We need more coaches! We are getting more ambitious each season and our membership is expanding. All expenses for USATF background checks and membership will be paid by the club, and if you stick with us we’ll get you First Aid & CPR trained, as well.
Our coaches have many things in common:
USATF Background check
USATF membership
A personal philosophy consistent with the club
Goals consistent with the club
A willingness to work with youth
CPR and First aid training (after coaching with us for two seasons)
And our coaches also bring their individual backgrounds, interests, abilities and experience. Read below to get to know them.
Brett Shelton
Brett is an avid trail runner and mountain biker who has a passion for helping individuals reach their goals. He has been a youth running coach for the past five years and a modified track and field coach with the Corning Painted Post School District. He is a USATF Level 2 certified coach in youth specialization. When Brett is not coaching, he can be found out on the trail training for his next race.
Megan Collins
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Shannon Ray
Shannon turned to running in 2011, after competing in powerlifting and weightlifting. She has enjoyed coaching youth runners in other organizations as well as "unofficially" with her own two daughters. Shannon is employed as a New York State licensed social worker.
Michelle Wolcott
Michele started running in 2012 and has run numerous 5ks, 10ks and half-marathons. In 2017, her interest and focus shifted to trail running. She has two children who run for Team SOAR. Michele is a speech-language pathologist for the preschool program in Chemung County.
Steve Wagner
Steve has been running since middle school, when he started competing in local 5Ks with his dad. That continued with high school and college teams, with one Wineglass marathon in 2011. He doesn’t compete much anymore, and is really enjoying coaching kids to have fun with running and meet their individual goals.
Leah Murray
Leah has been running for a little over 10 years. A move to Corning about 6 years ago lead her to pick running up again after the birth of her two children as a way to meet people in a new place. These new found friends quickly talked her into several races. She has competed in several half marathons, 5K’s, 10Ks and relay races and recently qualified for the Boston Marathon by running the Wineglass full in 2016. She will compete in Boston in 2018. While not running she enjoys skiing, swimming, and racing sailboats competitively. In 2015 she competed in two events in the FINA Masters world swimming championships held in Montreal Canada and has raced Thistle sailboats at the local and national level for over 20 years. At home she has one husband, two kids and four dogs.
Duane Saxton
Duane has been running for over four decades. Over that span of time running and competing in 5K, 10K, 15K, ½ & Full Marathons and triathlons. Duane has developed and designed 5K-10K trail courses and hosted events for the various running clubs. One of his largest running projects was developing and facilitating the Elmira Cross Country Invitational for nine years. Duane is retired and enjoying spending time “running” in the daylight hours!
