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XC Project Coach Profiles

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.

Peter Fortunato: Co-Director of the XC Project, Boys Head Coach of XC Project

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Collegiate Running Career:

Matt Murphy: XC Project Head Girls 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

Kevin Alliette: Head of On Site Operations

Coaching Career - Methuen High School

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