Ken Sayles, Capistrano Valley (CA) High School Cross Country Coac On Effectively Communicating with Student-Athletes Ken Sayles has spent over 30 years coaching high school cross country and track athletes. The 2014 Southern California and Orange County Coach of the Year has coached over 50 individual league and county champions. His runners won numerous regional individual champions and took his cross-country teams to six straight California State Championships. His 2017 State Champion just won the PAC-12 conference cross country championship as an individual. Ken resides in Laguna Niguel, California. His new book " Coach, Run, Win: A Comprehensive Guide to Coaching High School Cross Country, Running Fast, and Winning Championship, " focuses on how to run fast and provides details of training methods and workout details that produced teams and individuals with nationwide success. He joined Wesley Sykes to discuss how to gain interest in non-core sports at the high school level. COACHAD.COM 43http://www.COACHAD.COM