Gulf States Distance Running Camp

The Gulf States Distance Running Camp


St. Benedict, Louisiana: July 30 - August 4rth


"The Key to Success"

Five Days of Training, Condtioning,
and Motivating


Return Address:
The Gulf States Distance Running Camp

9725 Robin Lane
River Ridge, LA 70123


Meet the Director

Paul Garvey has most recently coached at Loyola University where
his men's and women's teams have won numerous Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
and NAIA Regional Championships, as well as having produced many NAIA National
Championships qualifying teams. He has coached at St. Mary's Dominican Highschool
where he developed many distance runners who were competetive on the state level
including two State Champions and two State Runners Up. Paul has coached at Jesuit
Highschool where his team won a number of District and Metro Cross Country Titles.


Paul is a USA Track and Field Level III certified coach and an USATF Coaching Education
Instructor. He has served on the New Orleans Track Club Executive Board and has published
several technical coaching articles. He currently serves as President for the Louisiana Track
and Field Coaches' Association.




The Gulf States Distance Running Camp was founded in 1990 by Mike Diorka, a former collegiate
coach and currently the Director of Recreation Sport at the University of Pennsylvania. During
that time almost 1,100 athletes have experienced the professional instruction offered by
the staff of the Gulf States Camp.