New Track Coach Creates New Team
Eric Brown
February 18, 2010
Filed under Sports, Track & Field
The CCA Track team is a new dynamic group this year because Barry Cantrell has just recently been brought in as the new head coach. He is very ecstatic and hopeful about being in the leading role of this year’s squad. He exclaimed, “the team has a wonderful blend of experience and newcomers, and physically there are a few events I expect us to be very competitive in; I feel we will give Westminster a run for their money this year.”
The physical aspect is not where the excitement ends for Coach Cantrell, who feels his team is also a great group spiritually. They pray before and after each practice and work on various outreaches, such as collecting rice for Haiti relief.
Coach Cantrell has attended Calvary Chapel for the past 11 years, and has just recently retired from his business occupation. In the past, he has served in the U.S air force during the Vietnam War, as a medic on a helicopter. Then he later went on to coach three state champion hurdlers, and lastly made his track-coaching debut in 1968, going on to coach various teams such as St. Thomas and Coconut Creek high school.
The team’s first meet will be on February 16th at Westminster. “We are working very hard to be in the best shape possible,” said Cantrell, who believes the best time to peak physically will be in the final months of the season where district and regional meets come around. The track team is very grateful for bringing Cantrell on board, and everyone is ready to give their best efforts and make it a phenomenal season.