“Last year was an aberration,” Steve Keith, Cross Country and Track & Field Head Coach, assures me. The Commodores underachieved at the conference and national levels for the first time in nearly a decade. They placed 9th at the SEC Championship and 10th at the NCAA South Regional.
This year, they are preseason ranked 5th in the SEC and 8th in the South Region.
As I sat in his office and looked around, I saw photos, trophies, medals, and other paraphernalia that often festoons a Cross Country and Track & Field coach’s office. Most prominently, though, was the photo behind his desk, just above the chair.