ARIZONA TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY COACHES ASSOCIATION
TO: Arizona High School Cross-Country Coaches
FROM: Brian Dempsey, ATCCCA President, Sandra Day O’ Connor High School
Jeff Messer, ATCCCA Vice-President & Treasurer, Xavier College Preparatory
Mike Elder, ATCCCA Board Member, Northland Preparatory Academy
RE: Ninth (9th) Annual ATCCCA Cross-Country Clinic
The ninth annual ATCCCA cross-country clinic will be conducted on Saturday, August 22nd, 2009. ATCCCA President and Sandra Day O’Connor High School Head Cross-Country / Track-&-Field Coach Brian Dempsey will host the clinic at Sandra Day O’ Connor High School (25250 N. 35th, Ave, Phoenix, AZ., 85083-2465, {623} 445 - 7100).
The registration fee for the 2009 clinic is $45.00; this fee encompasses not only registration but also a continental breakfast, a catered lunch, and a free t-shirt.
The schedule for the 2009 clinic is as follows:
8:00 – 8:15 a.m. - Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:15 – 8:25 a.m. - Brian Dempsey (ATCCCA /Sandra Day ‘O Connor High
School)
Welcome / Clinic Overview
8:25 – 8:30 a.m. - Break
8:30 – 9:20 a.m. - Adam Kedge (Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM):
Albuquerque Academy Cross-Country Training
9:20 – 9:25 a.m. - Break
9:25 – 9:55 a.m. - Margot Kelly (Mile Split Arizona, https://az.milesplit.com/)
9:55 – 10:00 a.m. - Break
10:00 – 10:50 a.m. - Roger Bristow (Rio Rico High School, Rio Rico, AZ):
Rio Rico High School Cross-Country Training
10:50 – 10:55 a.m. - Break
10:55 – 11:35 a.m. - Jeff Guy (ATCCCA / Desert Vista High School)
Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) – Overview & Update
11:35 – 12:10 p.m. - Lunch
12:10 – 1:00 p.m. - Brian Beltramo (Coaches Ministry Director, Arizona
Fellowship of Christian Athletes): Motivating the 21st
Century Student-Athlete
1:00 – 1:05 p.m. - Break
1:05 – 1:55 p.m. - Adam Kedge (Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM):
To Be Determined
1:55 – 2:00 p.m. - Break
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. - Brian Dempsey (ATCCCA / Sandra Day O’Connor High
School)
2009 AZ. HS X-C Schedule, 2009 AZ. HS Weekly Rankings,
etc.
2:30 – 2:35 p.m. - Break
2:40 – 3:25 p.m. - Roundtable Discussion / Interactive Question-&-Answer
Session w/ Coaches Kedge, Bristow, & Beltramo
3:25 - 3:30 p.m. - Conclusion / Adjournment
**PLEASE CHECK the arizonatrack.com site for updates**
Please supply the following information and complete the form in order to ensure registration for the 2009 clinic.
NAME: _________________________________ SCHOOL: _________________________________
ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________________________
CITY: ___________________________________ STATE: ________ ZIP: _______________
Email address: _________________________________________________
___________ I am enclosing a check for $45.00 OR
___________ I plan on attending and will register on Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Please make checks payable to the ATCCCA. Registration information and / or payment may be mailed to the following address:
Jeff Messer
ATCCCA Vice President & Treasurer
268 N. Rock Street
Gilbert, Arizona 85234
We invite questions to be addressed to any of the following contact sources:
Brian Dempsey dempseyaz@cox.net
Mike Elder elder.coach@gmail.com
Jeff Messer messerjeff@yahoo.com
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Coach Adam Kedge:
Adam Kedge is the boys head cross country and track coach at Albuquerque Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In his 19 years of coaching he has served as both a head and assistant coach. As a head coach his teams have won nine state championships in cross country and seven in track and field. Since taking over as head coach in 1998, Kedge has built his Academy Chargers into a national power in cross country including a national ranking as high as #1 (twice) by The Harrier High School Cross Country Report. During Kedge's tenure, runners from Albuquerque Academy have won the 7 individual state titles, produced two Foot Locker All-Americans, and one USA Team World Junior Cross Country representative.
Highlight for 2008 - 2009 were double state titles (XC and Track),
qualifying to Nike Cross Nationals (4th time in 5 years), and the
outstanding performance of All-American and two time national decathlon
record holder Curtis Beach.
Coach Kedge has been married for 19 years to his wife Lisa and is the
very proud dad of Lauren - 16, Aric - 11 and AJ - 9.
Coach Roger Bristow:
Personal: Wife: Karen, Children: Aeoleone (16), Aiden (1)
Graduated from Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota 1984
Bachelor’s degree in Education (Physical Education, Mathematics, Coaching)
Competed in Cross Country and Track as a walk-on 1982-1984
Master’s degree from Northern Arizona University (Secondary Ed, Physical Education) 2001
Assistant Coach, Todd County High School, Mission, South Dakota 1984-1986
Boys Class A Cross Country State Champions 1984
Head Coach Boys & Girls Cross Country & Track, Tombstone High School, Arizona 1987-2002
Started Cross Country Program in 1987
Boys Region Cross Country Champions 1995-2002
Girls Region Cross Country Champions 1997-1998, 2000-2002
Boys 2A Cross Country State Runners up 1997, 1998
Boys 2A Track & Field State Runners up 1998, 1999
Girls 2A Cross Country State Runners up 1998
Girls 2A Track & Field State Runners up 1995, 1998, 2000
Boys 2A Cross Country State Champions 2002
Assistant Boys & Girls Cross Country & Track, Rio Rico High School, Arizona 2003-2004
Head Coach Boys & Girls Cross Country & Track, Rio Rico High School, 2005-present
Boys Region Cross Country Champions 2003-2008
Girls Region Cross Country Champions 2004-2008
Boys Cross Country State Runners up 2003 (3A), 2004 (3A), 2005 (4A), 2007 (4A)
Girls 4A Cross Country State Champions 2007
Boys 4A Cross Country State Champions 2006, 2008
Arizona Coaches Association Cross Country Coach of the Year: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003
Coach Brian Beltramo:
Brian Beltramo is the Coaches Ministry Director for the Arizona Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
His diverse coaching experiences include soccer with the U6 Coed Soccer - CCV Stars, football with the U6 Flag Football - CCV Stars, basketball as freshman boys basketball coach at Arcadia High School, and baseball as varsity baseball coach at Desert Christian High School.
His strong, ongoing involvement with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes initiated in 1997, he maintains a strong interest in the unique motivational challenges specific to modern-day student-athletes, and he articulates a very specific goal / vision that will be embodied in his presentation:
“My goal is to see coaches across Arizona seize their platform and become “double win” coaches. The definition of a double-win coach is a coach who not only wins a ton of ballgames but also wins their players to a lifelong adventure of serving Jesus Christ because of the way coaches acted, competed, and lived out the Bible in a tangible way for all to see.”