Head Coach: Josh Dawson
Years: 3rd as head coach, 4 years total
Previous Experience: Ran at North Each High School, North East (Cecil County) where he has the school record in the mile. Ran the first year of college at Frostburg State University, where he ran Cross Country and Indoor/Outdoor Track. I then took a small break from running and started getting back into running 6 years ago. I currently run anything from from a 1 miler-ultramarathons.
Contact info:
Cell: 443-350-2926
Email: [email protected]
Previous Experience: Ran at North Each High School, North East (Cecil County) where he has the school record in the mile. Ran the first year of college at Frostburg State University, where he ran Cross Country and Indoor/Outdoor Track. I then took a small break from running and started getting back into running 6 years ago. I currently run anything from from a 1 miler-ultramarathons.
Contact info:
Cell: 443-350-2926
Email: [email protected]
Throwing Coach: John Urdahl
John, has been with the coaching staff for 10 years. He has had both of his sons come through this program and succeed while here.
Sprint Coach: Sam Becker
Coach Becker comes to us after spending 12 years in North Carolina where he coached middle school football, basketball, and track. He was fortunate enough to coach two players who are now in the NFL.(Mohammed Massaquio and Hakeem Nicks). Coach Becker was a three sport athlete in high school where he played football, basketball, and track. He was a state qualifier in track for the 100m (10.6 s) and the high jump (6’6”) and he was a standout in football. He continued his football and track career at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA and held the indoor 55m dash record (6.25 s) until last year when it was broken and was part of two outdoor records (4 x 400m relay, and 4 x100m relay). Coach Becker competed in 7 events in college. He was in the 100m(10.8 – 11.0 s), 200m (21.5 s), long jump (22’10”), high jump (6’6”), 400m(50.0 s), 4 x100 relay, and the 4 x 400m relay. He also threw the javelin sometimes. This is Mr. Becker’s 5th year in Calvert County and currently teaches middle school math at Calvert Middle School.
Distance Coach: Jon Porubsky
This is Jon's 2nd year coaching at Northern and previously coached cross country & track in England at Lakenheath High School. During his time there he helped the girl's cross country team achieve 3rd place at the European Championships in 2011. In 2012, the girl's 4x800 relay also placed third at the European Track Championships in Germany. Coach Jon ran for Toms River High School North in NJ where he was part of several cross country state championships, and making it among Footlocker's top 25 in the nation in 2002 and 2003. He also ran for Stockton College, right outside Atlantic City, where he made all academic/athletic in their conference in 2006. Although an accomplished distance runner, Jon specializes in mid-distance covering the 400 and 800 events. For the past few years he has been running for the Air Force team including a 1st place finish at the U.K. Championships and a 2nd place team finish at the European Championships in Italy in 2010.