Coach Geurds is the newly appointed Pittsfield High Girls Cross Country Head Coach. A Pittsfield High School graduate herself, Abby has lived a life of running throughout high school, college, and during her adult life. She has been the assistant PHS Coach for the past 2 seasons and was the head women's cross country coach at MCLA as well. Coach has a degree in Sports Biology with a Masters in Nutrition for Human Performance. 

Going into to her first year, Coach is very excited to watch the growth of the team not only together, but individually. Watching their strength build mentally, physically, and emotionally is something she really enjoys seeing unfold and develop. "I know all of the hard work they put in, and I cannot wait for them to gain confidence and see the results."

Coach Brien is stepping into his first year as the Head Coach for the PHS Cross Country program. A standout 3 sport athlete in high school at Pittsfield High before heading to Merrimack College where he competed in both indoor and outdoor track. 

Coach is excited in the potential of his athletes this fall and is ambitious to start implementing more modern day training techniques into the program.