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Kevin Hanson: Head Coach

Running Background
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Coaching

1. Girls Cross-Country and Track Coach - Stevenson High School (Mi) 1982-Present
   
2. Head Men's Track Coach - Macomb Community College (Mi) 1986-1991Head
3. Marathon Coach Michigan Chapter Team in Training 1991-1992
4. Consultant Stoney Creek Running Club (260 members) 1987-Present
5. Director/Consultant for over 15 Road Races a Year
6. Mid-East Meet of Champions Michigan Coaching Staff 1987-Present

Coaching Honors

1. Macomb Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
   1983-89, 1991, 1993-96, 1998-2001
2. Macomb County Coach of the Year
   1983-1987, 1989, 1991, 1993-1999, 2001
3. Michigan Track Association Coach of the Year Finalist
   1983, 1985-86, 1994-96, 1998, 2001
4. Michigan Track Association Class A Coach of the Year
   1985, 1996, 1998
5. National High School Coach of the Year Finalist
   1996
6. In 5 Years at Junior College, Coached 28 All-Americans
7. In 20 Years at High School, Coached 30 All-Staters
8. Elite Program Produced 2 Major Suprizes in Olympic Trials
   6th in 10k Jim Jurcevich...... 11th in the Marathon Clint Verran

Individual accomplishments of Hansons ODP Runners

1. Clint Verran
   11th at 2000 Olympic Trials in marathon. 2nd at 2001
   American Marathon Championships. Ran personal bests of 8:02 3000 and 13:51
   5000 during 2000 track season. Has run personal bests at mile, 3000, 5000,
   10 Mile, Half Marathon, and Marathon since joining program. 17th at World
   Half Marathon in Veracruz, Mexico in 2000.
2. Jeff Campbell
   Ran personal best half marathon at World Half Marathon Championships in
   Bristol, England of 1:04:23.
3. Richie Brinker
   Ran personal bests of 13:54 5000 from 14:11 and 28:45 10000 since joining
   program. Competed on US Ekiden team in Chiba, Japan in both 2001 and 2002.
4. Jim Jurcevich
   Ran pesonal bests of 8:03 3000 and 28:39 10000 during his stay in the
   Hansons ODP. Finished 6th in 10000 at 2000 Olympic Trials
5. Chad Johnson
   Ran personal bests of 8:03 3000 and 13:41 5000 from 14:06 during his stay in
   the Hansons ODP. Won national championship in 25k in May of 2001

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Keith Hanson: Head Coach

Education

Michigan State Univeristy - Graduated 1987 Bachelor of Arts
Materials and Logistics Management

Running Background

Completed Detroit Free Press Marathon 1978 at age of 13 in 3:20:01 and
Maryland Marathon 1979 at 14 in 2:59:29.
High School personal bests of 9:39 3200 meter
Collegiate Michigan State University 3000 8:23 5000 14:36 10000 30:36
Captain Cross Country 1986 and 1987

Coaching

1. 1995 - 1999 Harper Woods Notre Dame High School Cross Country Head coach
2. 1999 - Current Coach of Hansons Running Shop Olympic Development program

Program Accomplishments

1. 2001 USATF Club Team Champions
2. 5 Individual qualifiers in 2001 US Track Championships
3. 5 in Top 21 at 2000 US Cross Country winter championships

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Don Jackson : Assistant Coach

My introduction into the sport of running came as a High School junior who thought he was a basketball player. Af
ter 2 years of JV hoops, it was time to move to varsity or get cut for the first time in my life. A coaching change meant our whole basketball team had to run cross country, and I decided to try and get a varsity letter in something so I busted my hump running. To make a long story short, I got the varsity letter, and would later become all state in track. But that cut still hurts. Why there's no room for a 6'1'' power forward out there is still a mystery to me...

The journey running has taken me on has been a fantastic one indeed. It led me to meet my wife, my bosses, and several other really incredible people.My wife Dela and I met at Macomb Community College where we both ran and Kevin coached us. She is ahead of me in the All American race, 13 to 3, so our two sons have some work to do. When Kevin and Keith told me of their plans to start this program, I was extremely excited and knew it wouldn't be long before the rest of the country felt the same. This is why I'm always around to do whatever is necessary to help the program from timing workouts if Keith and Kevin can't be in two places at once, (thought they are trying to get a patent for that one), to training the guys on things in the store, to even pacing workouts or races.

So I'm something of a part-coach (ie stopwatch holder), part-workout partner (when/if I'm fit enough) , part-boss (and a mean one too!), Carl Rundell type honorary guy (though that guy can rip up a dance floor!!) who just loves this program. Pretty simple, not too complex...okay...I'm done

Personal Records

200m 22.1 (1990)
400m 48.4 (1995)
600m 1:21:9 (1996)
800m 1:51:8 (1995)