Catherine Phillips leads the women's and men’s WildCat cross
country teams as they compete in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
Phillips is a successful athlete, having competed as a professional triathlete for six years. During this time she competed in numerous races across the country and the world, including Ironman events in Switzerland, Brazil, and Canada, as well as the Boston Marathon. Her professional highlights include a seventh-place finish at Ironman Canada and several half-marathon and long-distance race victories.
In addition to her own athletic endeavors, Phillips has also made a successful transition to coaching. She has served as the assistant cross country and track coach at E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg. She helped guide the boy’s indoor track and field team to the Virginia High School Indoor State Championship.
A graduate of the University of Virginia, Phillips currently teaches earth science at E.C. Glass High School.
Contact: 434-947-8362, e-mail
Peter Sheldon has been a competitive marathoner since
his successful Division III collegiate experience competing in 12 seasons
of track and cross country for Amherst College. After college, he competed
for six years on the open team for Sugarloaf Athletic Club in Massachusetts
as he was completing his PhD at the University of Massachusetts.
More recently, he has placed in the Master's category in numerous marathons and local races. Sheldon became a Professor of Physics at Randolph College in 1998, and was advisor to the running club until he started and ran the cross country club team in 2005. The club team successfully competed in the ODAC in 2006, and became an official NCAA team in 2007, at which point Sheldon became assistant coach.
He is currently the Chair of the Department of Physics, and the Director of the College's Summer Research Program.
Contact: 434-947-8488, e-mail
