Bill Yeoman knows how to make an entering. Elmira's second-year head coach first came to the program in 1998 as an assistant to Scott Nopp. That year the Lady Falcons qualified for the OSAA 3A State meet for the first time in six years.
Two years and two state meet berths later, Yeoman was named head coach for Elmira. The Ashland, Ore. native was also named the Sky-Em League's Coach of the Year.
Success has followed Yeoman everywhere he gone in his 28-year running career. From when Yeoman joined the Ashland High School cross country team as a sophomore to his arrival in Elmira, programs have benefitted.
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Yeoman was the top runner on the state-qualifying Ashland High team in 1975, the first under Bob Julian Sr.'s tenure. Yeoman ran in one of the toughest periods of Oregon High School cross country, which included runners like Billy McChesney, Clancy Devery and Scott Spruill. |
At Southern Oregon College, Yeoman continued his success in running by helping the Raiders to a Conference championship and winning an individual title in the 10,000 meters.
Yeoman got a head start on his coaching career while still competing at SOC. Yeoman and teammates Stan Goodell and Kelly Jensen were self-coached for the 1979 season.
After a strong post-collegiate running career, which included a trip to the U.S. marathon nationals in Denton, Texas, Yeoman became an assistant at his alma-mater, Ashland.There, Yeoman helped Grizzly Tim Julian to a state meet berth.
Last season, Yeoman capped his first season with a girls state meet berth and two individual boy state qualifiers. Yeoman has built the Elmira program up with a strong off-season training regime and an "injury avoidance" program.
Yeoman is a registered nurse for Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene.
Rob McCallum knows Elmira cross country. The Central, Ore. native has spent the last six years with the Falcons as a runner and assistant. McCallum enters his third season as an assistant and head middle school coach after graduating from Elmira in 1999.
McCallum was a member of one of the most talented groups of Falcons to come through Elmira. The 18 minute, 40 second 5k'er was part of Scott Nopp's rebuilding class in 1995. McCallum was a member of the 1997 team that was ranked 5th among 3A teams and qualified for the state meet. His senior year, McCallum was the fifth runner on the 11th-ranked Falcon team.
The third-year coach began his coaching career with interim coach Jon Land in 1999. McCallum coached Matt Gledhill, now a sophomore in 8th grade and helped the high school girls to their second-straight state meet berth. The next year, McCallum coached 8th graders Margo Meyer, Todd Carman and 7th grader Evan Carman and assisted Bill Yeoman in his innagural year.
McCallum has posted personal bests of 59.8, 2:20, 4:51, 10:44, 18:40 and 42:20. McCallum is a graduate of Steens Mountains Running Camp, where he won the Predict-A-Mile competition in 1998. McCallum was, and still is, a regular at Eugene-area road races and all-comer meets.
The journalism major specializes in media relations, recruiting, statistics, administration. McCallum now attends the University of Oregon, where he is a junior.