February 22, 2019
Presented by Richard Furst, Camp Director
The Nike Five Star Running Camp Celebrates its 39th Year
San Rafael, CA – Celebrating its 39th year this summer, the Nike Five Star Running Camp looks forward to bringing its campers the very best experience in running and in camper group activities. The 2019 camp dates are August 11-16. Located in the southern Catskill Mountains, on the campus of Iroquois Springs, runners take country roads and have the opportunity to train at a nearby state park with awesome running trails.
Five Star Cross Country Camp is directed by tenth-year camp director, Coach Rich Furst. Coach Furst brings his "attitude is everything" philosophy each year to camp. His Warwick Valley (NY) High School Girl Harriers have won 14 Orange County championships, including a streak of 11 in a row. He has coached five NY State cross country champions, five Footlocker qualifiers and one Footlocker national champion. Since 2015 his Goshen teams have earned All-American honors at 2000m steeple chase middle school mile, All Canada 400m and have meddled in consecutive years in the Millrose HS girls 3200m relay. Coach Furst is also to be inducted into the New York Section IX.
The runs are planned as a mix of hard and easy workouts designed to bring each runner to a higher level of confidence and fitness. Guest speakers and coaches base every activity on the virtues of enthusiasm and inspiration and campers come away motivated and confident that they have learned much and are excited and ready to begin their new season.
“Coach Furst is amazing! His passion for Five Star is relentless. Year after year, by camp’s end, the chant we hear is ‘We are Five Star!’,” says Jan O’Connor, Executive Vice President of US Sports Camps. “Iroquois Springs offers an “old-fashioned” camp setting: in cabins, on a lake, wide lawns for games and rec. It is a perfect place to train and grow as a runner and as a person.”
This is a coed camp, for athletes ages 12-18 of all ability levels, offering six training days and 5 nights of motivational talks, videos and culture building group activities. It is truly an All-American experience.
About US Sports Camps
US Sports Camps (USSC), headquartered in San Rafael, California, is America's largest sports camp network and the licensed operator of Nike Sports Camps. The company has offered summer camps since 1975 with the same mission that defines it today: to shape a lifelong enjoyment of athletics through high quality sports education and skill enhancement.
Players, coaches, parents and others interested in the 2019 Nike Running Camps can visit www.ussportscamps.com/running or call 1-800-645-3226.