Join expert coaches and talented athletes for an overnight cross country camp at Rock Mountain Bible Camp in Susquehanna, PA.About this Event
Registration
REGISTER BEFORE MAY 15th TO RECEIVE $75 OFF!
Pre-registration $375* - Before May 15th
General registration $450* - After June 15th
*$50 due at registration. Balance of payment due upon arrival.
Deadline for general registration is May 15th!
Running Ahrens Cross Country Camp
Join us for another year of Running Ahrens Cross Country Camp at Rock Mountain Bible Camp! Our first year of camp was 30 years ago and we are excited for another year!
During the week of camp, we aim to prepare athletes both mentally and physically for the upcoming season. The week will be challenging so we encourage all campers to come with a base level of fitness. Each workout will be modified to fit the individual's level of ability and fitness. Running Ahrens Cross Country Camp is open to athletes in grades 9-12 for the 2023-2024 school year.
Not least of all, camp will be fun! This is a great week to develop team bonds as well as make new friends with runners from other teams!
Camp facilities include:
- 18-hole disc golf course
- Gymnasium
- TEAM initiative course
- Zipline
- Dining hall
- Cabins/dorm rooms
- Game room
- Swimming pool
- Meeting rooms for clinics and chapels
- Canoes
- Kayaks
- Craft room
Click here for a video tour of the camp.
Camp activities include:
- 1 or 2 workouts each day
- Run up Elk Mountain, the highest peak in eastern Pennsylvania
- 1 or 2 clinics each day covering topics such as injury prevention, running form, training principles, race strategy, etc.
- Form analysis
- Volleyball tournament
- Three hot, all you care to eat meals served daily in the dining hall
- Monday night pizza party
- Friday night campfire
- Chapel
- Daily recreation and free times
- Team bonding activities
- Q & A sessions
- Giveaways courtesy of National Running Center and Scranton Running Company
Click here for the 2019 camp video!
Daily Schedule (Tuesday—Friday)
7:30 am-8:15 am Breakfast
8:30 am-9:30 am Clinic
9:45 am-11:30 am Morning workout
12:00 pm-12:45 pm Lunch
1:00 pm-2:00 pm Clinic
2:15 pm-3:45 pm Free time
4:00 pm-5:15 pm Afternoon workout
5:30 pm-6:15 pm Dinner
6:45 pm-7:45 pm Tournament time
8:00 pm-9:00 pm Chapel
9:00 pm-10:00 pm Snack bar open; free time
10:00 pm Cabins/dorms
10:30 pm Lights out
COST
REGISTER BEFORE MAY 15th TO RECEIVE $75 OFF!
Pre-registration $375* - Before May 15th
General registration $450* - After June 15th
*$50 due at registration. Balance of payment due upon arrival.
Deadline for general registration is May 15th!
ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE
Check-in: Monday, August 7th, 3:30-5PM
Check-out: Saturday, August 12th, 10AM
WHAT TO BRING
Sleeping bag or bedding
Pillow
Toiletries
Towels
Plenty of running clothes (especially socks!). Shirts must be worn for all runs on camp property.
Multiple pairs of running shoes
Swimwear (no bare midriff)
Cash for snack shack
Insect repellant
Sunscreen
Water bottle with your name on it
Flashlight
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS are permitted only with signed parent permission and dosage instructions. All medications will be kept and administered by our trainer.
Check this space for further details as they become available. A checklist for what to bring and what not to bring will be emailed prior to camp.
CAMP STAFF
Our staff includes some of the most successful coaches in the state of Pennsylvania! They combine for over 100 years of coaching and have coached more than 40 athletes to individual state medalists. They also have 7 state championship team titles and 9 state runner-up team finishes.
Rob Ahrens - Coach Ahrens has 14 years of high school and college coaching experience. He has coached multiple district champions and state medalists as well as Foot Locker Cross Country Champion Tessa Barrett. He currently serves as the Head Women's and Men's Cross Country Coach at Gannon University. Prior to Gannon, he was Head Cross Country/Track & Field coach at Marywood University for four years, winning 12 conference championships. He was voted twelve-time Atlantic East Conference Coach of the Year. His own running success includes winning the Hershey Half Marathon, Scranton Half Marathon, and Binghamton Bridge Run in addition to placing in the top 5 in the Steamtown Marathon three times.
Jeff Brandt - Started coaching at Danville Area High School in Fall of 1978 in Cross Country and Track and Field. Prior to that, he ran at Hershey High School and Bloomsburg State College (University) in both Cross Country and Track and Field. Coached a total of 32 PIAA District IV Team Titles (11 Boys and 21 Girls), and 12 Individual District IV Titles (5 Times a Boy and 7 Times a Girl Won). At the state meet, had 6 Runner-Up Place Finishes (1 Boys Team in 1984 and 5 Girls Teams 1992, 1997, 2015, 2018, 2022) with 2 State Titles under the girls program (1991 and 2017). 9 times a boy and 23 times a girl has placed individually in the Top 25 at States, including 2022 AA State Champion, Rory Lieberman.
Ronnie Chastain, M.A., A.T.C. - Head Athletic Trainer and adjunct instructor at Clarks Summit University.
Kip Hoffman - Coach Hoffman has 22 years of coaching including 7 years as head coach at Warrior Run High School, 10 years assistant coach at Bucknell University, 2 years head coach at Lycoming College and is currently assisting back at Warrior Run. He competed at Warrior Run and Bloomsburg University. After college, he raced several marathons including Boston and NYC and currently enjoys long runs in the woods (finished two hundred milers last year!).
Will Squier - With 22 years of coaching experience, 4 state titles, and 4 state runner-up finishes, Coach Squier heads up one of the premier cross country programs in PIAA Class A. During his time at Elk Lake he has been named "Coach of the Year" for both boys and girls.
More coaches & counselors TBA.
Event Venue
Rock Mountain Bible Camp, 1156 Rock Mountain Drive, Susquehanna, United States
USD 45.13