Coaching Staff
Varsity Head Coach: Brandon Elliott belliott@tolland.k12.ct.us
Congratulations to the Tolland Boys Cross Country Team runners Colby Bornstein, Dillon Stoeffler, Ryan Chater, Mario Urbina-Cruz, Jake Vegiard, Charlie Wlodarczyk, and Chase Anderson for placing 2nd overall as a team at the Class-M State Championship and Colby Bornstein for placing 1st at the Class-M State Championship Meet!!! The boys team has qualified to race at the State Open Championship on Friday 11/3 representing Tolland among the top 20 teams and runners from across the state.
The Tolland Boys Cross Country Team ran at the CCC-Championship Meet on Tuesday afternoon at Wickham Park and came away with a 2nd place finish in the CCC-East and an 8th place finish overall out of a field of 31 teams. Colby Bornstein led the way in the varsity race placing 2nd overall and 1st in the CCC East with a personal best time on the course. Tolland's top 5 also consisted of Mario Urbina-Cruz, Dillon Stoeffler, Ryan Chater and Jake Vegiard with Charlie Wlodarczyk and Chase Anderson rounding out the top 7. In the JV race Andrew Lamp, David Buey, Nick Ly, Keith Carleton, Grant Syphers and Asher Valloall ran well. The Tolland Boy's team finished the regular season with a record of 12-2, and now prepare for the Class-M State Championship on Saturday October 28th.
Tolland Head Coach Brandon Elliott wins 2019 Cross County High School Coach of the Year
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Tolland's Brandon Elliott as winner of its fourth annual High School Coach of the Year award for cross country last Friday.
One boys coach and one girls coach from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia were honored for their successes during the fall of 2019, as selected by a committee of experts from around the nation.
State-by-state winners were selected based on their teams’ performances throughout the 2019 cross country season. Among the factors taken into consideration were team score and placement at the state championships, margin of victory, performance against rankings if available, individual championships, and how their teams’ performances stacked up to previous years (e.g. first title in school history, consecutive titles, etc.). Elliott’s Tolland boys cross country team had nearly equal success winning the CCC, Class M and State Open championships in 2019 and then finished third at the New England Championships. Coach Elliott will receive a trophy from the USTFCCCA recognizing his achievements.
The winners from each state are in consideration for the association’s National High School Cross Country Coach of the Year award. One boys coach and one girls coach from among all the states will be selected by a panel of experts and be announced later this month as the national winners.