One thing I have discovered blogging the last 10 years is that nearly all in the running community are interconnected much more than we ever realize. Some of you may remember
Daughter the Elder's Cross Country exploits while at
Penn State Mont Alto before she made the leap to the Main Campus last year. She had the privilege to run for
Coach Bill Preston, who had previously coached a few outstanding high school runners who made their way into the ranks we all hold dear at Penn State. I discovered that Coach Preston also worked with another friend,
Tim Kelly, in his previous capacity at
Stockton College in New Jersey.
Now word has come from
Hugh Hamill (all the way from Korea!) that 2 of his
Father Judge High School teammates are now coaches at
Penn State Abington. This comes 2 days after my
Daughter the Younger related she may desire to start at a Penn State branch campus like her sister did before her. She was looking at campuses that had both dorms
AND a cross country team. Abington appealed to her, as it was close to Philly
AND the beach, where she learned to surf earlier this summer...
Jim McClernand has been hired by Penn State Abington as their head cross country coach for the men and women. Also,
Kevin Carroll is the new Assistant Coach. I have invited Jim to join our group as an honorary member. We will see what my daughter decides, as she has many options and is waaaaaaay smarter than I am...
