Fear Nothing. Dominate Everything.
Coach Jed Christiansen
TOMCATS IN ACTION
Christiansen came to Thiel after a highly successful four years as a student-athlete at Calvin College. As a member of the Knights’ cross country and indoor and outdoor track teams, Christiansen was an eight-time All-American, including one of only 14 4x Division III XC All-Americans, and helped lead the cross country team to a national championship in 2006. His accomplishments also include individual school records in all three sports, as well as Regional Runner of the Year honors. While at Calvin, Christiansen was a track and field student coach and a cross country recruiter. Christiansen has 24 years of running experience and is still a very active runner, racing for his club team Playmakers Racing. PERSONAL RECORDS Track Road 3000m 8:25 5k...............................14:40 5000m 14:22 8k/5 Miles.................23:43 10,000m 29:41 10k.............................31:09 15k.............................46:58 1/2......Marathon..1:06:00
Jed Christiansen Distance Coach Phone: 724-589-2086 Cell: 724-815-6150 E-mail: [email protected] www.thielathletics.com
Fear Nothing. Dominate Everything.
This is THIEL Cross Country... At Thiel we put the student in student-athlete. We compete in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, with both our men’s and women’s teams placing a runner on the All-Conference team during the 2013 season. Academically, both our men’s and women’s teams earned All-Academic Cross Country status in the 2012 season, as our men’s team finished with an overall GPA of 3.39, while the women’s team ended the season with an overall GPA of 3.52. Grades are important to our student-athletes and to our coaching staff; after all, most students go pro in something other than sports.
Choose Thiel For..... Study Abroad Opportunities
Thiel students have studied in....
4 Italy 4 Korea 4 Mexico 4 Nicaragua 4 Old England
Choose Thiel For..... Academic Excellence
But what if I’m not fast enough? Few runners are fast enough out of high school to be a top Division III runner. We’re not concerned with who you were in high school, only that you have the desire to be the best you can be in college.Very few high school athletes have reached their peak, as most have taken only baby steps towards their pinnacle. If you are willing to go after your individual and team goals with the heart of a champion, we want you to be a part of our team, no matter what time you ran in high school.
Training
Recent Thiel Graduates have gone on to prestigious grad schools including.... 4 Boston University 4 North Carolina State 4 Notre Dame College of Law 4 Pennsylvania Academy of Art 4 University of Chicago 4 Yale Divinity School
The training is very similar to what Coach Christiansen is using to continue to train for the Olympics Trials, but modified for your specific race and ability. In the three years since Coach Christiansen has arrived, his athletes have broken 14 school records!
Did You Know..... 4 Students rate Thiel in the top 20% of all fouryear colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, according to ratemyprofessor.com 4 Thiel Offers Actuarial Studies, the #1 job in the U.S. according to a 2010 study by job search website Careercast. 4 In 2013, Accounting students had a 100% job/ internship placement rate. Recent placements include prestigious firms: -Ernst and Young -Price-Waterhouse-Cooper -Deloitte & Touche
Development
Cross Country at Thiel isn’t just about becoming the best runner you can become, it’s about... 4 Hands-on Coaching 4 Self-growth 4 Developing valuable leadership skills 4 Becoming a mentor
...it’s also about becoming the best student, teammate, and person you can be, in addition to running faster than what you believe you ever could.
Come ready for a heavy dose of mileage and hills, but with ample variance in workouts to keep your mind fresh.
TOMCATS IN ACTION
Christiansen came to Thiel after a highly successful four years as a student-athlete at Calvin College. As a member of the Knights’ cross country and indoor and outdoor track teams, Christiansen was an eight-time All-American, including one of only 14 4x Division III XC All-Americans, and helped lead the cross country team to a national championship in 2006. His accomplishments also include individual school records in all three sports, as well as Regional Runner of the Year honors. While at Calvin, Christiansen was a track and field student coach and a cross country recruiter. Christiansen has 24 years of running experience and is still a very active runner, racing for his club team Playmakers Racing. PERSONAL RECORDS Track Road 3000m 8:25 5k...............................14:40 5000m 14:22 8k/5 Miles.................23:43 10,000m 29:41 10k.............................31:09 15k.............................46:58 1/2......Marathon..1:06:00
Jed Christiansen Distance Coach Phone: 724-589-2086 Cell: 724-815-6150 E-mail: [email protected] www.thielathletics.com
Fear Nothing. Dominate Everything.
This is THIEL Cross Country... At Thiel we put the student in student-athlete. We compete in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, with both our men’s and women’s teams placing a runner on the All-Conference team during the 2013 season. Academically, both our men’s and women’s teams earned All-Academic Cross Country status in the 2012 season, as our men’s team finished with an overall GPA of 3.39, while the women’s team ended the season with an overall GPA of 3.52. Grades are important to our student-athletes and to our coaching staff; after all, most students go pro in something other than sports.
Choose Thiel For..... Study Abroad Opportunities
Thiel students have studied in....
4 Italy 4 Korea 4 Mexico 4 Nicaragua 4 Old England
Choose Thiel For..... Academic Excellence
But what if I’m not fast enough? Few runners are fast enough out of high school to be a top Division III runner. We’re not concerned with who you were in high school, only that you have the desire to be the best you can be in college.Very few high school athletes have reached their peak, as most have taken only baby steps towards their pinnacle. If you are willing to go after your individual and team goals with the heart of a champion, we want you to be a part of our team, no matter what time you ran in high school.
Training
Recent Thiel Graduates have gone on to prestigious grad schools including.... 4 Boston University 4 North Carolina State 4 Notre Dame College of Law 4 Pennsylvania Academy of Art 4 University of Chicago 4 Yale Divinity School
The training is very similar to what Coach Christiansen is using to continue to train for the Olympics Trials, but modified for your specific race and ability. In the three years since Coach Christiansen has arrived, his athletes have broken 14 school records!
Did You Know..... 4 Students rate Thiel in the top 20% of all fouryear colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, according to ratemyprofessor.com 4 Thiel Offers Actuarial Studies, the #1 job in the U.S. according to a 2010 study by job search website Careercast. 4 In 2013, Accounting students had a 100% job/ internship placement rate. Recent placements include prestigious firms: -Ernst and Young -Price-Waterhouse-Cooper -Deloitte & Touche
Development
Cross Country at Thiel isn’t just about becoming the best runner you can become, it’s about... 4 Hands-on Coaching 4 Self-growth 4 Developing valuable leadership skills 4 Becoming a mentor
...it’s also about becoming the best student, teammate, and person you can be, in addition to running faster than what you believe you ever could.
Come ready for a heavy dose of mileage and hills, but with ample variance in workouts to keep your mind fresh.
