Kim Snarr - Head Coach
Coach Kim is a RRCA certified running coach. She coached women’s 5K and 10K training programs and has been coaching Chatham recreation cross country and track and field for the past ten years. She loves the sport of running, especially trail running and half-marathons.
Wendy Kuppenheimer - Head Coach
Wendy is an USATF certified coach and this is her sixth season coaching in the Chatham Youth Track and Field program. Wendy participated in Cross Country and Track and Field in high school and was on the Gettysburg College Track and Field team. Her favorite track events were the 100m hurdles, 400m, and the 4*400m relay. Wendy continues to run regularly and has competed in road races at a variety of distances.
George Peterson III - Assistant Coach
George is a former sprinter for the Track and Field team at Fordham University and competed in the 100, 200, 400, 4x100 and 4x400 relays. He has 2 young boys that are excited to participate in the Chatham Track and Field Program and is also an assistant coach for Chatham Rec Football. This is George's third year coaching Chatham Rec Running.
Sophia Li - Assistant Coach
Sophia started coaching in the Lakeland League as a high school student and she is ecstatic to coach for the Chatham Rec program. Previously certified through USATF, Sophia has coached many athletes from youth track and field to marathon runners.
Melissa Koscielniak - Assistant Coach
Melissa is a former runner for the track team at Rutgers University. She competed in the 100 hurdles, 400 intermediate hurdles, 200, 4x400 relay and long jump. This is her third year coaching the Chatham recreation cross-country and track and field program; and her 2nd year as an assistant coach for the High School Girls Track Team.
Zack Foote - Assistant Coach
No stranger to Track and Field, Zack Foote brings experience and coaching expertise not only in the running events, but also in shot put and long jump. He has coached in the Chatham recreation cross-country and track and field programs for many years.
Meredith Mintz - Assistant Coach
Meredith is a runner herself. She is also a busy working mom of two boys and a longtime 4th grade teacher. This is Meredith's second year coaching the Chatham Rec Running Team as well.
Our coaches have a passion for the sport and believe every young athlete has a place on the team to learn a life skill and how to work towards a goal. They teach our athletes the definition of perseverance and how to believe in themselves as they accomplish things they never thought they could do.