Track and Field is one of the biggest spring sports at Gardner Edgerton High School, it includes a wide range of events from the 100 meter dash to pole vault. The head coach of Track is Brian McGee.
Meet the Coaches
This season there are ten coaches who each coach a specific event or group of similar events.
New to coaching track at the high school level this year is Kristen Gore, she will be helping coach distance and sprints.
“Our added coach is Kristen Gore, she’ll help with coach Cochran on some distance and she’ll help with me on sprints,” McGee said.
Also new to coaching Track is Travis Greer, he is a throw coach who specifically does discus.
“We have coach Greer who helped with Football in the fall and he is a very accomplished throw coach,” McGee said.
The shot put coach for this season is John Yockey.
“Coach Yockey is our shot put coach,” McGee said.
The last throw coach is Mike Gunderson who coaches javelin.
“Coach Gunderson is our javelin coach,” McGee said
The position of pole vault coach goes to Thane Nonamaker.
“There’s coach Nonamaker, a pole vault coach,” McGee said.
As for the hurdles coach it is Matt Mayeske.
“Coach Mayeske, our hurdles coach,” McGee said.
Walt Cochran is the distance coach.
“Coach Cochran is our distance coach,” McGee said.
The coach for high jump is Darrell Wait.
“Coach Wait is our high jump coach,” McGee said.
Joe Leiker is the coach for the horizontal jumps, long and triple jump.
“Coach Leiker coaches long and triple jump.” McGee said.
Finally coach McGee is both the head coach and the sprints coach.
“And me, Coach McGee is the sprints coach,” McGee said.
Upcoming Season
This season is expected to be the largest track team in GEHS’ history.
“We are expecting to have again the largest track team we’ve ever had, we may have somewhere between 220 and 250 kids on the team,” McGee said.
Track and Field is a no-cut sport, meaning anyone can join without the need to try out or the worry of being rejected for the team.
“We are a non-cut sport so that’s one of the reasons we have such high numbers…” McGee said.
Track is a way to push yourself and it is very accessible to everyone due to the amount of events offered.
This year’s track season starts on Monday, February 26, be sure to join if interested.
