Events: 400m, 800m, 1600m, 4x400m relay, 4x800m relay
Background: Hershey High School (2000) & PSU (2004)
Day Job: 8th Grade English Teacher
Why I love coaching: seeing kids react in shock to how fast they've just run, what they didn't think possible
Proudest Coaching Moment: the 2010 PIAA State 4x800m Champs I coached when I was with the high school team
Hobbies: (trail) running, reading
Pets: two cats
Events: Shot Put & Discus
Background/Education: Bachelors in English/Poetry for Penn State University '02
Day Job: Risk Manager for PHEAA and owner of a Ice Cream Truck!
What you love coaching: I love coaching Shotput and Discus! But I did coach football for 25 years, which is my first love.
Proudest Coaching Moment: My proudest coaching moment at Cedar Crest has to be watching MiKayla Fripps win the PA Middle School Championship Shotput, breaking the meet record @ Altoona in 2024. She went on to get 2nd at Nationals in Philadelphia, too!
Hobbies: I have so many, but I spend the most time hunting. I also enjoy grading sports cards and attending Penn State Football games. We Are...!
Pets/Family/etc: I have a three legged Guinea Pig named Maple
Events: Shot Put & Discus
Background/Education: BS Music Ed/BA Instrumental Music – Lebanon Valley College, MME Music Ed – Lebanon Valley College, MM Wind Band Conducting – Messiah College, Cert of Advanced Graduate Studies in Orchestral Conducting – Messiah University
Day Job: Director of Bands & Orchestra at CCMS
What you love coaching: I love seeing students learn and grow.
Proudest Coaching Moment: Watching Frippy dominate at the shot put.
Hobbies: Playing my instruments outside of school, Flannel Covers, tropical fish.
Pets/Family/etc: Pets – tropical fish/Family my wife Becky (married 20 years this summer) and 2 sons – Grant and JD
Events: 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m relay
Family: Married for 25 years this month, and mother of two grown boys. Ree-ree (grandmom) to a two year old granddaughter and a one year old grandson.
Events: Long Jump and High Jump
Background: Northern Lebanon High School (1997) & Messiah College (2001)
Day Job: CCHS Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher