Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide a safe, supportive environment for students to have a positive and meaningful experience participating on a successful high school athletic team.
Goals for the Runners
- Improved physical fitness from an effective and safe training regimen
- Personal growth through experiencing and overcoming mental and physical challenges
- Understanding the process of team development and community building
- Individual → Group → Team
- Self → Group → Community
- Appreciation of positive personal characteristics such as discipline, respect, trustworthiness, loyalty, and commitment
- Integration of the above into other areas of their lives
- Recognizing the importance of balance in life and the development of the whole person
Goals for the Team
- Serve everyone on the roster.
- Have each athlete experience success through improved personal performance.
- Successfully compete against the best teams in the Sac-Joaquin Section at all levels.
- Successfully compete against the best teams in the state.
- Prepare athletes for training and competition at the collegiate level.
- Encourage students to make regular exercise part of a healthy lifestyle through adulthood.
Coach Gregg has been the Cross Country and Distance Track Coach at Davis High School since 1997. Honored as "Coach of the Year" by the Sacramento Running Association for the 2014 Cross Country season, Bill has led teams and individual runners to great success, including 20 Sac Joaquin Section Cross Country titles, multiple top finishes at California state championships, and national meets. Coach Gregg also has two children (Brendan and Kaitlin) who are pursuing post-collegiate running careers.
Coach Tim was an assistant Cross Country coach at Holmes Jr. High School for 4 years and has been an assistant coach for their Track & Field team for the past 5 years. He currently is an assistant coach at DHS for both the Cross Country team and the distance squad of Track & Field. Coach Tim ran Cross Country and Track for DHS and is thrilled to be working with the next generation of distance runners.
Coach Elliott began his track and field career at Saint Francis High School in Mountainview, Calfornia and then went on to compete at the NCAA level at U.C. Davis, specializing in the 400m and 200m sprints. Since 2004, he has served as head boys and girls track and field coach at Davis Senior High School , where he also teaches English. In 2007 he was named All-Metro "Coach of the Year" by the Sacramento Bee. In 2008 he was named "Girls Coach of the Year" for the state of California by the California Coaches Association.