Charlotte Lettis Richardson has been both an athlete at the national level, and a coach for over 45 years at the high school, college, and club levels. Beginning her own running career in 1971 at the age of 20, she fought for equal opportunity for women runners to participate in longer distances. In her running career, she held every New England Title from the 880 to 30K. In 1972 she was the first woman to run in the Mt. Washington Road Race. In 1976 she qualified for the 1500m in the US Olympic Trials. She won both the RRCA National Cross Country Championships in 1974, and the L’eggs Mini Marathon 10K in 1975. She ran for Nike in the Athlete Assistance Program, and later headed up the Nike Women’s Track and Field Department
Bob Williams is a coaching icon in Oregon, and arguably the US. His speciality is middle distance, but he has successfully coached the 400m to the marathon. His familiar presence on tracks across the city of Portland is legendary. His coaching has spanned decades beginning in 1965 to the present. Over the years he has coached club, college and high school teams, as well as hundreds of individual athletes.