Mia Purnell coaches students through the race that is life
by Muthu Panchanatham, Sports Reporter
August 30, 2019
Newly appointed cross country and track head coach Mia Purnell stands proudly beside her bicycle, wearing a bright green Harker Athletics polo and a wide smile on her face, watching her student-athletes run around the track at the Blackford Campus. As a child, Mia Purnell “wanted to race everyone.” From raci...
Cross country, track and field coach retires
February 22, 2019
Standing in the center of Blackford’s track with a baseball cap over his head, Scott Chisam chats with a few seniors as the other runners finish their warm-up lap and sit cross-legged in front of him in the grass. Once everyone settles down, he launches into the week’s agenda in a calm yet energized ...
Iyer on Fire
by Rose Guan, Wingspan Senior Staff Writer and Designer
June 11, 2017
It’s a cool afternoon in mid-December, the off-season for a cross-country or track runner. Nikitha “Niki” Iyer (‘17) wears a gray hoodie over black track pants, to ward against the cold. She adjusts a USA Track Foundation sweatband, checks her watch as she walks out of her Cupertino house—an...