Keynote Speaker
Lawrence "LoJo" Johnson
U.S. Olympian, World Champion (2001), 4x NCAA Champion, 7x US Champion, and one of the USA's most decorated pole vaulters
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Shannon Grady, Human Performance and Physiology
Shannon Grady is Founder & CEO of GO! Athletics. She is the global leader in application of lactate dynamics for human performance optimization. She is a nationally recognized expert in the field of applied Physiology and Exercise Science. In over fifteen years as an industry leader in sports performance management, Shannon has worked with over 9,000 athletes, including Olympic,
professional, collegiate, and high school athletes in over 15 sports; including Olympic, World Champions/Medalists and NCAA Champions.
Shannon’s career began in 1999, as a Sports Physiologist for the United States Olympic Committee(USOC), where she provided physiological testing and feedback to athletes and coaches representing nearly all U.S Olympic and National Teams. It quickly became evident to Shannon that there was a significant gap between the testing results and the application of that data. Shannon isolated the need to create an innovative approach to designing and implementing a comprehensive training model based on the dynamic nature of physiology; thus the evolution of System Based Training™.
Shannon’s expertise in the field of physiology both as a practitioner and as an academic, has resulted in her becoming a sought-after presenter, lecturer, and researcher at premier organizations such as: United States Olympic Committee (USOC), U.S Track & Field and Cross Country Association, University of Florida, University of Miami, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, and the American College of Sports Medicine.
Shannon graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S and M.S in Exercise Physiology/Biochemistry. Shannon is a NCAA All-American, 7-time Team USA Triathlon with 4 Top-10 ITU World Championship finishes.
professional, collegiate, and high school athletes in over 15 sports; including Olympic, World Champions/Medalists and NCAA Champions.
Shannon’s career began in 1999, as a Sports Physiologist for the United States Olympic Committee(USOC), where she provided physiological testing and feedback to athletes and coaches representing nearly all U.S Olympic and National Teams. It quickly became evident to Shannon that there was a significant gap between the testing results and the application of that data. Shannon isolated the need to create an innovative approach to designing and implementing a comprehensive training model based on the dynamic nature of physiology; thus the evolution of System Based Training™.
Shannon’s expertise in the field of physiology both as a practitioner and as an academic, has resulted in her becoming a sought-after presenter, lecturer, and researcher at premier organizations such as: United States Olympic Committee (USOC), U.S Track & Field and Cross Country Association, University of Florida, University of Miami, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, and the American College of Sports Medicine.
Shannon graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S and M.S in Exercise Physiology/Biochemistry. Shannon is a NCAA All-American, 7-time Team USA Triathlon with 4 Top-10 ITU World Championship finishes.
Scott Burns, Cross Country & Distance
Scott Burns is the Head Men’s and Women’s Track and Field / Cross Country Coach at Downingtown West High School and teaches 7th Grade History at Downingtown Middle School. Coach Burns lives in West Chester with his wife Danielle (3:04 Marathoner) and his two year old son Lincoln. He ran for West Chester University from 1999-2003, where he studied Elementary Education and was an All-PSAC runner in the 800m and DMR. He is still an active runner and holds a 2:36 marathon personal best. Under his leadership, the Whippet boys teams have placed inside the top 4 at the AAA Cross Country State Championship every year since 2014, including State and Regional Championship titles in 2015. Following the 2015 Cross Country season, Coach Burns was named the USTFCCCA High School Cross Country Coach of the Year for Pennsylvania. Most recently the Whippet boys won back to back District One Cross Country titles. In 2016, the Whippet girls team was the runner up at the District One meet. On the track, Coach Burns has guided multiple male and female athletes to district and state medals in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m.
Brian D. Wethey, Throws
Brian is a USA Track and Field Level 2 coach in the throwing events, certified by the National Council for Accreditation of Coaching Education (NCACE). He has also participated in two USATF Level 3 instructional programs developing his comprehensive knowledge in the throws. He has over 28 years of experience in coaching Track & Field and strength & conditioning. Brian was the assistant track and field throwing coach at The Glen Mills Schools from 1990 to 2006 and has been a personal trainer from 2006 to present. He has coached 20 state champions, 2 national champions, and 5 Penn Relays Champions. As an assistant coach at The Glen Mills Schools he has been part of: 10 team Indoor State championships, 9 team District titles, and 6 team Outdoor State championships. He also presents and/or coaches at a variety of camps and clinics. Brian prides himself in helping to grow the next generation of track and field athletes.
Jim Collins, Throws
Jim Collins is the Head Girls Track & Field coach and throws coach at Rustin High School. He has been coaching the throws for 14 years (13 with Rustin), while providing the jumpers with their strength programs. As an athlete, Jim was a 2-time PA state medalist in the shot put for Phoenixville HS, and won multiple conference medals at both the University of Pittsburgh and West Chester University. Jim has coached 5 girls over 40’ in the shot put and 9 over 114’ in the discus. In the past 3 years, his throwers have won 14 district medals, including 2 district champions and have had a total of 12 state qualifiers. In all, he has coached 6 district champions and 1 State Champion.
Mike Adams, Sprints
Mike Adams is the Head Boys Track and Field Coach at Altoona Area High School. He has led his teams to two indoor and two outdoor state championships. He has coached 72 state medalists, 2 National Champions, 10 high school All-Americans and has been named PA Track and Field Coach of the Year three times. However, he is most proud of the fact while coaching at Altoona more than 40 athletes have gone on to compete in college.
Twitter: @altoonatrack
Twitter: @altoonatrack
Rohan Grant, Sprints
Managing partner of MAVERIC Performance LLC., Rohan brings a wealth of experience in training sprinters young and old to a championship level. In addition to his role with MAVERIC, Rohan is the Associate Head Coach at the Church Farm School for XC, Sprints, Relays, and Strength and Conditioning. During his tenure at CFS, his athletes have broken 16 school records across all 3 seasons, produced 4 straight years of State Qualifiers (2012-2016), and a District 1 AA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2013 and 2017. He coached a winner of the New Balance Games in 2015 and a 3rd place finisher in the 2015 Milrose Games. That year, CFS also produced 2 of the top 5 sprinters in Pennsylvania.
With MAVERIC, Rohan has gained national attention with his work in the sprints where over the past 4 years his sprinters have cracked the State's top 10 list all-time in the 100, 200, and 400 (Indoor and Outdoor). In 2018 under Rohan's tutelage, his sprinters went to become National Indoor Champion at 200M, the 2x All American at 100M and 200M Outdoor and 60M and 200M Indoors, Arcadia Invitational Double Champion at both 100M and 200M, 3rd place finish in 200M and 4th place finish in the 100 at USATF Junior Nationals and a gold medal on the U20 4x100 Relay team in Tampere, Finland. In addition, he trained the PAISAA Double State Champion at 200M and 400M for the 3rd consecutive year, oversaw a AAU Regional Champion at 400M.
Most of all, Rohan is respected by his peers and athletes for his willingness to be more than just a coach. The goals of MAVERIC include Strategic Planning, Program Design, and Athlete Monitoring to best collaborate with Administrators, Coaches, Parents, and Athletes on achieving their goals regarding academics and athletic recruitment. Through utilizing performance metrics and measurement tools MAVERIC will monitor short, intermediate, and long term milestones.
Read here for more on Rohan's impact beyond the track in this feature article from DyeStat, www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=557460-Rohan-Grant-Making-A-Corner-of-Pennsylvania-Fast-Marine-Corps-Holiday-Classic-Recap-2018
With MAVERIC, Rohan has gained national attention with his work in the sprints where over the past 4 years his sprinters have cracked the State's top 10 list all-time in the 100, 200, and 400 (Indoor and Outdoor). In 2018 under Rohan's tutelage, his sprinters went to become National Indoor Champion at 200M, the 2x All American at 100M and 200M Outdoor and 60M and 200M Indoors, Arcadia Invitational Double Champion at both 100M and 200M, 3rd place finish in 200M and 4th place finish in the 100 at USATF Junior Nationals and a gold medal on the U20 4x100 Relay team in Tampere, Finland. In addition, he trained the PAISAA Double State Champion at 200M and 400M for the 3rd consecutive year, oversaw a AAU Regional Champion at 400M.
Most of all, Rohan is respected by his peers and athletes for his willingness to be more than just a coach. The goals of MAVERIC include Strategic Planning, Program Design, and Athlete Monitoring to best collaborate with Administrators, Coaches, Parents, and Athletes on achieving their goals regarding academics and athletic recruitment. Through utilizing performance metrics and measurement tools MAVERIC will monitor short, intermediate, and long term milestones.
Read here for more on Rohan's impact beyond the track in this feature article from DyeStat, www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=557460-Rohan-Grant-Making-A-Corner-of-Pennsylvania-Fast-Marine-Corps-Holiday-Classic-Recap-2018
Daniel Caulfield, Middle Distance
Daniel is the Head Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at California University of Pennsylvania. He has served as Cross Country Head Coach since 2006, and the Track & Field Head Coach since 2013.
*Recently voted the 2018 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference XC Coach of the Year for the 2nd time in 4 seasons.
* At Cal U he has coached NCAA D2 All-Americans in the 800m, 1500m, 1 mile, 3K, 5K, 10K and the steeplechase, and his athletes have set 6 PSAC conference records.
* Since 2014 he has coached three separate Atlantic Region Athletes of the Year, and his women’s team has qualified for the NCAA National XC Championships three out of the last four years.
* His teams constantly achieve high academic standards and have been a national All-Academic team for the past decade - Women have been Top 10 in NCAA D2 for the past two years.
* Caulfield has also coached several Pennsylvania-born athletes to race at the Olympic Trials in addition to the USATF indoor and outdoor championships. One of those has represented the USA internationally.
* He was an assistant coach at Adams State in Colorado for six years and helped the Men’s and Women’s teams win multiple NCAA D2 XC National Championships.
* As an athlete Caulfield was a 10-time All-American at Adams State, and maybe a national champion!
* He competed at two IAAF World Championships, and held the Irish record for the 800m indoors for over a decade.
Doug Petrick, Distance/Program Philosophy
Doug Petrick has taught Physics at Upper St. Clair High School, which is located in a suburb near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, since 2002. He coaches during all three sports seasons at USCHS. Since 2009, Doug has been Head Spring Track & Field Coach, and since 2006 Doug has been Head Indoor Track & Field Coach. Through the winter and spring track & field seasons, he trains the distance and middle-distance athletes. In the fall, Coach Petrick and Coach Maureen Chermak both guide the USC Cross Country Teams (2008-present) together.
Under Coach Petrick’s guidance multiple athletes have earned medals and achieved appearances at both the District and State levels of competition. Some of these accolades over the past three years include...
- Fall Cross Country: 8 Cross Country District Medalists & 3 Cross Country PIAA Medalists
- 1 Foot Locker National Championships Finalist Athlete with a 16th place national finish
- Indoor Track & Field: 11 TSTCA (District) Medalists & 3 PTFCA (State) Medalists
- Spring Track & Field: 10 Track & Field District Medalists & 3 PIAA Medalists
Most recently, this past fall, the Girls Cross Country Team qualified for the PIAA Championships for the first time in Upper St. Clair High School history. During this milestone trip to states as a team, the USC ladies team finished 4th overall in the AAA classification. Additionally, this fall, the Boys Cross Country Team at USC achieved their second-best performance in school history, earning 8th place in the AAA team classification. As a result of this men’s team performance, two USC individuals earned a trip to the PIAA meet.
Doug Petrick resides in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania with his wife and three children. In addition to teaching and coaching, he enjoys spending time with his family, running, reading, and creating educator content for The Wiley Network. Doug is thankful to have mentors and athletes along the way that have continually helped him evolve as a teacher and coach. He is also the Director of the USC Cross Country and Track & Field Coaching Clinic, an event to help other coaches learn, held each summer in June at Upper St. Clair High School.
Artie Gilkes, State College Area High School, Jumps
Artie Gilkes is the Head Boys Track and Field Coach and Assistant XC Coach at State College Area High School. Artie is one of the most accomplished coaches in all of Pennsylvania especially when it comes to the horizontal/vertical jumps. Since 2014 State High jumpers have accomplished the following:
-Won 42 state medals and won 5 state titles.
-2nd Place in triple jump at New Balance Nationals
-3rd Place in Triple jump at New Balance Nationals
-8th Place in Triple Jump at New Balance Nationals
-Multiple Penn Relays qualifiers
-1 Penn Relays Champion in the Triple Jump
State High is consistently a contender for State Championships indoor and outdoor due to their tremendous depth across all areas. Coach Gilkes was recently named PTFCA Boys Coach of the Year in 2019 after State High won the PTFCA Indoor State Championships and then followed in the spring by winning the PIAA AAA Boys State Championship. Coach Gilkes' group of jumpers were responsible for 23.5 of the team's 43.5 points to win the Indoor State Championship and 40 out of 47 team points to win the Outdoor State Championship!
-Won 42 state medals and won 5 state titles.
-2nd Place in triple jump at New Balance Nationals
-3rd Place in Triple jump at New Balance Nationals
-8th Place in Triple Jump at New Balance Nationals
-Multiple Penn Relays qualifiers
-1 Penn Relays Champion in the Triple Jump
State High is consistently a contender for State Championships indoor and outdoor due to their tremendous depth across all areas. Coach Gilkes was recently named PTFCA Boys Coach of the Year in 2019 after State High won the PTFCA Indoor State Championships and then followed in the spring by winning the PIAA AAA Boys State Championship. Coach Gilkes' group of jumpers were responsible for 23.5 of the team's 43.5 points to win the Indoor State Championship and 40 out of 47 team points to win the Outdoor State Championship!
Welcome to the following speakers for PATFCC 2020:
Jason Kilgore, West Chester University
Linda Falasco, Delaware County Christian School, LCSW, Sports Psychology
Dave Osanitsch, Shippensburg University
Doug Petrick, Upper Saint Clair High School
Akil Stokes, Millersville University
Mark Lacianca, Unionville High School