You Can Teach Speed

JMU’s Walton Uses Science To Coach Runners At Camp

Posted: July 25, 2012

High school and junior high students from across the state warm up Tuesday during the Sprinters Camp portion of the Blue Ridge Running Camp at Eastern Mennonite University. The camp runs all week and has college coaches as instructors. (Photos by Justin Falls / DN-R)
Onajah Robinson (green shirt) of Broadway High School jogs during a warm-up.
Coach Bill Walton instructs campers at the Blue Ridge Running Camp.
HARRISONBURG – A common cliché thrown around by coaches across various sports is, “You can’t teach speed.”

Bill Walton, the director of track and field and cross country at James Madison, would...


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