Loudoun Track & Field Club


Home | Coaches | About Us | Program | Join Us! | News | Records | Schedule | Results | Indoor | Coach's Corner | Sponsors | Contact

Coaches

Our coaches are volunteers and receive no monetary benefit. The coaching staff spends countless hours during the season (on and off the track) to provide a quality experience for athletes of all abilities and ages. Some of our coaches also coach high school track teams in Loudoun County.

Our coaches:
John Casale ("Coach Curly") - Head Coach (jumps, javelin, hurdles, sprints)

Profession

  • U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

    Track & Field Coaching Experience

  • Level I Certified USATF Track & Field Coach
  • Coaching Youth, High School, or College Track since 1983
  • Head Coach of Loudoun Track & Field Club (2003-present)
  • Assistant Track Coach for Broad Run High School (2004-present)
  • Volunteer Track Coach for Broad Run High School (1999-2001)
  • Jump Coach for Raleigh Junior Striders Track Club, Raleigh, NC (1986-1991)
  • Volunteer Track Coach (pole vault) at North Carolina State University (1987-1992)
  • Jump Coach/Counselor for ASU Track & Field Camps, Boone, NC (1983-1988)
  • Pole Vault Coach for Garner Senior High School, Garner, NC (1983-1986)

    Track & Field Athletic Experience
    Coach Casale competed at local, regional and national meets until age 49. He was nationally ranked in his age group for all the jumping events (high jump, long jump, pole vault, and triple jump). Among his athletic achievements:

  • U.S. National Champion (Pole Vault)
  • Two-time All-American (Pole Vault)
  • NCAA Division I scholarship athlete in men's track & field (ASU)
  • All-Southern Conference selection (3x indoors and 3x outdoors, NCAA Div. I)
  • LizGuest Coach Elizabeth Guest - Assistant Coach (sprints, javelin)

    Track & Field Coaching Experience

  • Assistant Coach of Loudoun Track & Field Club (2005-present)
  • Level I Certified USATF Track & Field Coach
  • RickStevens Coach Rick Stevens - Assistant Coach (throws)

    Track & Field Coaching Experience

  • Assistant Coach of Loudoun Track & Field Club (2007-present)
  • Level I Certified USATF Track & Field Coach
  • Jessie_sm Coach Jessica Baeseman - Assistant Coach (hurdles)

    Track & Field Coaching Experience

  • Assistant Coach of Loudoun Track & Field Club (2006-present)
  • Level I Certified USATF Track & Field Coach

  • amy_sm Coach Amy Levinrad - Assistant Coach (high jump)

    Track & Field Coaching Experience

  • Assistant Coach of Loudoun Track & Field Club (2010-present)

  • Dwight_sm Coach Dwight Turley - Assistant Coach (throws)

    Track & Field Coaching Experience

  • Assistant Coach of Loudoun Track & Field Club (2010-present)
  • Assistant Coach for Long Jump, Triple Jump, Hurdles, Pole Vault, and Discus at McLean High School and O'Connel High School (1985-1987)

  • stevefifer Coach Steve Fifer - Assistant Coach (sprints)

    Track & Field Coaching Experience

  • Assistant Coach of Loudoun Track & Field Club (2011-present)



  • Coach Don Smaltz - Assistant Coach (distance)

    Track & Field Coaching Experience

  • Assistant Coach of Loudoun Track & Field Club (2010-present)



  • Coach Keith Barnes - Assistant Coach (throws)

    Track & Field Coaching Experience

  • Coaches bio under construction