It was a very good day in Ventura for THHS Girls Cross Country. The girls won all four grade levels and were the overall team champions, beating out the #1 ranked team in CIF Division II.
Dennis Kelly -- Girl's Head Coach
Coach Kelly begins his fourth season as the head girls' track and field coach, and fifth year overall in the program. In charge of the sprints (100, 200 & 400) and relays for the girls, Coach Kelly is also the head girls' cross country coach. A sophomore English teacher at THHS, he also toiled for two seasons on the girl's basketball staff as a frosh/soph and junior varsity coach. Previous to his current tenure at THHS, Coach Kelly taught and coached for nine years combined at Bellflower (seven years) and Mayfair High School (two years) in Lakewood. He was the girl's varsity basketball head coach for two seasons at Mayfair and an assistant girl's varsity basketball coach for seven seasons at Bellflower. Coach Kelly was a junior varsity softball coach and girl's cross country coach for one season each at Mayfair, and served six seasons on the girl's track staff at Bellflower, four as the head coach. He earned his BA and MA in English from Cal State Dominguez Hills, and is a graduate of St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower. Coach Kelly's high school track and field 3200 meter PR of 9:33.6, achieved during his senior year, still ranks in the top five all-time at his alma mater.
E-mail coach KellyKELLYD@svusd.k12.ca.us