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XC Project Director - Coach Fred Doyle


Coaching Career - Bishop Fenwick High School


  • Head Boys & Girls XC Coach @ Bishop Fenwick High School
  • Swampscott HS Teams were State Divisional runner-ups 6 times in Cross Country
  • Boys & Girls Track teams each won a State Relays and State Divisional Championship
  • Won 12 Northeastern Conference Championships - Boys/Girls XC/Track
  • Named to the Lynn Item 25th Anniversary Track/XC All Stars - Girls Coach
  • Coached 10 Boston Globe All Scholastics
  • Dual meet record of 180-45-1
  • Inducted into the Swampscott HS Hall of Fame
  • Inducted into the Lynn English HS Hall of Fame
  • Inducted into the MSTCA Track Coaches Hall of Fame
  • Inducted into the Running Retailers Hall of Fame

Running Career - Greater Boston Track Club


  • Member of 15 New England and 2 National Championship GBTC teams, 
  • Six Top 10 finishes in the New England XC Club Championships.
  • Won 3 Individual titles in the New England Track Championships in the Mile, Steeplechase and 3-Mile.
  • NE AAU Championship Runner up to Mark Belger (3:57) in the first sub 4:00 Mile ever run in New England in a PR (4:05).
  • Set 3 still standing records in Boston College Track Events -

  • Christmas Invitational 2-Mile (8:52),
  • BC Relays Steeplechase (8:54)
  • BC Twilight Series Meets 1500 (3:47).
  • National Sub Masters Mile Champion in 1982
  • 2 Mile Record Holder (8:46) at Coast Guard Relays
  • Great Northern Run Marathon Champion in Scarborough, UK in a course record 2:19:34 leading a GBTC team victory taking 5 of the top 6 places.
  • 1980 Olympic Trials participant in the Marathon.



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Peter Fortunato: Co-Director of the XC Project


Coaching Career:


  • Greater Lowell Technical School XC & Distance Coach
  • Tewksbury High School: Boys Head Cross Country Coach (2012 - 2021)
  • MVC D2 Coach of the Year: 2013, 2016, 2017
  • 2012 Lowell Sun Coach of the Year
  • 2012 Tewksbury Town Crier Coach of the Year
  • Dracut High School: Mid-Distance Coach Spring 2011
  • Burlington High School: Sprint Coach Spring 2010

Team Achievements:


  • 2012 Division 3 State Champions
  • Team All-State Qualifier for 6 straight years (2012-2017)
  • Coached high school athletes to a 15:46 5000M, 9:32 2-Mile and 4:22 Mile

Collegiate Running Career:


  • UMass Amherst
  • 2 Year UMass Amherst Track Captain
  • PRs:

  • 15:03  5000M
  • 9:02  2 Mile
  • 9:17  3000M Steeplechase
  • 4:11  Mile
  • 1:53  800m



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Fran Cusick: XC Project Head Girls Coach


Coaching Career:


  • Head Girls Cross Country/Track Coach - Tewksbury Memorial High Schooll 
  • Two-time Boston Globe Coach of the Year  
  • 2016 Outdoor Track All-State Champions 
  • Coached multiple State Champions and All-Americans at Tewksbury 
  • Coach Cusick is a USATF Level 1 certified Track and Field Coach 
  • Certified USTFCCCA strength and conditioning coach 
  • Director of the Stowe Running Camp



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Matt Murphy: XC Project Head Boys Coach


Coaching Career:


  • Head Coach (Four years) - Greater Lowell Cross Country (6 total with program)
  • Boys XC CAC Dual and League Meet Champions 2021,2022 
  • Girls XC CAC League Meet Champions 2021 
  • Boys XC MVADA State Vocational Champions 2021
  • Boys XC Qualified for Division Two State Meet 2021,2022
  • Boys XC finished 10th in the 2022 Division Two State Meet



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Kevin Alliette: Head of On Site Operations


Coaching Career - Methuen High School


  •  Assistant Coach from 2006-2014
  •  Head Coach 2015-present
  • Grade 9 Math Teacher

Collegiate Running Career - University of Massachusetts Lowell


  • Member of New England 4x800 Relay Championship team 2001, 2003, & 2004
  • New England 1000m Champion 2003
  • Conference Champion Mile 2000, 1000m 2003, 1500m 2004
  • 9 NCAA Div. 2 National appearances (XC 2001, 2002, 2003, Indoor 2001, 2002, 2003, Outdoor 2003, 2004)
  • NCAA Div. 2 All-American 1 mile run (2003)
  • PRs:

  • 14:54 5000m
  • 8:34 3000m
  • 9:14 3000m Steeplechase
  • 4:07 Mile
  • 3:48 1500m
  • 2:26 1000m
  • 1:52 800m

High School Running Career - Methuen High School


  • MVC All Conference XC 1996 - 8th, 1997 - 2nd, 1998 - 1st
  • MVC 4x800 Relay Champs 1998 & 1999
  • MVC Mile Champ 1999
  • Class A 4x800 Champs 1998 & 1999 (Meet Record 8:02)
  • Class A Mile Champ 1999
  • PRs:

  • Franklin Park XC 15:59
  • 9:43 2 mile
  • 4:23 1 mile
  • 1:58 800m
  • 0:52 400m



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Manny Cruz: Assistant Boys Coach


Coaching Career:


Assistant XC Coach Bishop Fenwick

Head Indoor & Outdoor Track Bishop Fenwick

Head Coach (Five years) - Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsborough

Girls XC CAC Dual and League Meet Champions 2019,2023

Girls XC CAC League Meet Champions 2019,2022,2023

CAC Cross Country Coach of the Year: 2023

CAC Indoor Track Coach of the Year: 2023

Coach Cruz is a USATF Level 1 certified Track and Field Coach


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Joe Schifano: Assistant Boys Coach


Coaching Career:


Captain Tewksbury XC and Track & Field - Joined the triathlon at the University of Southern California.

USC Triathlon President Senior Year

Swim coach at Life Time Fitness in Burlington


2023 UC Irvine Zot Trot, Sprint Triathlon: 1:05

2023 March Triathlon Series, Olympic Triathlon: 2:18

2023 LA Half Marathon: 1:25

2023 Green River Marathon: 3:28


MVS AFFILIATIONS

Road Runners Club of America USATF - New England Mill Cities Relay