Past Speakers

Below are just SOME of our speakers that we have had over the years. We have new and exciting speakers every year at camp!

Mary Cain

  • 2014 USA Outdoor 1500m runner up (4:06.34)
  • 2014 USA Indoor 1500m Champion
  • World Junior Indoor 2 mile Record Holder
  • 4-time American Indoor Junior Record Holder  (1500m, mile, 3k, 2 mile)
  • 2-time American Outdoor High School Record Holder (800m, 1500m)

Nicole Tully

  • National Champion USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 5000 meters in 2015
  • PRs
    • 800 meters – 2:02.86 min (2012)
    • 1500 meters – 4:05.89 min (2015)
    • Mile run – 4:29.78 min (2016)
    • 3000 meters – 8:55.48 min (2014)
    • 5000 meters – 15:04.08 min (2016)

Patrick Tiernan

  • Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games
  • 2016 Men’s Division I National Cross Country Champion
  • At the 2014 NCAA DI Outdoor T&F Championships, Tiernan placed sixth in the 5000 meters, earning his first All-American honors in track and field in his NCAA collegiate career.
  • He placed second overall at the 2015 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships

Julie Culley

  • 1st at 2012 Olympic Trials
  • 2011 USA 5 km road champion

Bob Kennedy

  • 2-time Olympian
  • 4-time U.S. Outdoor 5k Champion
  • 4-time NCAA Champion
  • Career bests of 7:30.84 for 3k, 12:58.21 for 5k, 27:38.7 for 10k.8

Sheila Reid

  • 2012 Olympian
  • 2011 NCAA Champion 5000 & 1500 meters
  • 2010 & 2011 NCAA Cross Country Champion

Erin Donohue

  • World Championship Qualifier
  • 2008 Olympian

Adrian Blincoe

  • 2-Time World Championships semi-finalist
  • 3-Tme NCAA Champion
  • Career bests of 7:46 for 3k, 13:10.19 for 5k (New Zealand National Record)

Tiffany McWilliams

  • 3-Tme NCAA Champion

Karl Paranya

  • 2000 Olympic Trials
  • NCAA Champion 800 & 1500 meter

Chris Solinsky

  • 5-Tme NCAA Champion
  • Career bests of 7:34.32 for 3k, 12:55.53 for 5k,
  • and 26:59.60 for 10k (American record)

Bobby Curtis

  • 2008 5k NCAA Champion
  • 2008 Olympic Trials (13:17.28)

Frances Koons

  • 2-Time Big East Champion
  • 2008 Mid-Atlantic Regional XC Champion

Todd Williams

  • Placed 7th in the 10k at the 1993 World Championships
  • (the best U.S. finish in an Olympic or World 10k since Frank Shorter in 1972)
  • Ranked #2 in the U.S. at 10k in 1997
  • Career best of 13:19.5 (5k); 27:31.34 (10k); 2:11.17 (marathon)

Carrie Tollefson

  • 1999 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor 3k Champion
  • 1999 Outdoor 5k NCAA Champion
  • 1997 NCAA Cross Country Champion while attending Villanova University

Amy Rudolph

  • Two time Olympian (1996, 2000)
  • Two time USATF indoor 3000 meter champion (1997, 2002)
  • Career best of 4:06.02 (1500m); 8:39.86 (3000m); 14:56.04 (5000m)

Steve Holman

  • 1996 U.S. Outdoor 1500 Champion
  • 1992 Olympian
  • 2-time World Team member
  • 1996 U.S. Indoor mile Champion
  • 1992 NCAA Outdoor Champion
  • Career bests of 3:31.52 for 1500 meters, 3:50.60 for the mile.
  • Career best of 13:19.5 (5k); 27:31.34 (10k); 2:11.17 (marathon)

Carmen Douma Hussar

  • World Championship Silver Medalist
  • Olympic Finalist
  • 3-time NCAA mile Champion
  • 6-time All American
  • 7-time Big East Champion

Jen Rhines

  • 2000 Olympic Trials and 2001 USA Championships 10k runner-up
  • 3-time NCAA 5k Outdoor Champion
  • 1995 Indoor 5k Champion
  • 1994 NCAA cross country Champion
  • Career best of 4:17.30 for 1500 meters, 8:50.72 for 3k, 15:19.88 for 5k and 31:58.34 for 10k

Chris Fox

  • 3-time National Champion, World champion cross country team member
  • 5-time Olympic Trials qualifier.
  • Career bests of 7:45 for 3k, 13:21 for 5k, 27:53 for 10k and 2:13 marathon.

Kate Fonshell

  • 1996 Olympian and Olympic Trials Champion in the 10k
  • 1996 USATF Cross Country Nationals runner-up
  • 6 time All American
  • Career bests of 32:18.45 for 10k, 15:37.49 for 5k, 9:08.6 3k and 4:09.1 for 1500 meters

Larry Rawson

  • Commentator for ESPN and ESPN2’s Track & Field programming
  • Hosted the last 5 Olympics for the NBC Radio Network
  • Recipient of 2 National Emmy and 3 regional Emmy awards
  • Known as “the voice of track and field” in the U.S.