2009 Caribbean Scholastic Invitational

STAFF

The NSSF will provide a fully qualified and experienced Staff to accompany the Team NSSF.

Team Managers:

Jim Spier, Executive Director, NSSF. Jim is the key ingredient to the success of the NSSF and its three marquee events: the Nike Indoor Nationals, the Nike Outdoor Nationals and the Great American Cross-Country Festival. He is a co-founder of the NSSF. Most are familiar with Jim's National Top 5 List which is updated at least weekly and published on the NSSF website as well as on Dyestat.com and co-statistician with John Blackburn of the US Junior List.

Joy Kamani is a member of the NSSF Board and the recruiter of female talent for both the NSSF events. Joy has coached youth track and field and accompanied the USATF National Youth Team to the World Youth Championships in Poland, Hungary and Canada as Assistant Coach, Assistant Manager and Head Manager respectively.

Jacqué Kendall, has chaperoned hundreds of student athletes over the years including several NSSF alumni such as Monique Hennegan, Tonya Williams, and Andre Cason. Her coaching resume includes Assistant Coach at Manor, Bethel and Kecoughtah High Schools. In 2005 she was inducted into the Livingstone College Athletic Hall of Fame for reviving its girls track program. This is her second tour of duty with Team NSSF

Team Coaches:

Paul Limmer's 35 year HS coaching career spanned 5 decades. During that time Mepham High School won numerous titles ranging from local to National: Footlocker Champions, National Champions men and women, 3 Penn Relay Championships of America ( 2 Boys DMR, 1 girls 4 x 800), NYS Champions too numerous to mention, Sectional Champions galore. Mepham’s Girls DMR held the National Record for twenty years. During his tenure Mepham’s Girls XC squad compiled an enviable 153 wins with only 2 losses. When Limmer retired in 2000, he retired as the winningest combined Boys and Girls track coach in NYS history with over 700 wins. Mepham still holds the venerable Van Cortland Park 5 man 5k average , 16:12 per man set in 1980, 29 years ago! He was National HS XC Coach of the Year in 1990 and NYS Coach of the Year numerous times. In 1993 he was the Honorary Referee of the Penn Relays. Perhaps his finest achievement is the legions of former athletes who currently coach all over the US. He returns to CSI for a third time.

Cedric Walker has been the Head Coach of the Flower City Track Club in Rochester, NY since 1985. His club athletes have represented the United States on our Olympic, World Outdoor, World Indoor, World Cup, Pan-Am Games, Pan-Am Juniors and World Juniors teams and he has developed 121 All-Americans (NCAA, NJCAA & HS).Walker has traveled the world as a member of several international teams represented the United States. His national assignments include, Management Assistant, 2004 Olympic Games, Assistant Coach, USATF Team, World University Games (1993), Head Manager, USATF World Jr. Team, Annecey, France (1998), Assistant Coach, USATF Jr. World Team, Kingston, Jamaica (2002), Assistant Coach, USATF World Team, Paris, France (2003), Assistant Coach USATF Indoor World Championship Team, Hungary (2004), Head Relays Coach 2004 National Junior Team, Groseto, Italy, Assistant Manager, World Team, Helsinki (2005) and Assistant Manager, World Team, Moscow (2006)

Kristi Reiger As the girls track and field and cross-country coach at Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota her team earned invitations to two Nike Team Nationals Cross-Country Championships. She is the current Meet Director for the NXN Heartland Region

Medical Staff:

Medical Doctor:

Dr. Jeffrey Webb is a primary care sports medicine physician and pediatric sports specialist at the Emory Sports Medicine Center in Atlanta, GA. He is a native of Atlanta and enjoys playing, watching, and covering multiple sports. He received a BA in History at the University of Virginia and MD at the Medical College of Georgia. He completed a residency in Pediatrics at the University of Virginia and then a fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine with Andrews Sports Medicine in Birmingham, AL.

Sports Psychologist:

Dr. Margaret Ottley is an Associate Professor of the division of Sport Psychology/Pedagogy in the department of Kinesiology, College of Health Sciences, West Chester University of Pennsylvania. USA Track & Field (USATF) has recently selected Dr. Margaret Ottley as sport psychology practitioner for the 2008 Olympics Games.  Her extensive experience in her field derives from her work with elite and non-elite athletes at a youth, junior, collegiate and senior levels and with coaches and parents.  Dr. Ottley's sport psychology services are in regular demand by USATF, Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee and the BWSF.  She has traveled with elite sport teams (2002-present) to most major international championships including the Commonwealth Games (Manchester, England & Melbourne, Australia), Pan American Games (Dominican Republic & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), IAAF World Youth Games (Marrakech, Morocco), IAAF World Junior Games (Beijing, China) and the Olympic Games (Athens, Greece), Pan American Junior Games (Sao Paulo, Brazil).   She has presented at the 2006 USATF Annual Convention.  Dr. Ottley spoke on the mental preparation of coaches and athletes for the IAAF 2007 World Track & Field Championship (Osaka, Japan) and the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing, China). 

Her early experience in sports as an elite international field hockey player/ coach and as a youth track and field athlete in Trinidad and Tobago have also influenced her unique perspective of sport psychology consulting.

Massage Therapist

Claudia "Sparky" Chapel- athlete and former professional dancer has been in private practice for over 15 years. She trained at the Muscular Therapy Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Florida School of Massage, holds certifications in Integrative Somatics, Advanced Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation, advanced training in Anatomy and Physiology from Fordham University as well as continuous externships at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. She combines muscular therapy with strength and conditioning, soft tissue injury assessment and rehabilitation and motivational coaching. Matching the right treatment to the particular problem is crucial for the treatment to succeed. This commitment has earned her three trips to the Olympics as well as the respect and trust of some of the world's leading athletes, dancers and musicians. She is also a competitive athlete in Outrigger Canoe and has been a member of the winning team at the Liberty World Challenge in 2002 and the United States team in the World Sprint Championships in New Zealand in 2006.

Medical Team Coordinator

Stephen Segatore- has been involved in the running community since 1980. Graduate of Bishop Hendricken HS and 10k NCAA qualifier at U. of Rhode Island. Stephen is a registered nurse specializing in cardiac critical care at Tufts Medical Center in Boston as well as sports medicine. He is a professional member of the American College of Sports Medicine as well as the American Academy of Critical Care. He is an active member of the sports medicine staff for the National Scholastic Sports Foundation, the Boston Marathon and is a certified endurance coach by the USATF. He is involved in the care and injury management of many of today's yop prep athletes..