Director & Distance Coach: Peter Slovenski
Peter Slovenski has coached Track & Field at Bowdoin since 1987. Slovenski was the New England Division III Coach of the Year for Men's Cross-country in 1991 and for Indoor Track in 2000. He was voted Coach of the Year for New England III Women's cross-country in 1991 and 1992. He has also won NESCAC Coach of the Year for men's cross-country in 2000, 2001, and 2002.
Slovenski is a 1979 graduate of Dartmouth College. At Dartmouth he was a 4-year letterwinner in winter and spring track. He made the All-Ivy League track team as a pole vaulter in 1977 and 1978.
Terry O'Neill: Sprints
Coach Terry O'Neill has been obsessed with speed from a very early age; he joined his first track club at age six and has been racing ever since. Terry ran with Speed Dynamics Atlanta from 1999 to 2001 under world class coaches Loren Seagrave and Paul Doyle. Experiencing what top-notch coaching can do for an athlete's results, O'Neill became inspired to learn everything he could about speed training across all sports. He has been sprint Coach for Greater Boston Track Club, Men's and Women's Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps coach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Women's Sprints/Hurdles coach at M.I.T. and Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps coach at Notre Dame: San Jose in California. He has also coached speed for other sports including World Championship qualifying Ultimate Frisbee team "Six Trained Monkeys" and the Irish National Bobsled team. Terry coaches recreational runners too and has coached over thirty adults to complete their first Triathlon.
"The most important thing I know about speed is that it can be taught. People have this belief that endurance is made and speed is born, but it's just not true. Yes, we all have a different starting point, but everyone can learn to be faster, quicker and more agile. With proper acceleration and sprinting technique learned from the right drills, a nervous system tuned by the correct workouts, and muscles conditioned from rigorous hard work, any athlete can become considerably faster"
As an High School athlete Coach O'Neill was twice Massachusetts class D champion in the 300m Hurdles and anchored the Class winning 4x400m relay team. At the University of Massachusetts he was a four year letterman and the teams highest scoring sprinter as a Freshman. After graduating with a Computer Systems Engineering degree Terry was New England club champion in the 400m hurdles and a finalist at the Irish National Championships in the same event. In 2004 and 2005 he was a member of the Irish Two-Man bobsled team qualifying for the World Championships in 2005 and eventually placing 35th.
Colin Tory: Long and Triple Jump
Tory is the head track and field and cross-country coach for Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute in NY, where he has coached since 1996. Tory was the 2004 NCAA National Men's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year. He has worked at the Dick Fosbury track camp for many years.
John Hoogasian: Pole Vault
Currently coaching at Holy Cross, John Hoogasian has been involved in pole vaulting in New England for quite a long time. Coach Hoogasian is a Masters All-American who brings an ability to demonstrate what he teaches along with his wealth of coaching experience.
George Mendros: Hurdles
George Mendros is the head boys track coach at Thorton Academy in Maine. He was the 2008 Coach of the Year for Maine track and field. Mendros has coached dozens of state champions and all-New England athletes during his tenure at Thornton.
David Slovenski: Pole Vault
Dave Slovenski is a former Nike Outdoor National Pole Vault Champion. He is the captain of the Princeton University track team and holds the Princeton and Ivy League pole vault records at 17-3 1/2.
Steve Slovenski: High Jump, Decathlon
Steve graduated from Princeton in 2009 where he competed in the decathlon for 4 years. He was a three time Ivy-Leauge Championship scorer, including a 4th place finish in the Heptathlon in 2009.
John Berube: Throws
John had a distinguished career as a high school and college throwing coach in Maine. He coached state championship throwers at Gray-New Glouster and the University of Southern Maine.