MIT Athletics Go to other T&F/XC sites:    -Select a team- Cross Country Indoor Track Outdoor Track		Head Coach - Fletcher Brooks Aug. 1, 2005 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Concluding a national search, DAPER Department Head/Director of Athletics, Candace Royer, has named Fletcher Brooks head coach of the women's cross country and track and field teams at MIT. Brooks makes the move to Cambridge after serving as the associate head coach at perennial national power, Williams College. Brooks brings considerable enthusiasm and experience to his new position. Following graduation from Allegheny College where he was Captain and an All-America in track and field, and a short stint at Dartmouth College assisting the strength and conditioning coach, Brooks earned his Master's degree in Physical Education, in Advanced-Level Coaching. For the past seven years, Brooks has been at Williams College, working in both the areas of track and field and strength and conditioning. In 2001, Brooks was appointed associate head track and field coach for the women and men's teams and assumed duties for scheduling and managing meets, lining up officials and ordering team equipment. Over the last five years, Brooks' responsibilities have expanded from the throws to include all the field events as well as the combined events. He has established an enviable record of success with his athletes. During Brooks' time at Williams, women's track and field won seven consecutive New England Division III Championships, and he has personally coached athletes to 46 All-America honors, including three women's national champions and one men's national champion. "I have personally gained so much from good coaching and have tried these past nine years to bring 100% of myself to coaching others. What a wonderful opportunity it is to be able to do this at MIT, one of the world's great universities and with such intelligent athletes and some of the finest facilities anywhere. It excites me to think of the possibilities for the women's cross country and track and field programs". Brooks is a certified Level II coach in the throws, jumps, sprints, hurdles and combined events and is currently progressing toward Level III certification. He is also certified as a strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. ASSISTANT COACHES - Cross Country and Track & Field All assistants work with women and men Summer Hutcheson, Sprints Summer starts as a Tech assistant coach in the fall of 2005 after serving as an assistant at the University of Tulsa and Minot State (ND) College. She has USA Track & Field Level I certification. Josh Bokul - Throws Josh came to MIT in the spring of 2005 after competing as an undergrad for RPI; his specialty is the hammer. Volunteer Assistants Martha Buckley '04 - Distance running Sean Nolan '04 - Distance running Ben Schmeckpeper '05 - Distance running Administrative Steve Vaitones - Volunteer assistant, Administration An assistant coach on the 2003 USA World Championship team staff, Steve assists in team event meet management and operations, and helps maintain the Women's TechTrack webpage. He is a national level certified official and, as director of USA Track & Field - New England, he is competition director for the USA Indoor National Championship to be held in Boston in 2006 and 2007. Justin Kuo - Meet operations FinishLynx automatic timing system operator for all women's and men's meets at MIT, Justin is a computer specialist at Meditech in his "real life". He is also active in USATF national Racewalking, Records, and Road Running Technical Committees. Stanley Hu MIT '00 and cross country runner, Stan photographs many of MIT's cross country and track & field meets. The roster photos and nearly all of the meet photos on this web site were taken by Stan. Visit accelphoto.com to view his photos, or go to photoreflect.com and search for Photographer's Name = Stanley Hu to order prints.