welcome
Joey Scholl & Andrea Chaves
Andrea will coach our distance athletes under the direction of Brad Curtis. An avid runner with 2 athletes on the team
Joey will also help with the Distance athletes along with helping with our lil Bobcats.
She has 1 daughter on the team Thunderbird
🌵🔥 LAST NIGHT WAS ELECTRIC — DISTANCE IN THE DESERT 🔥🌵
What can I say…
Brad Curtis, thank you for putting on an absolutely amazing meet.
👉 If you missed it — you truly missed out.
Distance in the Desert delivered nonstop energy all night long:
💥 Personal records set
🏆 Records broken
⚡ Excitement from start to finish
📊 By the numbers
680+ athletes
Events: 200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m, 3200m
⏱️ Finished only 18 minutes off schedule — outstanding execution
👏 Big-time appreciation
Jennifer McCann — thank you for the awesome award gift bags
Jackie Curtis — keeping smiles on faces all night
Announcer Ron Smith — informed, energized, and entertaining
Starter Big Jim Hershberger — smooth, efficient, and on point
Clay Perkins, Clerk of the Course — organized chaos handled perfectly
🏁 Wingfoot Finish — WOW Instant LIVE results.
No other meet in the Valley is doing it like this.
👀 Tucker Janssen — always great to see you.
🚨 We have something BIG planned for the 2026/27 Distance in the Desert Series
Stay tuned… this is just the beginning.
📸 Follow Distance in the Desert on Instagram for results and photos
👉 Follow Cross Country Coach of the Year Brad Curtis
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🔥 The desert showed up last night.
Bobcat Update
Charli Downing threw 45.08 meters in Florida on Sunday
When the high school season starts on February 9th in AZ She would be ranked #1 as a high schooler.
She's in eighth grade !!