Coaches Mike Hargis mhargis@kaskaskia.edu KC Graduate, Mike Hargis, begins his second year as head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country teams at Kaskaskia College. A Salem resident, Hargis has a proven track record in the sport of cross country serving as the coach for Selmaville Grade School for eight years before moving on to the high school level in 2002 where he served as head coach for seven years. As the head coach at Salem, Hargis has been quite successful earning the school five Apollo Conference Championships in boys track, two Apollo Conference Championships in Cross Country, one girls Regional Cross Country Championship, one NEC Conference in Boys Track, eight junior varsity boys track championships, one NEC boys and girls conference cross country championships. He has also coached a Boys Cross Country State Qualifying Team as well as had four IHSA AA Boys All- State Track athletes. In 2009, Hargis had his most successful season as cross country coach as his team qualified for the State Tournament. In his inagural season as head coach at KC, the mens team was named to the Coaches Association Academic All-American team, two members of that team received individual Academic All-American hours and one female was also awarded an individual Coach's Association Academic All-American. Bruce Fisher bfisher@kaskaskia.edu Bruce Fischer has been an assistant coach of the men's and women's cross country teams at Kaskaskia College since the start of the program in 2009. A Centralia resident, Fischer competed for the Centralia High School cross country program under the guidance of coach Rod White before moving on to college at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. A four time All-American at NCAA Division 3 North Central, twice in cross country and twice in the steeplechase, Fischer was a member of two National Champion cross country teams while running for legendary coach Al Carius. He was also an individual champion in the always tough CCIW conference, and helped North Central start an unprecedented streak of conference team championships that extends from 1974 to the present. Fischer brings a wealth of knowledge of what it takes to be a successful runner as well as a genuine love for the sport to the Blue Devils and Blue Angels teams.