BCHS Athletic Director: Drew Santandera
Booster club questions: Jennifer Bergeron
Indoor Track & Field
Andrew Rickert, Boys Head Coach, Boys' Distance Coach
E-mail: arickert@bethlehemschools.org
Phone: 518-248-8329
Tucker Chrapowitzky, Girls Head Coach, Girls Distance
Phone: 518-281-0927
Darnell Douglas, Assistant Coach, Boys Sprints/Jumps
E-mail: ddouglas@bethlehemschools.org
Phone: 518-441-2893
Jason Wood, Assistant Coach, Sprints/Jumps
E-mail: jwood1@bethlehemschools.org
Colin Ellsworth, Assistant Coach, Throws/PV cellsworth@bethlehemschools.org
Outdoor Track & Field
Andrew Rickert, Boys Head Coach, Boys' Distance Coach
E-mail: arickert@bethlehemschools.org
Phone: 518-248-8329
Tucker Chrapowitzky, Girls Head Coach, Girls Distance
Phone: 518-281-0927
Chris Verstandig, Assistant Coach, Boys' Distance
E-mail: cverstand@gmail.com
Phone: 518-487-9227
Darnell Douglas, Assistant Coach, Boys Sprints/Jumps
E-mail: ddouglas@bethlehemschools.org
Phone: 518-441-2893
Colin Ellsworth, Assistant Coach, Throws/PV cellsworth@bethlehemschools.org
Cross Country
Tucker Chrapowitzky, Girls and Boys Head Coach, Girls Distance Coach
Phone: 518-281-0927
Andrew Rickert, Boys' Team Coach
Phone: 518-248-8329
Andrew Rickert is a USATF level II certified coach entering his 8th season as the Boys' Head XC coach. Coach Rickert previously spent 14 years coaching track and cross country at The College of Saint Rose where he led two women’s teams to the NCAA Division II Cross Country championships. He was named the 2010 USTFCCCA East Region Division II Coach of the Year. He also helped guide multiple conference champions in events ranging from the 800m to 10,000m. A former stand-out for rival Guilderland, Coach Rickert teaches English at BCHS and is a member of the Lab School program. Coach Rickert competed for four years at UAlbany and continues to train and compete as a master’s runner with the Wild Rovers racing team. In the winter, Coach Rickert assists the indoor track team’s distance group. A lover of Dave Matthews Band and the NY Mets, he and his wife live in Slingerlands with their three young sons.
John and Kari Deer, Modified XC and Track Coaches
E-mail: jdeer@bethlehemschools.org or kdeer@bethlehemschools.org
Phone: John 518-322-7223, Kari 518-322-7241
John and Kari Deer live in Slingerlands with their two children who also run for the Bethlehem Eagles. For the past several years, they have been the Delmar Track and Field Club head coaches for both the fall cross country and spring track seasons. John and Kari coach the modified cross country and track and field teams here at Bethlehem. John teaches history at Bethlehem Central High School and Kari teaches second grade at Red Mill Elementary School in the East Greenbush Central School District. They are both on the USATF Adirondack Board and are active in the planning of youth and adult races and events in the region. John runs competitively for the Wild Rovers Racing Team and Kari races for the Willow Street Athletic Club, which are both elite racing teams in the Capital Region. You can spot us running around the town we love doing what we love most!
Booster Club Board of Directors
Jennifer Bergeron, Booster Club President
E-mail: president@bethlehemruns.org
Mail: P.O. Box 161, Delmar NY 12054
Emilie Chrapowitzky, Secretary
E-mail: secretary@bethlehemruns.org
Mail: P.O. Box 161, Delmar NY 12054
Bill Ketzer, Membership
E-mail: membership@bethlehemruns.org
Mail: P.O. Box 161, Delmar NY 12054
Suzie Berry, Vice President
E-mail: vicepresident@bethlehemruns.org
Lori Bosworth, Treasurer
E-mail: treasurer@bethlehemruns.org
Jill Greaux, Website
E-mail: admin@bethlehemruns.org