Catching up with Coach Gags

Frank Gagliano, former Director of Track & Field, is now coaching the Nike Farm Team in Eugene, Oregon. We spoke with Coach Gags to find out how the left coast and post- collegiate life is treating him, following is an excerpt:

What is the biggest difference between coaching at the professional (vs. collegiate) level?
There are no NCAA rules to deal with, so there’s not much paperwork. From a lifestyle perspective, there isn’t a meet every weekend, there’s less travel, and no travel for recruiting. And, no snow to shovel off the track!
How will American runners do overall in the 08 Games?
This will be our best USA team ever!

What's one of your fondest memories of coaching at Georgetown?

The support of the university and the athletic department for cross-country and track and field was fantastic. Also, there was a great attitude of our student athletes towards academics and track and field.

What message would you like to send to your former student athletes and to Georgetown running community?
Continue to work hard in your career after college and continue to support our program at Georgetown. It has a tremendous tradition and we need to get behind the program and watch them be successful. Stay in touch with former teammates and share some stories about the days on the Hill and Stories about your lives now. Keep working out to stay in decent shape.

XC NCAA's - men place 13th, women 28th; 3 take All American honors

Men's Cross Country Finishes 13th at NCAAs; Women Place 28th

Congratulations to Andrew Bumbalough,Matt Debole & Melissa Grelli for earning All American honors!



The 14th-ranked (USTFCCCA) Georgetown men's cross country team finished 13th overall in the 30-team field today at the NCAA Championships hosted by Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind. The women's team, ranked 18th by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association finished 28th overall of 31 schools.

The men's overall race was won by Oregon with 85 points followed by Iona (113), Oklahoma State (1800), Northern Arizona (180), Wisconsin (239), Alabama (280), Colorado (287), Minnesota (322), Louisville (324), UTEp (331), Cal-Poly (367), Virginia (374), Georgetown (398), Portland (424) with William & Mary rounding out the top 15 with 432 points.

On the women's side, Stanford won the team race with 145 points followed by Oregon (177), Florida State (236), Arizona State (251), Michigan State (321), Illinois (331), Northern Arizona (357), Washington (358), West Virginia (375), Iowa (387), Florida (391), Minnesota (393), Arkansas (406), Princeton (409) and Colorado State (410) to round out the top 15. Georgetown finished in 28th with a score of 520, just two sports behind BIG EAST opponent Providence, who placed 26th with a score of 491.

Kristen Gordon Henehan wins Marine Corps Marathon

Congratulations to Kristen ('01) for winning her marathon debut with a 2:51 at Marine Corps. Kristin joins several other Hoya women who have run 26.2 under 3 hours: Chris Brough ('89) Kari Bertrand ('92), Catherine Feeney ('94), Caryn Landau ('95), Monica Olkowski ('95) - (thanks to Laura Sturges for the update!)