Pat Tyson

One of the nation’s most renowned distance coaches, Pat Tyson returns to the 2007 Oregon cross country camp.

The former Duck and current University of Kentucky distance coach competed in two NCAA Cross Country Championships for the Ducks (33rd in 1971, 54th in 1972) and helped UO to first- and third-place finishes, respectively. On the track, the former walk-on ended his collegiate career in 1973 ranked top-six for the Ducks in the 3-mile (sixth, 13:37.0) and 6-mile (fourth, 28:34.0).

After graduation, he continued to train as a post-collegian and began a 31-year prep coaching career that included a pair of stops in Seattle, and most recently at Mead High School in Spokane, Wash.

As the Mead cross county head coach and assistant track and field since 1986, his harrier squads have compiled an amazing dual record of 132-6, and in the fall and spring campaigns his distance runners have combined for 26 individual state titles and 12 state team titles. He has guided harrier teams to top-five national rankings seven seasons, and last fall, his team took third in 2004’s Nike Team Nationals in Portland. Individually, he has guided seven runners to the Footlocker High School Championships - third-most of any high school nationally.

Several of his Mead alumni have followed his lead and joined the Men of Oregon distance corps the past decade, including All-Americans Matthew and Micah Davis and NCAA cross country veterans Rob Aubrey and Greg James.

Matthew Davis was a three-time state cross country champion (1991-93) and won both the 1,600 and 3,200 track titles as a sophomore and junior before he missed his senior season with an injury. Brother Micah was a prep-All-American after he led the 1995 prep list in the 3,200 (8:58.34) and won state titles himself as a senior in cross country and in the 3,200. James and Aubrey added 1994 state titles in the 1,600 and 3,200, respectively, as seniors before they arrived in Eugene that fall.

In his prior work as a prep coach in Seattle, his Shorecrest High School squads went 31-3 in three seasons, and made state meet trips in 1984 and ’85 and took third in ‘83. In his first coaching stop at Shoreline Junior High School, he amassed a record of 68-12 record as a junior high school coach from 1973-82.

A former roommate and teammate of Oregon great Steve Prefontaine, Tyson is known as one of the nation’s most respected motivators thanks to his charismatic, enthusiastic and positive rapport with runners of all ages and abilities.



TYSON'S MEAD RESUME

BOYS WASHINGTON STATE TRACK & FIELD INDIVIDUAL TITLES

2004 - 1,600, 1st, Evan Garber (Sr.), Mead, 4:10.72
2004 - 3,200, 1st, Evan Garber (Sr.), Mead, 9:13.41
2003 - 3,200, 1st, Evan Garber (Jr.), Mead, 9:12.07
2002 - 3,200, 1st, Jesse Fayant (Sr.), Mead, 9:01.51
1998 - 3,200, 1st, Matt Lowe, Mead, 9:10.62
1995 - 1,600, 1st, Skiy DeTray (Sr.), Mead, 4:08.51
1995 - 3,200, 1st, Micah Davis (Sr.), Mead, 8:58.34
1994 - 1,600, 1st, Greg James (Sr.), Mead, 4:10.06
1994 - 3,200, 1st, Rob Aubrey (Sr.), Mead, 9:07.85
1993 - 1,600, 1st, Matt Davis (Jr.), Mead, 4:10.77
1993 - 3,200, 1st, Matt Davis (Jr.), Mead, 9:04.37
1992 - 1,600, 1st, Matt Davis (So.), Mead, 4:15.42
1992 - 3,200, 1st, Matt Davis (So.), Mead, 9:12.57
1990 - 1,600, 1st, Nathan Davis (Sr.), Mead, 4:10.69
1989 - 1,600, 1st, Chris Lewis (Sr.), Mead, 4:08.31
1989 - 3,200, 1st, Chris Lewis (Sr.), Mead, 8:50.65
1988 - 1,600, 1st, Chris Lewis (Jr.), Mead, 4:09.58


*BOYS CROSS COUNTRY WASHINGTON STATE INDIVIDUAL TITLES

*2003 - 5K, 1st, Evan Garber (Sr.), Mead, 15:24
*2001 - 5K, 1st, Jesse Fayant (Sr.), Mead, 15:30
1994 - 3 Miles, 1st, Micah Davis (Sr.), Mead, 14:51.4
1993 - 3 Miles, 1st, Matthew Davis (Sr.), Mead, 14:09.3
1992 - 3 Miles, 1st, Matthew Davis (Jr.), Mead, 14:39.5
1991 - 3 Miles, 1st, Matthew Davis (So.), 14:48.7
1989 - 3 Miles, 1st, Greg Kuntz (Sr.), Mead 14:29.0
1988 - 3 Miles, 1st, Chris Lewis (Sr.), Mead, 14:27.3
1987 - 3 Miles, 1st, Chris Lewis (Jr.), Mead, 14:37.0


*All individual titles were 3A, except for 2001, '03 (which were 4A)

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY WASHINGTON STATE TEAM TITLES

2002 - Mead, 73 points
2001 - Mead, 63 points
2000 - Mead, 95 points
1996 - Mead, 34 points
1995 - Mead, 54 points
1994 - Mead, 46 points
1993 - Mead, 31 points
1992 - Mead, 20 points
1991 - Mead, 28 points
1990 - Mead, 43 points
1989 - Mead, 41 points
1998 - Mead, 43 points


WASHINGTON STATE TRACK RECORDS

State All-Time Record
1,600 - 4:04.6, Chris Lewis, Mead, 1989
3,000 - 8:19.56, Jesse Fayant, Mead, 2002


State Meet Record
3,200 - 8:50.65, Chris Lewis, Mead, 1989


STATE ALL-TIME TOP-100 LISTS

1,500 Meters
Skiy DeTray, Mead, 3:54.3, 1995

1,600 Meters
Chris Lewis, Mead, 4:04.6, 1989
Micah Davis, Mead, 4:07.34, 1995*
Skiy DeTray, Mead, 4:08.51, 1995
Evan Garber, Mead, 4:09.19, 2004*
Greg James, Mead, 4:10.06, 1994
Nathan Davis, Mead, 4:10.69, 1990
Matthew Davis, Mead, 4:10.77, 1993
Rob Aubrey, Mead, 4:11.19, 1994
Jesse Fayant, Mead, 4:11.39, 2002
Jason Fayant, Mead, 4:12.92, 1997
*indicates converted from mile

3,000 Meters
Jesse Fayant, Mead, 8:19.56, 2002 (state record)
Evan Garber, Mead, 8:33.03, 2004


3,200 Meters
Chris Lewis, Mead, 8:50.65, 1989
Evan Garber, Mead, 8:54.91, 2004
Micah Davis, Mead, 8:58.34, 1995
Skiy DeTray, Mead, 8:58.35, 1995
Jesse Fayant, Mead, 9:01.51, 2002
Jason Fayant, Mead, 9:03.09, 1997
Matthew Davis, Mead, 9:04.37, 1993
Nathan Davis, Mead, 9:05.65, 1990
Geoff Greer, Mead, 9:07.48, 2003
Rob Aubrey, Mead, 9:07.85, 1994
Morgan Thompson, Mead, 9:08.74, 1997
Matt Lowe, Mead, 9:10.62, 1998