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Cross Country
Our boys and girls cross country team has experienced a lot of success over the program’s history. CCS is competitive locally, regionally, and at the state level each year. Our team has a history of preparing athletes to compete at the NCAA DI - DIII and NAIA collegiate level. In 2020 and 2021 two athletes signed to compete in DI and one athlete went DII. CCS has had only 3 head coaches over the program's 35+ year history.
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Levels
- High School: Junior Varsity & Varsity
- Middle School: Junior Varsity & Varsity
- Lower School: Grades 3-5
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Accolades
- Boys Individual State Champion: 2020
- Boys Individual State Champion: 2019
- Boys Varsity 3rd at State: 2019
- Boys Varsity back-to-back State Championships: 2017, 2018
- Boys State Championships: 1995, 1996, 2017, 2018
- Boys State Runner-Up: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
- Boys Region Championships: 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018
- Girls Varsity 3rd at State: 2023, 2018
- Girls Varsity 6th at State: 2021, 2017
- Girls Varsity 7th at State: 2019
- Girls State Championships: 1999, 2000, 2011
- Girls State Runner-Up: 1999, 2004, 2005
- Girls Region Championships: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2011
- Girls Region Runner-Up: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018
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Head Coach
Coach Katie Stanford serves as both our Head Cross Country and Head Track & Field Coach, the 5th in the program’s 23+ year history. She most recently spent 11 years as the Head Coach for Cross Country and Track & Field at Covenant College, where she spearheaded the addition of track and field in 2017. While at Covenant, she acquired many notable accolades during her time, including three individual men's Cross Country Conference titles, two individual women's Cross Country Conference titles, the 2014 USA South Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year, and the USA South Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2017.
Prior to Covenant, Katie served a four-year stint at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as the cross country assistant, assistant track coach, and head recruiter. While at UTC, the Lady Mocs were the Southern Conference cross country champions from 2006-2008 and runner-ups in 2005, 2007, and 2008. She has coached every track and field event and holds certifications from USATF and USTFCCCA.
Coach Stanford earned a B.A. in political science from Samford University (NCAA DI) where she competed for the Bulldogs in cross country and indoor and outdoor track. During her collegiate career, she twice earned All-Conference track honors and was the Atlantic Sun Conference 1500 meter champion in 2002. Katie also holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of West Georgia.
Coach Stanford is well known in the running community for her ability to develop competitive athletes while passionately pushing them toward Jesus Christ. Katie excels in helping incoming runners with a wide range of experience compete well above their previous demonstrated ability levels. Katie and her husband, Trey, live on Lookout Mountain and have two children, Taylor (current CCS student) and Noah. The Stanford family attends Calvary Chapel at the foot of Lookout Mountain.
