Tom has qualified for the Olympic Trials Marathon three times (2000 ’04 and ’08). He trained under legendary coach Harry Groves at Penn State and graduated in 1996. Tom ran with the Nike Farm Team and Coaches Jeff Johnson, Vin Lananna, Jack Daniels and Ray Appenheimer from 1996-2004. From 2004-2006 Tom served as Assistant Distance Coach to Frank Gagliano for the Nike Farm Team.
Through Focus-N-Fly Tom has helped thousands of runners set new PR’s. He has trained Marathoners ranging from 2:15 to 8:15 and remains convinced that anyone can improve their running with the right approach.
From 1996-2004, He worked as a Development Manager of Order Management Applications Division at Oracle HQ. From 2004-2007, he worked as a Data Warehouse Architect consulting with companies like EFI, Sephora, and Shutterfly.
Renga’s interest and passion for long distance running started when he was an under graduate student at the University of Wisconsin – Superior. He was a varsity Cross Country and Track Athlete from 1992 – 1996. However, he quit running after several injuries.
He met Tom a few years ago and started training again under Focus-N-Fly. With renewed passion for running and training, he decided to become an active member of the Focus-N-Fly team and help develop the Focus-N-Fly Training Application.
From 1999-2005, she served on the Stanford Track & Field/ Cross Country staff. Dena earned NCAA Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year honors in 2003 as Stanford won the NCAA Division I Championship. She was named Pac-10 Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2003-04, and West Regional Coach of the Year in 2004.
From 2006-08, she worked with the Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative, helping to expand the after school fitness programs for elementary school aged girls to Mountain View, East Menlo Park, and Redwood City. She has also served both the Stanford Center on Ethics and the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession as a program coordinator.
Dena graduated from Stanford in 1996.
Jack has provided infinite resources and data that has helped automate the Focus-N-Fly solution.
Jeff has been a tremendous mentor and proponent of the train at current fitness level to race at peak performance mantra for Focus-N-Fly.
Gary developed all aspects of the original Focus-N-Fly athlete tracking system and has been a tremendous supporter of the team.
