Ted Golota
Camp Director & Organizer
Coach Golota is the current head coach and founder of the Lake Forest Vikings. He was the head coach for boys and girls track and field at Lake Forest Academy for 8 years. He is currently a hurdle coach at Grayslake Central HS. His accomplishments are listed below.
As a Coach:
In the 3 years of the Lake Forest Vikings existence, his club has produced 2 All-Americans, 11 National Qualifiers, 2 Regional Champions, 20 Regional Qualifiers, 2 Illinois Association Champions. Under his coaching at Lake Forest Academy, the 4x100, 200, 400, and 800 records have been broken outdoors. He also started a competitive indoor track program at LFA. He has had runners go D1 and D3 in his time as head coach. Coach Golota has been coaching for 10 years.
As an Athlete:
- Former record holder for the freshman 55 high hurdles.
- 7th in the indoor state meet for the 55 high hurdles.
- Conference Champion in the 110m Hurdles.
- Collegiate hurdler at North Central College, earning 6th at Conference during his freshman year.
- 2nd on the all-time top ten list for the indoor 55 High hurdles.
- 2nd on the all-time top ten list for the indoor 55 Intermediate hurdles.