When it comes to qualifying for NXN, Southlake Carrol ranks as the school with the second most combined team appearances, only behind FM. We talk to him about his success

Background

• Ran as a youth and into college
• Was lucky with coaches was an 800 guy forced to do cross country

School

• 2700 students
• 150-160 combined boys/girls most year
• Affluent community and good school
• Took over the program in 2008
• Stays plugged into the middle schools

Reed Brown discussion - sub-4:00 senior year

Discussion on how he works with the assistant coach to make sure kids are always progression no matter where they are.

Team building events

How is it determined who runs the final top 7 for the State meet

Training

• Summer starts first Monday after school is out
• New kids start out with a mile run, keep it easy so they come back
• Meet 5 days a week
• Summer has long runs, recovery runs and tempo runs (short and long)
• First meet end of August
• Monitors kids off how they run on recovery runs, see how they feel
• 400 progression through the season

How he handles the transition from State to Nike qualifying and Nationals

Southlake Carroll Ben Rosario Dean Ouellette