Meet The Coaches
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Jason Grant |
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Mindy Peele Mindy began running in 6th grade after attending one of Coach Dulin’s track camps. She later on ran cross country and track at Brentsville High school where she won the individual state cross country title as a freshman and was on a state champion 4 X 800 team as a senior. She was the first female place finisher in the Heritage Half Marathon with a time of 1:30:51. She recently ran the Charlottesville Marathon, finishing with a time of 3:12:38. Mindy attends George Mason University where she is pursuing a degree in Elementary Education. |
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Jordan McDougal Jordan attended Liberty University where he majored in Kinesiology and competed on the track and cross country teams. While at Liberty he earned several conference titles and was part of the 2006 US Junior Cross Country team that competed at the World Cross Country Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. His PR’s are 3:50 for the 1500m, 14:00.13 for the 5k and 29:34 for the 10k. Jordan lives in Culpepper with his wife Leah and Siberian husky, Kira. |
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Alisa Harvey Alisa Harvey is a Northern Virginia native. Since her high school days at Thomas Jefferson she has dedicated her life to athletics. She graduated with a BA in Speech Communications from the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) where she was the 1986 NCAA Champion in the 1500M. In 2006, she was inducted into the Lady Volunteer Hall of Fame. Alisa was the 800 meter and 1500 meter champion at the 2007 U.S. Masters Outdoor T&F Championships, where she was also named USA Track & Field 2007 Masters Athlete of the Year. She is the World Record Holder of the indoor Masters mile (4:47.26) and holds the following U.S. Masters records: 2:07.57 for 800 meters, 4:46.29 for the mile outdoors, 2:05.75 for 800 meters, and 4:26.18 for 1500 meters indoors. In addition to the track, Alisa enjoys racing on the roads in any distance from 5K to Marathon. She is a four-time winner of the Army Ten-Miler and posted a personal best of 2:49.26 at the 1999 Richmond Marathon. Alisa is married to Les McFarling and the mother of two daughters, Virginia and Kyah. Derek Biendl Derek has been active in soccer from an early age. He's been a travel soccer coach for over 11 years and promotes a healthy lifestyle and running as a way to improve his players' soccer abilities. Derek has participated in numerous races around the area and has been helping with the running club since it's inception. Lara Biendl Lara is a teacher at Glenkirk Elementary where she has helped to coordinate and run a school track club. She has participated in many races around the area. She enjoys running with her family and helping to motivate kids to live healthy lifestyles. Leah McDougal Leah began running in junior high when her older siblings were competing in high school. Following in their foot steps she competed in high school as well where she ran a 5:21 mile, 2:20 800 meter, and qualified for numerous state meets. She then went on to compete for Liberty University. She now runs to stay fit and promote a healthy, active lifestyle. Amy O'Brien Amy started running in the sixth grade and ran all the way through college. She had a partial running scholarship for track and Cross Country at West Virginia Wesleyan College. After college Amy began teaching Middle School and coached on the High School side at Hayfield Secondary School where she coached Cross Country, Winter Track and Spring Track for 6 years. Amy has run the Marine Corps Marathon twice. This will be her third year with the running club. |
