Jim Ryun grew up in Wichita, Kansas, achieving national acclaim as a high school track and field star. He set the high school mile record of 3:55.3 in 1963, a record that stood for 36 years. Ryun was the world's first high schooler to run the mile in under four minutes, which qualified him to run the Tokyo Olympics. He participated in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in the 1500 meter run in 1968. He held the World Record in the mile, 1500 meters and 880 yards. Recently, he was voted as the ESPN Best High School Athlete Ever (ahead of Tiger Woods and Lew Alcindor). As a Congressman representing the 2nd Congressional District of Kansas, Ryun served five terms from 1999 through 2006. He is also the founder and president of Jim Ryun Sports, Inc. and partnered with the ReSound Hearing Aid Co., which helps hearing impaired children fulfill their potential.

Marcus O'Sullivan enters his 10th year as the Director of Villanova Track & Field and Head Coach of the men's program. O'Sullivan established himself as one of'Nova's all-time great distance runners during his collegiate career (1980-84) and since taking the helm of the program, has returned the Wildcats to prominence on the conference and national scenes. O'Sullivan has guided his athletes to 6 NCAA individual championships, 2 NCAA relay titles, 2 Big East titles, and his 2002 indoor track team earned a fifth place finish at the NCAA Championships. He has coached 19 athletes to 50 All American honors. O'Sullivan has also guided 9 national champions and 59 Big East champions. In addition, O'Sullivan coaches three former Villanovans who are now competing on the international level. O'Sullivan previously coached former American record-holder Bob Kennedy to a personal best in the 10k. O'Sullivan himself is a three-time World Indoor Champion at 1500m and a former World Record Holder. He is also a four-time Olympian and has run over 100 sub 4 minute miles.

Avery Faigenbaum, Ed.B. is a leading youth fitness researcher and practitioner with years of experience working with children and teenagers in the weight room. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science at The College of New Jersey. Dr. Faigenbaum earned his doctorate at Boston University. Dr. Faigenbaum is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He lectures across the country to fitness and sports medicine organizations, and has authored four books and more than 100 articles on fitness and conditioning.

James Brennan, Ph.D. is a performance consultant who is currently the Sports Psychology and Mental Skills consultant for Villanova University Athletics. He is the former Dean of the Wescoe School for Continuing Studies, a division of Muhlenberg College in Allentown Pennsylvania. Possessing an extensive background in higher educabon and business, Dr. Brennan was also a corporate consultant for W.J. Raftery Associates in New York City and the Director of Organization Development, and Director of Human Resources/Labor Relations at Mallinkrodt Baker, Inc. (Proctor & Gamble) in Phillipsburg, N.J. He has remained active in the college classroom teaching courses in Organization Development, Leadership, and Human Behavior. In addition to conducting seminars in the U.S. on human performance, motivation, personality types, and emotional intelligence, he has facilitated a series of leadership training workshops sponsored by USAID in Asia, South America, and the Middle East. He is now also working on the completion of his first book which links emotional intelligence and human performance entitled, The Extraordinary Powers of the Ordinary Person.

Desmond Dunham is a teacher and athletic director at Paul Public Charter School, and the head track & field / cross country coach at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, MD. Coach Dunham has launched several community based tutorial, mentorship, and running programs, which included co-founding the DC Redwings Youth (T&F / XC) Program. Coach Dunham has 10 years of coaching experience behind him along with 45 junior Olympic All-Americans and 32 national event titles (4 cross country), 62 CYO championship titles, 12 District of Columbia Elementary School City Championships, and led Eleanor Roosevelt High School to 3 cross country, 4 indoor track & field, and 3 outdoor track & field state championships, 11 national relay titles (3 meet records), 2 Penn Relay Titles, and one national record (2007 Sprint Medley Relay). He is the recipient of the Catholic Youth Organization's "Coach of the Year" Award, Eastbay National Coach of the Week, 3-time Washington Post All Met "Coach of the Year," 4-time Examiner "Coach of the Year," and a 7-time Gazette "Coach of the Year." Coach Dunham has a B.A. in Exercise Physiology and is also a certified massage therapist.

Timothy McMahon coached youth cross country and track for seven years and coached high school cross country and track at St. Johns in Washington D.C. for three years. He has been the assistant coach at the extremely successful Eleanor Roosevelt high school in Greenbelt Maryland for the past three years where the cross country teams have qualified for Nike Team Nationals two years in a row. With his help, the girls team won both the 4 x 400 and 4 x 800 2007 "Championship of America" at the Penn Relays. Coach McMahon is a chemical engineer for the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and was a 1:59 800 meter runner and 4:28 miler in high school.

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