Camp Snapshot
For: Middle School - Ages 10-14
High School - Ages 14-18
Dates:
July 8-12 (Middle School Camp)
July 15-19 (High School Camp)
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (day);
5:00 p.m. Sunday - Noon Thursday (overnight)
Cost: $215 (day); $395 (overnight)*
*Overnight Discounts: 5 to 9 runners from the same school - $345; 10 or more - $295; one free coach for every 7 athletes; additional coaches - $195
Leanne Mann
Summer Program Director
Darlington School
1014 Cave Spring Road
Rome, GA 30161-4700
1-800-36-TIGER
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The 3rd Annual Darlington School Cross Country Camps will give your student-athlete an opportunity to become a stronger, smarter and more efficient distance runner. Participants will run on Darlington’s trail system – which includes eight miles of dirt, grass and gravel paths – and at other parks in the Rome area. A variety of informative sessions on topics like nutrition and technique as well as stretching, drills and deep-water running in Darlington’s pool will help your child sharpen his or her skills. The camp is led by Darlington varsity cross country coach Alan Parish and coach Jay Stephenson, who have a combined 35 years of experience competing in and coaching cross country.
The camp takes place on Darlington School’s 400-acre college preparatory campus, complete with a 96,000-square foot athletic center, natatorium, weight room, running trails, air-conditioned dormitories, and the best camp food imaginable.
For more details, download the brochure below
About the directors
Alan Parish enters his fifth year as Darlington’s head cross country coach, and also serves as distance coach for the track and field team. In 2011 he was named the Rome News-Tribune cross country coach of the year and has also won Darlington’s coach of the year award twice. In 2010, he led the Darlington girls’ cross country team to the GHSA Class A State Championship. The girls have won six consecutive region titles. In 2011, the boys won their third straight City/County Championship and were sixth at state. In 2009, Parish helped start the Running for Life sports camp in Kiev, Ukraine. He is also a current school record holder at Samford University, where he ran the 1,500 meters in 3:50 and the 3,000 in 8:30. In college, he was a member of team conference championship teams in track and cross country.
For questions about the camp please contact Coach Parish at 615-480-6138.
Jay Stephenson, founder of GoGoRunning.com, serves as Vitality Fitness Facility and wellness manager for the Harbin Clinic in Rome. Previously, he served as the head cross country and distance track coach at Shorter University from 2006 to 2012. He has coached over 30 All-Americans, 11 national champions, 10 conference champions, and won two team National Championship titles. He currently coaches all levels of athletes, from first-timers to Olympic Games B Standard athletes. With over 15 years of competitive running and coaching experience, Stephenson has acquired a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience in coaching people of all ages and abilities. He has a master’s degree in exercise science, USATF level I and II certification (endurance), and is the USATF vice chairman of long distance running in Georgia. As an athlete, he was the 2004 USATF Club Steeplechase National Champion and a three-time All-American in cross country and track and field.
Additional camp counselors will be experienced competitive runners and will be present 24 hours a day in the dorms and at all sessions. A certified athletic trainer will be present daily.
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