![]() ![]() The coaches were shocked! So they made me continue in track.” “My first race ever in high school was a 5:03 mile straight out of off season basketball. I have run or been involved in track and cross country ever since that day in 1984,” said Schwartz. I made a split decision to join the track team at that moment. In my junior year, my high school dropped the baseball program which I was really into – I was walking through the gym after school upon hearing the news that the baseball program was canceled and I saw some guys sitting on the bleachers getting reading for track. ![]() “I started running in middle school informally – did some 10K races in the 7th grade and ran many long miles for conditioning in basketball. What some do not know–because he is extremely humble–is that ever since an incredible split-second decision in 1984, Schwartz has run in numerous races and knocked every one of them out of the park. Those same people will know that Schwartz is full of character, personality and a nonchalant, “silent but deadly,” style of humor. Is it Chuck Schwartz, or National Collegiate Athlete Association (NCAA) 3000-Meter Steeplechase National Champion of 1988?įor the sake of brevity and ease of reading, Schwartz will have to do.Īnyone who knows Schwartz will know that coaching track and cross country are his passion alongside family and teaching. Sporting a cool mustache, Schwartz runs in the lead of a 3000 meter steeple chase he won in Albuquerque (1990).
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