Boys' Cross Country
2015 Coach of the Year
Kenn Skelly
La Salle Academy
Providence,
Rhode Island Impact Statement
This year under Coach Skelly LaSalle Academy runners captured their first Rhode Island Cross Country Championship since 1983.
Biography
2014 was a super year for Coach Kenn Skelly and his La Salle Academy runners. First, La Salle captured its first Rhode Island Cross Country championship since 1983. La Salle placed five runners in the top nine at the state meet and seven runners finished in the top eleven. Then, for the first time ever, La Salle qualified for the Nike Cross Country Nationals, finishing 18th at the event. Coach Skelly is the first winner of the NHSCA National Boys’ Cross Country Coach of the Year Award from Rhode Island.