From the San Mateo Times and John Horgan:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_13439234?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com
Quite a pair
At Aragon High School, no one can accuse the cross-country team's coaching staff of lacking experience. Bill Daskarolis and Frank Hunt are a combined 141 years of age.
Hunt, 70, runs with the young athletes on a regular basis — which is impressive, considering that he underwent multiple coronary bypass surgery several years ago.
Hunt, a volunteer, joined the coaching staff at Aragon after a decade of doing the same thing at Burlingame High School and Skyline College in San Bruno.
Daskarolis, though retired as a full-time instructor, has been on the Aragon coaching roster since the early 1960s. In fact, the 2009 long-distance running season marks his 46th at the San Mateo school. There is no one coaching prep sports in San Mateo County who comes even remotely close to that amazing record of longevity.
Let's just dub these two dedicated guys — Aragon's own fit-as-a-fiddle, dedicated AARP duo — Scintillating Senior Citizens.
1 comment:
Thanks for this great little article. I have a renewed interest in cross country this year, as my son is a freshman at Alameda High and joined the team. I ran for Dasko back in 1978-79 and have been running competitively ever since, mostly due to a love of running that I learned from him. It was cool to see "Coach" when my son was competing against Aragon at the Ram Invitational a few weeks ago. Of course, we thought he was "old" back in the 70's - believe it or not, he hasn't aged a bit! Keep up the good work on the blog - thanks!
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