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Bruce Lehane (born January 11, 1949) is the cross country and distance track coach at Boston University.

Early life and running career

Lehane grew up in South Boston, Massachusetts. He began his cross country and track career at Boston English High School and continued his career at Boston State College. There, he set school records in the 880 yard run (1:52.1) and mile run (4:11.2) and earned N.A.I.A. All-American honors under coach Bill Squires.

Coaching career

Lehane began coaching at Boston University in 1982. Since that time, he has coached 34 D.1 NCAA All-Americans, 7 national champions, 7 world champions, and 2 Olympians. Lehane has said of coaching that, "No one system works for all athletes. The key to successful training is to match the training loads to what the individual athlete benefits from".

World Championship appearances under Coach Lehane include: Cross Country: Lesley Lehane (5th place), Rosemary Ryan, Matthew Smith, Karl Rasmussen, Are Nakkim, Eirik Hansen, Markku Kyyronen.

Individual National Champions under Coach Lehane include: Lesley Lehane (USA XC, 3k Indoors), Matthew Smith (British XC), Karl Rasmussen (Norwegian XC), Are Nakkim (Norwegian 5k, 10k), Eirik Hansen (Norwegian 5k), Jennifer Lanctot (NCAA mile), Dean Crowe (NCAA 5000).

Olympic Appearances under Coach Lehane include: Rosemary Ryan (2000 Olympics), Cathy O'Brien (1988 Olympics)

Other works

Lehane also co-authored the book Speed With Endurance along with Bill Squires.

Personal

Bruce Lehane married wife Lesley in 1987. Lehane has three sons: Blaize, Elliot, and Aidan. He currently lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

His son, Elliot, is in the class of 2012 at BU and ran on the cross-country and track and field teams.

Quotes

"Putting on the meets is a labor of love. We give thanks to all who participated and to all who came to spectate - except to the guy who threw up in the sink in the men's room. Like us, he has got to clean up his act."

References

  • "Bruce_Lehane". BU track coaches. Boston University. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  • "Bruce_Lehane". BU track coaches. Boston University. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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