Haven Coaches
           THE  COACHING STAFF AT STRATH HAVEN CONSISTS OF SEVEN EXPERIENCED MEMBERS.FOLLOWING WILL 
BE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EACH CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE STAFF:

  COACH BILL COREN- BILL , AS HE IS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN TO HIS COLLEAGUES, IS THE HEAD GIRLS TRACK
COACH. BILL ALSO COACHES ALL THE LONG AND TRIPLE JUMPERS. BILL HAS HAD GREAT SUCCESS AT HAVEN WITH NUMEROUS 
STATE MEDAL WINNERS LED BY STATE CHAMPION ABBY HARRY(94 LONG JUMP) , LIZ
MORIKOWA(LJ98), DESIREE PETERKIN(TJ MED-97),MARK JONES(LJ-2ND-00), AND JOSH HANNUM(LJ-IND
MED-00). BILL'S RESUME IS LONG AND IMPRESSIVE.STARTING IN THE EARLY 70'S Bill BUILT A POWERHOUSE
JUNIOR HIGH PROGRAM AT BEVERLY HILLS J.H.S..HE JOINED THE HIGH SCHOOL RANKS IN THE EARLY 80�S AT
UPPER DARBY H.S.THERE HE HELPED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE DELCO�S BEST EVER SPRINTERS JOHN
JOHNSON. MOVING TO PENN WOOD IN 1987 BILL ASSISTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANY STATE MEDAL
WINNERS INCLUDING THE BRANCHES(JAY AND STEVE).JACIN FERRELL,LEON HOWARD, AND OLYMPIAN DAWN
BURRELL.BILL HAS BEEN AT HAVEN  WITH COACH JESSON SINCE 1991 ,WHO WITHOUT HIM ,AT PENN
WOOD AND STRATH HAVEN, WOULD'VE NEVER ATTAINED THE HEIGHTS OF SUCCESS AS MENTIONED.


 COACH KEVIN CLANCY- COACH CLANCY HAS HELPED OUT THE BOYS FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS IN THE AREA
OF THROWS, POLE VAULTING, AND CONDITIONING.COACH HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN HIS RECRUITING OF 
OUR MANY FINE ATHLETES FROM HIS P.E. CLASSES AND FOOTBALL TEAM. ALWAYS A TRACK BOOSTER
COACH HAS HELPED IN COORDINATING THE CONDITIONING FOR ALL OUR FOOTBALL TRACK ATHLETES. HE IS
ONE OF MANY AT HAVEN WHO EXEMPLIFY THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION THAT HAVE MADE OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS SO 
SUCCESSFUL FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS.COACH IS BEST KNOWN FOR LEADING THE 
MOST SUCCESFUL FOOTBALL PROGRAM IN THE 90S IN DELAWARE COUNTY.HE IS THE ONLY COACH TO EVER
WIN A FOOTBALL STATE TITLE IN DELCO HISTORY!!!

   COACH TIM STYER-TIM HAS BEEN COACHING THE BOY AND GIRL THROWERS FOR THE PAST 7 YEARS. HE BRINGS
HIS YOUTHFUL ENTHUSIASM AND WILLINGNESS TO ACHIEVE,TO HELP ENHANCE OUR CREW OF THROWERS.TIM
HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART IN THE MATURING OF OUR THROWERS.HIS WORK WITH 
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDERS JAMIE VETTER,LORI KOWAL,SEAN MAXWELL AND MANY OTHERS HAVE ONLY
BEEN A PLUS TO THE HAVEN PROGRAM. TIM IS USUALLY,ALONG WITH COACH COREN AND MAC,THE LAST TO
LEAVE THE FIELD AFTER PUTTING MANY LONG HOURS IN WITH OUR THROWERS.TIM,LIKE COACH CLANCY,IS
ALSO A HEAD COACH IN WRESTLING AND GREATLY HELPS OUT IN THE RECRUITING OF OUR FINE ATHLETES 
AT HAVEN.TIM, ALSO LIKE COACH CLANCY, HAS MADE HISTORY IN HIS OWN RIGHT BY COACHING THE
PANTHERS TO FIRST EVER WINNING SEASON IN WRESTLING.

 COACH KATHY DUNN- KATHY HAS BEEN WITH THE PROGRAM NOW FOR 5 YEARS.KATHY COACHES ALL OUR 
HURDLERS.HER SUCCESS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF HAVING NOW COACHED ALL OUR PRESENT BOY AND GIRL SCHOOL
RECORD HOLDERS FOR THE HURDLE EVENTS.SHE WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SUCCESS OF STATE MEDAL-
ISTS STEVE LONG,DREW SCOTT, JEN FREMMAS, AND RAY BRADWELL.KATHY IS THE CALMING AND SANE
INFLUENCE ON WHAT SOMETIMES SEEMS LIKE CHAOS, THAT ONLY TRACK AND FIELD CAN BECOME.
ALSO IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE SHUTTLE HURDLE TEAMS AT HAVEN HAVE BEEN IN THE TOP 3 IN DELCO, BOTH
BOYS AND GIRLS , FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.

 COACH RON PORTER- RON VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME HELPING OUR JAVELIN THROWERS AFTER A STELLAR
CAREER AT HAVEN . RON QUALIFIED FOR STATES IN 1997 AND WOULD�VE ALSO IN 98 , NOT FOR A MEAT CUTTING
ACCIDENT ENDING  HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. RON BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERTISE TO THE EVENT
IN HELPING BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS.IN THE 90S RON HAD THE BEST HAVEN BOYS THROW OF OVER 
192 FEET +.

 COACH BOB JESSON- COACH HAS BEEN LEADING THE PANTHERS SINCE 1991.AFTER A SUCCESSFUL STINT
AT DARBY COLWYN J.H.S. AND PENN WOOD H.S. COACH MOVED OVER TO HAVEN IN 91.IN 10 YEARS,WITH THE
HELP OF THE AFORE-MENTIONED COACHES (AND MANY MORE PEOPLE),HAVEN HAS GONE 81-7-1.THEY�VE
WON THE CENTRAL LEAGUE IN 94 -99-00- WITH A STATE TITLE AND DISTRICT ONE IN 94.THE TEAM HAS SHOWN
GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN PARTICIPATION SINCE 1991.CONTINUING THE GREAT SUCCESS LEGACY OF THE LATE
JULES REPEETO,THE TEAM NOW HAS ANNUALLY OVER 65 MEMBERS.BROUGHT HERE IN 1991,BY THE THEN AND
NOW PRESENT A.D.DAVE WRAY,COACH HAS FOUND A SECOND LIFE AT STRATH HEAVEN.I CAN ONLY THANK
THE WALLINGFORD SWARTHMORE COMMUNITY FOR GIVING ME THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COACH THEIR
CHILDREN.
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