Meet the Track Coaches

John Telega, john.telega@isd742.org  Head Boys Coach -

Mid Distance, 1600, and 3200

Phone: (320) 251-1322 x-1933

I have been coaching Track at Tech for South Junior for 13 years, starting with cross-country and track at South Junior for 5 years and then graduating to Tech in 2001.  I really enjoy coaching all athletes of any ability.  I truely believe that there a great many life lessons to be learned in high school sport and only a small portion of them are learned on a track or in the field. 

Jodee Blair, jodee.blair@isd742.org Co-Head Girls Coach

I have been coaching track for 15 years - 7 of those years were as a head girls' coach in Iowa and 8 as an assistant boys' and girls' coach in Minnesota.  My specialties include coaching sprints, hurdles, and relays.  My greatest coaching experience was during the 2007 track season at Tech where our athletes broke several school records and many of those records were broken multiple times throughout the season.  My goal in life is to become adept in distance running to a point where I could actually keep up with Telega and Hines.  (To a sprinter, anything over a full lap is distance).

Lisa Hines, lisa.hines@isd742.org  Co-Head Girls Coach and Middle Distance
Phone: (320) 252-2231 x-3156
I've coached track and field for 13 years and cross country for 12 years. My primary focus is distance and middle distance running, although I coached shot and discus five years. I ran track at UMD, competing in the 5K and 10K. Personally, I run distance events ranging from 5K to marathons, with a few triathlons and biathlons thrown in for variety.

Eric Greene   ericgreene04@gmail.com

Boys and Girls High Jump Coach and Assitant sprints coach

Chad Lahr lach0801@stcloudstate.edu Boys and Girls Pole Vault.  This will be Chad Lahr's first expereicence as a coach but he is no stranger to Pole Vault.  Chad has been vaulting and running for the Tigers since he was 12 years old.