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Craig Vital - Head Coach
In 9th year as head track & field coach. Five years as boys coach at Manchester High School (96' - 00'), 4 years as head girl's coach at Columbia Central (02' - 05'). 1 year as assistant coach at Columbia Central (01'). 1 year assistant middle school coach at Manchester (95'). Also boys and girls cross country coach at Manchester (95' - 99'), and then Columbia Central (01' - 04'). Participated in cross country (4 years - captain junior and senior), basketball (4 years), baseball (2 years), and track & field (2 years - captain senior) at Napoleon High School from 85' - 89'. Personal bests of :11.4 in the 100 and :23.7 in 200. Conference Champion on 400/800 relay teams. Captained only team to go 10 - 0 in school history, all part of a run of 10 consecutive year run as conference champion(83' - 92'), where combined dual meet record was 92 - 3. Also, cross country/track & field official for15 years. Married 3 years to Jenny Baxter Vitale, with one son, Gus Owen, 10 months.

Stephen Scouten - Coach
Stephen Scouten - Class of 1980 Graduate, best vault was 12 feet at the 1980 Hillsdale Invitational where his teammate Jon Vanduzen also went 12 feet, giving a Columbia a combined vault of 24 feet, setting the event record! Stephen is Director of Technology for the district. He has been coaching both High School and Middle School vaulters since 2002.