Renny Waldron Assistant Coach First season at NU: 2006-07 College: Massachusetts

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Renny Waldron is in his second season on the Northeastern staff as cross country coordinator and distance coach. Waldron works with the men’s and women’s middle- and long-distance runners. Waldron’s coaching approach is very individualized and stresses progressive aerobic development and periodized training. Every athlete has shown improvement under Waldron's tutelage over the past two seasons. In Waldron's first season as distance coach in 2006-07, Kristie Gagnon set the NU record for the indoor 5,000 (18:11.32) and outdoor 10,000 (37:14.86). That progress continued in 2007-08 as Gagnon broke her own record in the indoor 5,000 (17:40.99) and Brittany Moriarty broke the 23-year-old Northeastern record in the outdoor 1,500 with her time of 4:33.72 at the CAA Championship in 2008. The Huskies' men's distance runners have also shown marked improvement. Waldron came to Northeastern with three years of coaching experience at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School in Cambridge, Mass. During those three years, Waldron guided the track teams to several undefeated seasons, culminating in many league championships. The Rindge & Latin cross country team finished fifth in the All-State meet in 2005. Waldron also coaches post-collegiate runners. In high school, Waldron was a two-time Massachusetts Div. I champion in the mile and two-mile and led his teams to two state championships. He clocked a 4:19 mile his senior year of high school. Those accolades earned Waldron a cross country and track & field scholarship at national powerhouse Iona College. He later transferred to Massachusetts, where he majored in history. Waldron has served as counselor and staff coach at Nike Green Mountain Running Camp in Lyndonville, Vt. for several years. He has also served as advisor and organizer for the New England Chapter of USA Track & Field.