Wow, what an honor. ESPN.com has named York’s 2004 Boy’ Cross Country Team, under the coaching of legend Joe Newton the cross country team for the entire decade! Here’s what they had to say: Boys Team of the Decade: York (Elmhurst, Ill.) 2004 “In 2004, when the new age of national team cross country championships [...]
On a special day in gym class Rob DeFilippis was asked to run the often maligned freshman mile. When he breezed past all the other boys he began to realize that he might have some success as a runner. It’s no wonder that his passion for running has burned since that fateful day. That same [...]
In 8th grade, career aspirations for most boys run along the lines of doctor, lawyer or maybe teacher. If they’re different they might say rock star or stuntman. But if they’re really different and driven they might just be Kris Hartner. In 8th grade Hartner made a business card in his printing class for the [...]
Here’s a list from the October 3, 2009 edition of the Chicago Tribune By Colleen Kane Tribune reporter. Top five York distance runners under coach Joe Newton – Marius Bakken, 1995 Class AA cross-country fourth-place finisher, two-time Olympic qualifier for home country of Norway. – Ron Craker, 1975 cross-country champion, ran at Indiana, holds program’s [...]
Cross-country: Doing it his way Joe Newton hasn’t changed much during the more than 50 years he’s spent coaching runners at York High School. He has 26 state titles, 41 state trophies and plenty of memories to show for it. -The Chicago Tribune The Chicago Tribune featured an amazing article about legendary Coach Joe Newton [...]
A few weeks back we posted an interview with former assistant coach from York High School, Charlie Kern, who was featured in The Long Green Line. Here’s the interview if you forgot: CHARLIE KERN WINS MASTERS We wanted to repost an amazing outtake from LGL. Charlie Kern, talks to the boys about the value of [...]
Just wanted to remind you of a great Newtonism. This is a repost but many of you probably haven’t seen this. ONE OF COACH NEWTON’S Yoda-like musings on stress.
If you’ve seen The Long Green Line you’re familiar with then Assistant Coach Charlie Kern. He was Joe Newton’s right hand man and a very wise one at that. Coach Kern was instrumental in leading the 2005 York cross country team to win their state championship. For those of you not familiar with Kern, here’s [...]
Tony Vice, owner of Fleet Feet Sports in Stockton, CA was an overweight child. By the time he reached his senior year of high school his doctor was so concerned that he laid down the law. He told Tony he was killing himself. The Vice family history was such that diabetes, heart disease and other [...]
Paul Staso is an ultra-endurance athlete living in Montana, U.S.A. Each year he takes thousands of school children worldwide on a multi-week virtual trek running/walking adventure while teaching, inspiring and encouraging via his “online classroom” (www.pacetrek.com). The kids participate virtually, but he is actually on the road running solo across states and countries – pushing [...]