CRR Jim Fischer, who effectively lost his job when the University of Delaware dumped its DI men’s running program two years ago, has been hired to head up the men’s and women’s cross-country programs at Delaware Technical Community College’s Stanton campus.

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Fischer became the University of Delaware’s coach for men’s cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track in 1982. He coached the UD women’s cross-country team and its track team’s distance runners from 2008-11. Delaware eliminated the men’s indoor program after the 2008-09 season, then axed men’s cross-country and outdoor track after the 2010-11 season, citing Title IX concerns and economics.

CRR Dan Simmons was kind enough to say a few words about and send some photos taken on the recent trip that he and his wife, Sue, took to Australia.  In his own words…

Sue and I had an awesome time. We started in Melbourne after an arduous 16-hour flight from L.A. The day we landed, it was hot and eventually got to 102°F.

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If you’ve taken a similar trip recently, perhaps to another continent or a CRR outpost in another country, let us know.  Tell us about your trip.

The News Journal’s Brad Myers wrote a great article on the secret behind the success of the running program at the Tatnall School in Wilmington—its coach, Pat Castagno.  On “National Signing Day” this past week, five of his current protégés signed running scholarships for college.  This is an amazing thing for a school with such a small population.  But Castagno, a product of the coaching of CRR Jim Fischer at Delaware, has done amazing things with Tatnall’s program, recognized as one of the best nationally.

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Two former Tatnall runners, siblings Molly and Sam Parsons, are scholarship runners at Richmond and North Carolina State, respectively.  They are CRR George Parsons and CRR Christina Parsons’ kids.