XC Project Coach Profiles

XC Project Director - Coach Fred Doyle

Coaching Career - Swampscott 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

• Won12 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 162-35-1

• Inducted into the Swampscott HS 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.

Peter Fortunato: XC Project Head Boys Coach

Coaching Career:

• Tewksbury High School: Boys Head Cross Country Coach (2012-present)

• 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

Erik Taber: XC Project Head Girls Coach

Coaching Career:

• Dracut High School Cross Country Boys & Girls Head Coach (2012-Present)

• Tewksbury High School Cross Country: Boys & Girls Assistant Coach

Team Achievements:

• Girls XC MA All-State Qualifier (2014, 2015)

• 3 x MVC XC Girls D2 Champions

• MVC XC Boys D2 Champions (2015)

• MVC Indoor D2 Champions (2013-14)

• 3 x MVC Runners of the Year

• MVC Girls XC Coach of the Year: (2012-2014)

• MVC Girls Indoor Coach of the Year (2014)

• MVC Boys XC Coach of the Year (2015)

• Girls Indoor Divisional Champion: 1,000m (2013-14 (D3*Meet Record*) & 2012-13 (D2), 4x800m (2012-13 (D2))

• Girls Outdoor Divisional Champion: 2013 D2 Champion (800m, 4x800m); 2014 D3 Champion: (800, 4x800m Relay)

• Boys Outdoor Divisional Champion: 2-mile (2015)

• MA Girls Indoor All-State Champion: 1,000m (2013-14)

• MA Girls Outdoor All-State Champion: 800m (2013 & 2014)

• MA Girls Outdoor All State Meet Record in 800m

• All-American 800m (2015)

• Girls Indoor All-American: 800m

• MA Gatorade Player of the Year (2013, 2014)

High School Running Career: Tewksbury High School

• 2 Year Captain for XC and 1 year for Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field

• 2-Mile: 10:08

• 1-mile: 4:33

• 800m: 1:58

Jess Bridle: Assistant XC Project Girls Coach

Coaching Career:

• Andover High School: Girls & Boys Assistant Cross Country Coach (2018-Present)

• Tewksbury Memorial High School: Volunteer Coach (Spring 2018)

Collegiate Running Career:

• Bucknell University

• Bucknell Track Captain

• PRs:

  • 7.74 60m

  • 24.37   200m

  • 54.67 400m

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