DAKOTA DISTANCE PROJECT
Coaches Approach
Sustainability: finding a balance between life, careers, running and reaching for goals
Small Gains, Big results: run by run or brick by brick, establishing good habits and building towards something great
Competitiveness: embrace, then fuel, that inner drive to achieve something great
Coach Eric Pooley
Dakota Distance Project (2017+)
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3 x 2020 USTAF Marathon Olympic Trials Qualifiers ​
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Guided 5 different marathoners to 2:45 or under
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Guided 10 different marathoners to break 3 hours
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Guided 18 different runners to Boston qualifying times
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USATF Coaches Registry Certification
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Sioux Falls Lincoln XC/T&F (2009 - 2019, 11 years)
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10 Boys and Girls South Dakota Team State XC Championships from 2012 - 2019
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Boys state record low total, 22 points - 2018 ​
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8 SD Individual Cross Country Champions
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15 SD Individual Track & Field Champions
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3 Gatorade SD XC Runners of the Year
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2014 Nike XC Nationals
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2019 New Balance Outdoor Track Nationals ​
Awards
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SD CC/TF Coach Association Circle of Champions COY - 5 times
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United States TF/CC Coaches Association Boys SD XC COY - 3 times
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National High School Athletic Coaches Association Boys XC COY Finalist - 2018
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