Ben Rosario Show

Dave Frank Central Catholic Introduction Grew up in Oregon, won some state titles in high school Ran at Stanford in early 80's Senior year made Olympic Trials in Steeple Made it again in 88 and in the marathon in 92 11 years coaches at St Francis in California Central Catholic was nothing to speak of when arrived Alberto Salazar hired same year and Galen Rupp was a Freshman 19 years now at Central Catholic You had a lot of success as a runner, why did you end up coaching high school? Stanford coaches got us interested in coaching There was a need for an assistant cross country coach at the school I was working When moved to Central Catholic thought would be the head coach, but they hired Alberto Enjoyed helping kids get better How did your training differ between California and Oregon? In California, as an assistant just working on making JV kids Varsity In Oregon worked closer with Alberto on training What was the team like when you arrived at Central Catholic and how has that changed, and what impact