Secrets to Success

Dave Clark
Summit HS, Bend, OR

Coach Dave Clark’s 5A Oregon school (second largest division) qualified his girls team to Nike Cross Nationals after winning the Oregon State Championship in 2011.  Here, he credits the “active outdoorsy community” of Bend and describes utilizing cross country skiing over the winter months as a way for athletes to keep in shape without overtraining.  

Interview by Kevin Ullman