Marcus O'Sullivan is the Director of Villanova Track & Field and Head Coach of the men's program. O'Sullivan established himself as one of 'Nova's all-time great distance runners during his collegiate career (1980-1984) and since taking the helm of the program, has returned the Wildcats to prominence on the conference and national scenes. This year, both the men's and women's teams won the Big East Cross Country Championships. O'Sullivan himself is a three-time World Indoor Champion at 1500m and a former World Record Holder. He is also a four- time Olympian and has run over 100 sub 4 minute miles.

Roy T. Benson is an exercise scientist and distance running coach. He earned a Master's Degree in PE with an emphasis in exercise physiology from the University of Florida. Since 1976, he has held a national certification as a Fitness Instructor from the American College of Sports Medicine. He has presented several hundred professional papers and lectures for academic and popular audiences. He currently serves as a Special Contributor for Running Times magazine with a monthly readership of over 250,000 serious runners. His newest book "Heart Rate Training" was published by Human Kinetics in the Spring of 2011 and has already sold over 4,500 copies. He coached at the U of Florida from 1969 to 1979 as head X-C coach for seven years and head T & F coach for three years. For 16 years, 1993 to 2008, he served as Community Coach at Marist School (a 2A size private school) in Atlanta where his girls and boys teams won 16 state class 4A X-C championships and individual runners won a total of 21 state titles in x-c and track. He founded and has directed the Smoky Mountain Running Camp for 38 years and co-founded/co-directed the Green Mountain Running Camp with John Holland for the past 37 years. Coach Benson has also run competitively for over 45 years.

Justina Cassavell took over the head- coaching job at Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner, New Jersey in 1997 and her cross- country teams have qualified for the Meet of Champions every season. She has produced some of the best teams and individuals in state history while establishing herself as one of the premier distance coaches in New Jersey. The Voorhees girls have won eight group titles and two MOC Titles since 1997. In 2007, her team set the state record for the fastest team average at Holmdel and finished 13th at the Nike Team National Championship. In 2010, the Vikings won the Northeast Cross-Country Championship and qualified for the national championship for the second time. Recently, she was inducted to the NJSIAA Hall of Fame. Justina ran competitively for Rutgers University.

Rich Airey coaches with Brian MacKenzie and teaches CrossFit Endurance seminars in southern California. Airey works with endurance athletes, crossfitters as well as USATF elite athletes. He ran NCAA Division I Cross Country and Track & Field at Monmouth University where he was conference champion in the steeple chase and the school record holder in the 10,000 meters. Airy began coaching runners at the high school level in 2000 and has coached 24 high school All-Americans. In 2007, he returned to Monmouth University to coach at the collegiate level. Since 2000, Airey has successfully competed in triathlons, duathlons, cyclo-cross, adventure races and marathons - attaining personal bests utilizing the CrossFit technique.

Rob Hewitt is the Head Boys and Girls Cross Country and Distance Coach for the Germantown Friends School. Hewitt has guided the GFS program to 8 straight Friends Schools Cross Country team titles (2004- 2011) and 5 straight Independent State Cross Country team titles (2006-2010) and his teams have been ranked in the top 15 nationally. He has coached 8 athletes to 13 All American honors. In 2008, the Tigers won the Penn Relays Distance Medley Championship of America and in 2009 qualified for Nike Cross Nationals. Hewitt has been recognized as a three-time Pennsylvania Independent Schools Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2006, 2008, and 2009. Hewitt competed and was the Captain for St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA. He currently holds a USATF Level 1 certificate and a USTFCCCA Endurance Specialist Certificate.

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