2017 Distance Team

Coach Broneer and Coach Delong with Lauren Fleshman and Alysia (Johnson) Montano

Alysia Montaño (Johnson) 800 meter State Champion, 2004 2:08.97

Robin Heidt

Dave Hartman 1991 3200 8:58.4

Salim Benmohamed, Stephen Kent, James Colley, Adam McDonald, and Tommy Werner 2004

George Velarde (Head DISTANCE Coach)
Coach Velarde is entering his 30th year of coaching Cross Country/Track and Field. He received his Bachelor of Science from Point Loma Nazarene University in 1994 and his Masters degree from Azusa Pacific University in 2002. He ran Cross Country and Track for Central Union High and in college at Cal State San Bernardino and Point Loma Nazarene University. He has been married to his wife Erica for 28 years and has 2 children: Jacob and Jayson. He has taught Physical Education at Pacific Beach Middle School, Jordan Middle School and at Sierra Vista Jr. High School. He is the Physical Education Department Chair at Sierra  Vista Jr. High School for their Nationally Recognized Physical Education program. In his spare time he plays Frisbee golf, basketball, watching movies and rooting for his Favorite Sport Teams: L.A. Lakers, USC Trojans (Football), New York Yankees, San Francisco 49ers, and the Duke Blue Devils (Men's Basketball). In 2009, he was named the Physical Education Teacher of the Year for the State of California. Over the years, he has spoken to: US Congress at our Nation's Capitol, was a speaker at the 1st Global  Conference for Sports and Science in Taiwan, spoken with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Bill Clinton regarding  Health and Physical Education.

Chris Jackson: 
My wife, Samantha, and I have four children, Bryanna is 13, Robert is 9, Amy is 6, and Zoey is 2. All of them are adopted through foster care. I've been teaching math and coaching at Canyon for fourteen years. As I get older, I keep getting slower. Probably because I enjoy Starbucks a little too much. I ran cross country and track at Morro Bay High School. I attended college at Point Loma from 92 to 96 I completed a double major in religion and business. I attended graduate school at Princeton Theological Seminary from 96 to 99 earning a M.Div degree. I then worked as a youth pastor for three years in Lake Elsinore, taught junior high math in Hacienda La Puente for a year, then came to Canyon. At Canyon, I am the club sponsor for Student Task Force (a Human Rights Watch club), the union site rep, and I volunteer at the Awanas game director at my churchI have lost most of my hobbies, as we've had more kids. ...