Bev Docherty

2023 Fall Training

Coaching Highlights:

28 years of teaching and coaching at the K-12 level

Collegiate coaching experience at the DIII level, 8 All Americans

Specializes in running, track & field and cross-country

Lifelong runner with a wealth of experience coaching herself and others to goals in the sport

Mother of Four

Master’s of Education and BS in Physical Education at the University of Iowa

USATF Level II in Sprints, Hurdles & Relays, Distance, and Strength & Conditioning

Coached high school student-athletes to 63 State Qualifying Events with 35 All State Honors, 5 Individual State Champions, 1 Relay State Champion in Track & Field and 12 State Qualifiers with 4 All State Honors in Cross-Country

Athletic Highlights:

6x Olympic Trials Qualifier in the Marathon(and completed☺) (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)

2x U.S. Masters National Champion in the Marathon (1998 & 2000)

Inductee for the Minnesota Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2003

Career Personal Bests of 2:38 in the Marathon and 58:59 in the 10 Mile

Masters Personal Bests of 2:42 in the Marathon and 1:19 in the Half Marathon

Bev believes anyone can become a successful runner. Establishing appropriate goals, setting up a doable plan to reach those goals, and supporting the runner along the way are what she has enjoyed doing for many years, and hopes to continue to do.