Ben Rosario Show

Trina Painter Won both the boys and girls State Titles for Arizona Division 2. Trina talks about both State meet races for the girls' team and the boys' team. Trina talks about her running history which included several Olympic Trial qualifiers. Trina talks about her experiences at the Olympic Trials in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Flagstaff is a D2 school with 1600 students total. They typically have 75-80 total athletes on the cross country team. With a successful program that wins so many state titles in a row, how hard is it to make sure that fire stays lit and the kids stay motivated to win the next one? Trina talks about how it has been coaching her own kids. How much of a benefit is it for the high school students to be training at altitude? Flagstaff needs to run their state meet in Phoenix, where it is often 100 degrees in the first week of November. How does she get her kids ready for that? She mentioned that she has club soccer players on her team. How does she balance it with the kids who want to be part