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Coach Pat

Place of Birth: San Diego, CA

Family: Wife, Lori

Kids: Ali (Poly class of 2012 and XC runner), Spencer (Longfellow Elementary)

High School: La Jolla High School class of 1984.  Ran Varsity XC and Track all 3 years there.  Made it to the State Championships as an individual all 3 years.  Had a 2 mile PR of 9:08.

College: Ran XC and Track at Mesa College in San Diego before transferring to CSU-Long Beach where he also ran XC and Track.  Earned his degree in Industrial Design.  Had a 5000 meter PR of 14:21 (that’s about 4:37 per mile for over 3 miles….yikes!).  Had a 10K (6.2 miles) PR of 30:24.

Post College:  Works as a product designer in Huntington Beach, CA.  Still runs competitively for Team Runner’s High.  Recently finished in the top 50 in the Los Angeles Marathon (with well over 20,000 finishers).

Favorite Movie: Stripes, Juno, Without Limits

Favorite Musician/Band: U2, Coldplay, AC/DC

Favorite XC course/race: Mt. SAC, Carlsbad 5000, Morley Field (in San Diego, still holds the course record to this day….they changed the course…so this record is permanent).

Coach Nate

Place of Birth: Nahariya, Israel

Family: Wife, Becky

Kids: not yet...

Siblings: 2 sisters (both graduates of LB Poly)

High School: Long Beach Poly class of 1997.  Ran Varsity XC and Track all 4 years.  Captain of 1996 CIF Championship XC team.  3 mile PR of 15:56.

College: Harvey Mudd College (Mathematics) and Claremont Graduate University (Teacher Education).  Ran XC and Track for CMS (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps).  Studied math in Budapest, Hungary for a semester.

Post College: Taught for 4 years at a middle school in Diamond Bar, CA.  Coached XC, Basketball, Track, and Soccer.  Has taught math at Poly since fall of 2005.  Was assistant coach for the boys’ XC team for 2 years as well as for the distance track runners.  Is currently the head coach of the girls’ XC team and the distance track runners (along with Coach Fillipow, the boys’ XC coach).

Favorite Movies: Napolean Dynamite, Rounders, Dead Poets Society, The Sting

Favorite Musician/Band: Matt Nathanson, Jack Johnson, Gavin Degraw, Jason Mraz

Favorite XC course/race: Mt. SAC, Woodbridge, and the Mt. Baldy Run-2-the-Top

Coach Stuver

Place of Birth: Fountain Valley, CA

Family: Poly XC

Kids: Hill no

Siblings: Sister Ashley

High School: Long Beach Poly class of 2009. Ran Varsity XC and track junior and senior years. CIF Finals for XC in 2008 as part of the first Poly Boy's team to get to CIF Finals since 2002. 3 Mile PR of 15:46.

College: CSULB. Psychology major. Spanish minor. Runs for Team Runners High

Favorite Movies: Silence of the Lambs, The Incredible Hulk, the Rocky movies

Favorite Musician/Band: Michael Jackson, Juanes, Billy Joel, Phil Vassar

Favorite XC course/race: Mt. SAC and Heartwell