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Flotrack Coach of the Year

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⋅ Dec, 22 2008 - Dec 31 2008 | Coverage created by Ryan From Flotrack

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#22	Anonymous Coward June 23 at 11:15pm this guy is greqat reply
#21	Bryan Spreitzer January 10 at 2:34pm Hell yeah, this guy is the man.. No bs i like it reply
#20	Stewart Richardson January 7 at 9:02pm yeah Bolt was absolutely amazing and could easily have won this award but getting 1-6 is hard in small high school races much less in a great college conference such as the Pac10. Also, Bolt has gotten so much recognition (including IAAF male athlete of the year) flotrack was maybe going for a performance less heard of. But in general there is a lot of distance coverage. reply
#19	Anonymous Coward January 5 at 10:01pm FloTRACK or Flo distance/cross country? Change the title or change the content. I have no prob. with the content, but let's be real 90% of the content is distance related. Case in point, Washington xc over Usain Bolt for most dominating. HELLO! Are you kidding me!!! Gold medals, Olympics, the World vs. Pac10 girls. reply
#18	Anonymous Coward January 5 at 3:22pm Does Vin Lananna have real coaching skill or is he always lucky getting really talented guys. like when he was in stanford he had real talented guys and now in Oregon reply
#17	Anonymous Coward January 5 at 2:50pm Like Coach Cook said,Decker-Slaney holds the womens' outdoor1500m AR in 3:57.1-something (in the 1980s I think )and Favor-Hamilton the #2 time in 3:57.4-something in 2000(if memory serves). reply
#16	Anonymous Coward January 5 at 1:07pm George Mason University loves yah, Coach Cook!!!! :-) Thanks for being there with us. 1996 at GMU rocked...and we couldn't have done it without you!!! SO, YOU ROCK! reply
#15	Anonymous Coward January 5 at 8:44am Ryan -- "our awards more speak to what we have covered and where we have been." Thanks for the clarification. I think this should be stated more clearly in each video and upon the title of the awards because it's not clear how this is exactly presented. reply
#14	Danny Mackey January 4 at 11:55pm Mary Decker holds the American Record in the 1500 in 3:57. Favor does have the American junior record though. reply
#13	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 9:49pm No doubt he's a great coach, but not knowing that the AR is 3:57 by Favor-Hamilton kind of stunned me. Obviously he focuses on "getting sh!t done" than what other people are doing.... reply
#12	Ryan From Flotrack January 4 at 9:34pm metcalf won flocoach of the year for the ncaa cross country season, where as cook won the 'all-around' coaching award for the 2008 year. as for a bias on US distance running, its not that there is a bias. our awards more speak to what we have covered and where we have been. hopefully we can continue to do more and travel to other places. thanks to everyone for following and giving your opinions, its great to hear! reply
#11	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 8:07pm this was a good one.. but coach green from the woodlands and ok states caoch are jsut as good reply
#10	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 5:32pm the "wow" factor....YES!....thank you reply
#9	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 5:32pm Cook lives in Florida, Flanagan in North Carolina, Donohue in New Jersey, Rowbury in California reply
#8	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 5:28pm Where does John Cook reside? Does he coach these athletes at the same location? Congrats, Coach! reply
#7	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 4:41pm Congrats to coach Cook for coach of the year, well deserved. IMO there was no one else close. reply
#6	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 4:18pm Oh one was Flo coach, and the other was Flotrack coach.. reply
#5	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 4:14pm http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234298/84468-greg-metcalf-flocoach-of-the-year reply
#4	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 3:20pm Try Franno: 1-2-3 in the women's 100m at the Olympic Games, 1st in the women's 400m hurdles, 3rd in the women's 200m. And then Powell can run brilliant anytime it's not a championship final. Not even close. Not sure what the basis of Flotrack's selections are here. It seems to be just U.S. distance running, perhaps. But best coach of the year among all track & field....please. reply
#3	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 2:43pm Cook had an awesome year and deserves this honor. No other US distance coach has two athletes ranked in the top 10 in the world for 2008. I can't wait to see what these talented ladies achieve in 2009! reply
#2	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 2:08pm Run the 5000 at MT. SAC! reply
#1	Anonymous Coward January 4 at 1:52pm VIN LANANNA!!!!! Andrew Wheating, Galen Rupp(w/ help of Salazar) another Cross national mens Championship. It takes a real coach to be able to coach individual success and teamwork. reply

Flotrack Coach of the Year

3 Athletes, 3 Olympians, 1 US Record, 1 Olympic Medal......here's a few things that will help get you the 2008 Flotrack Coach of the Year. Coach John Cook took his athletes to new heights in 2008 and helped create excitement for the world of track and field in the US. Congrats to Coach Cook and all his athletes on a great 2008!

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Shalane Flanagan
Shannon Rowbury
Erin Donohue

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January 4, 2009