the head coach of the Boys Cross Country program for 17 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.