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"I find that in order to develop an athlete, you truly have to get to know them - know their background and what they are capable of doing and handling - which will allow for greater success in the long run."

-Russ Brennen, Emerging Elites Coach

Coaching Staff

Fred Treseler - Head Coach

Fred Treseler is one of the premier coaches and talent identification experts in the running industry. As a former Division I collegiate athlete at Providence College, a father of two Division I athletes, and a high school, college, and Olympic coach, Fred Treseler has experienced many levels of athletics. He employs this unique perspective as an athlete, parent and coach to lead the Emerging Elites Program.

In his 35 years of professional coaching experience, Fred Treseler has identified talents for New Balance, Reebok, FILA and John Hancock, as well as international athletes aspiring to compete in the Olympics and the Boston Marathon. Fred Treseler coached the track and field program at Dedham High School and led the newly formed Boston College Women’s Cross-Country team to national prominence during the first few years of its existence.

After coaching at the collegiate level, Fred Treseler focused on post-collegiate athletes. He coached two athletes to the Olympic finals in the 10,000m, including an American athlete who was ranked #1 in the world at that distance in 1985.

Over the past five years, Fred Treseler's career has come full circle as he redirects his energy back to the middle and high school levels. He channels his athletic passion and expertise into identifying and developing rising young athletes through the Emerging Elites program.

Russ Brennen

Russ Brennen brings a wealth of both athletic and coaching experience to Emerging Elites. After graduating high school in Pennsylvania as one of the state's best distance runners, he competed on the varsity cross-country, indoor and outdoor track teams at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Russ Brennen joined Babson College as head coach in 2004 where he produced three all-conference athletes, including the first female in Babson school history, and nine Academic All-Americans. In addition, his athletes have rewritten the school record books by breaking an alarming 57 records in the past three years. Prior to Babson he coached at Salve Regina University, the Cambridge Running Club and the Boston Running Club.

Peter Stone, P.T.

Peter Stone graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and has practiced physical therapy in the Boston area for over 30 years. During this time, he has skillfully assessed and treated Olympians, professional, collegiate and high school athletes, assisting them to achieve their performance goals. Throughout his career, Peter Stone has been involved with cutting edge research in the area of sports medicine and orthopedics. The Emerging Elites program is the beneficiary of Peter Stone's extraordinary knowledge of human body mechanics and specific movements in sport. Peter personally evaluates all Emerging Elites with a physical assessment prior to the start of the program.