Club Northwest Youth Team

Teams

Club Northwest offers a youth track team in the spring/summer and a youth cross country team in the fall. The track team practice is split into two locations - Shoreline and Lake Stevens (new in 2023!). The cross country practice is in the Lynnwood/Edmonds area.

Coaches

Rod Wilcox (track & field)

Track and field practices at Shorewood HS are led by Rod Wilcox, who has been coaching track and cross country at King’s High School for over 25 years. Rod was a high jumper at the University of Washington who went on to have a successful athletic career as a masters decathlete. Rod’s experience in both coaching and competing in all of the track and field disciplines gives him a well-rounded background that allows him to provide knowledgeable coaching to the youth team.

Rod brings a very positive attitude to practice and is ready to help the athletes achieve their personal goals, whether it involves competing at championship summer meets, setting personal bests at the all-comers meets, or just trying different events to see what they like best. To see Rod’s full bio click here.

Deborah Fletcher & Gail Hall (track & field, Cross Country)

Deborah Fletcher will assist with coaching Track & Field practices during the summer, and will be the lead coach with Gail Hall for cross country practices in the fall. Deborah is an accomplished masters runner with Club Northwest and since college has focused on running long distance and marathons. She ran for Hanover College on their inaugural women’s cross country team, competing at the national championships in Kenosha, WI, as a senior and began running as a masters runner for CNW four years ago. She coached her daughter’s cross country teams and is excited to help other kids enthusiastic about running. When not running with her border collie, Jacob, she works as a dentist.

Aric Wagner (track & field)

Aric Wagner will be head coach for the new CNW North youth track team. Aric was a competitive runner in high school, and has been a volunteer coach in track and cross country at Mountlake Terrace High School and Snohomish High School.  More recently, he was the head track coach and Assistant Cross Country coach at Park Place Middle School has been the head coach for Snohomish Track Club, where he has coached a number of All-American youth athletes at a variety of age groups at the USATF Nationals meets.  For a full bio click here.