Lenawee County Boy’s Cross Country Coach of the Year Tom MacNaughton Interviewed on Inside the Cave

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Adrian, MI – Earlier this week, Adrian High School boy’s cross country coach Tom MacNaughton was named the Lenawee County Cross Country Coach of the year. A well-deserved honor and the second time in two years he has been recognized.

On 96.5 The Cave this morning (Tuesday December 8th ), Tom was our featured guest at 8:25am. Tom talked about the great success his runners have accomplished this season, even with all the Covid-19 interruptions they had to cope with. Adrian High School finished 6 th in the state in their division, the highest finish in some 50 years that included the Lenawee Country runner of the year, Sophomore Aiden Smith. Many personal bests were accomplished by a host of the runners and 5 of them recognized as All County selections. Adrian High competes in arguably the best region in the state for boy’s cross country.

Tom attributes the success to plain hard work. The kids practiced over the summer on their own and came to the season ready to compete on a higher level. That they did and set records along the way. One of the challenges for coach MacNaughton was competition with the soccer team. Some of his runners were dual sport athletes, so practices were hard to get everyone there at the same time. Tom improvised schedules and his team got the needed practice time in to compete successfully.

Tom is also a modest guy and gives all the credit to the kids, but Tom is a one-of-a-kind coach that attracts kids to his program because he has so much enthusiasm for the sport. Tom is a runner too. His goal is to run 50,000 miles or more in his running career. He said he is closing in on it. More importantly, Tom is a great role model for kids in our community besides his cross- country team. Tom loves interacting with our youth and we thank him for that and for being Lenawee County Cross County Coach of the year. Congratulations Tom!!

– By Patt Hayes

You can listen to Patt Hayes on 96.5 The Cave every Tuesday with John Koehn and Thursday with Ian Wendt from 7am-9am on 96.5 fm The Cave, and 965thecave.com. 

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