Track & Field

Boys/Girls' Track - Varsity/Sophomore

Spring Season, March-May

Practice M-F, 3:30-5:30pm

Coaching Staff

Brian Roth, Girls Varsity Track Coach

Hello Amundsen Families,

My name is Brian Roth and I am the Varsity Boy’s Cross Country and Varsity Girl’s Track Coach. I am also a diverse learner teacher in the Social Studies Department.

My athletic career started with wrestling in middle school, I was part of the wrestling team from 7th grade until my senior year. I was briefly a member of the football team my sophomore year. My running career did not start until my senior year of high school. I joined the cross country team to get into shape for the wrestling season. Much to my surprise I was pretty good at distance running.

I ended up making varsity my first year without training over the summer. I ended up quitting wrestling my senior year to run track in the spring. I ran a 4:30 mile during that year.

My distance career did not end with high school, I ran both D-3 and D-1 cross country and track. After my service in the US Navy, I attended UIC where I ran for 2 years before injuries ended my career prematurely.

I have been coaching Cross Country and Track since I started my student teaching at Amundsen in 2005. During the past 4 years coaching at Amundsen, I have seen this program grow immensely. I have really enjoyed the family atmosphere of our team and love being part of the Amundsen Athletic Program. We have seen some of our runners move on to college to compete. We are incredibly proud of our runners and their accomplishments. During the past two years we attended the state meet with an individual athlete and are looking forward to attending the state meet as a team. We are moving up in the ranks as one of the top programs in the city and continue to improve each year.

Marinda Kennedy, Boys Varsity Head Coach