Roberts Hired as Bluefield Head Cross Country Coach
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BLUEFIELD, Va. -
Bluefield
College Athletic Director Peter
Dryer announced the hiring of Bluefield College alum Travis Roberts as
head cross country coach. Roberts returns to Bluefield with extensive
leadership experience and will lead the Rams as their new head cross
country coach.
"In
Coach Roberts we have someone who loves the Lord, loves Bluefield
College, and is serious about building an elite cross country program
here at
BC," said Athletic Director Peter Dryer.
During
his time as a scholastic athlete at Tazewell high School, Roberts was a
member of the school's inaugural cross country team and ran under Coach
Tom Keene.
Despite
being a self-proclaimed average runner through the tutelage of Keene
and hard work, Roberts was able to develop his mile time below five
minutes
and his 5k time below 17 minutes.
"Cross
Country is similar to the race of life we are all running spiritually,"
said Roberts. "It takes discipline, personal integrity and commitment
to reach the prize and I am looking forward to bringing my running
experience and leadership experience to the team at my Alma matter."
Roberts
is the owner of Techpacity, a multimedia business that provides
corporate video production, public relation services, web design and
other
media related services.
Roberts
served fulltime at Destiny Outreach ministries for six and a half years
as executive pastor under Pastor Steve Branch where he gave oversight
to the ministry teams within the church.
Roberts
earned his Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Bluefield College in
2001. He resides in Tazewell, Va., with his wife, Rebekah Roberts
and their two children, Carter (7) and Albany (2).
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