TOP SPEED RUNNING 1371 Foothill Blvd.
La Verne, CA 91750
(909)593-7400

Hours:
Monday-Friday 10-7
Saturday 10-5
Sunday Closed
 
The Faces of Top Speed Running

Rod Crowell, Owner
Rod racing a 5k Rod Crowell opened Top Speed Running in January of 2003. Rod, a graduate of USC, earned his Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Irvine and, until 2002, worked as an engineer. A lifelong runner, Rod competed primarily in the middle distances. Since 2002, Rod has coached youth cross country and track and field. His four children, ages 7-13, all run competitively and enjoy helping out at the store. Elisabeth, Rod's wife, also enjoys running and provides much behind-the-scenes support for Top Speed Running.

Fun fact: Rod's favorite soda shares his initials -- RC Cola.


Rob Lander, Manager
California International Marathon, 2004 Rob has been at Top Speed Running since day one. In 2001, he earned his Masters degree in Kinesiology from Cal State Fullerton. Along with being a competitive distance runner for 20 years (some years more competitive than others), Rob has coached cross country and track and field at both the high school and college level for a cumulative 15 years. He is currently the head cross country coach at Claremont High School, and has also served as assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton and Sonoma State. Since 2003, Rob has turned the focus of his own running to the marathon. Rob is the coach of Top Speed Running Elite.

Fun fact: Ask Rob about his missed opportunity to run with Lance Armstrong in Hawaii.


Sarah Jane Stetina, Assistant Manager
Arizona Rock 'n Roll Marathon, 2006 A life long runner turned marathoner, Sarah Jane has been with Top Speed Running since 2004. She studied business at Cal Poly Pomona with an emphasis in small business management and entrepreneurship. Since 2003, she has been a mentor for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training, a marathon program that has raised millions of dollars for blood cancer research. She has run 7 marathons including Honolulu, Long Beach, San Diego Rock 'n Roll, Arizona Rock 'n Roll, St. George, and the Anchorage Mayor's Marathon.

Fun fact: Sarah Jane is our web designer.


David Costanza, Marketing Coordinator
Long Beach
Half Marathon, 2008 		David ran for Hoover High School from 1993-1997. He competed at the High School State Cross Country meet his 10th, 11th, and 12 grade years. In 1996, he was ranked the #1 Cross Country runner in the state of California. Also in 1996, David competed at the High School National Cross Country Championships, finishing 13th overall with All American honors. His high school cross country PR was 15:01 on the old Mt. SAC course. David holds high school track and field PRs of 4:20 and 9:15 in the mile and 2-mile. He competed in the 2-mile at the California State Championships his junior and senior year.

Thanks to his successful high school running career, David was awarded a scholarship to the University of Arizona, where he competed and made the All Region team all four years. During his collegiate career, David competed in 3 NCAA National Championships, narrowly missing All American honors. In 1999 he help the Wildcats capture the PAC-10 Cross Country Championship title with a 5th place overall finish and a time of 24:02 for the 8k course. His collegiate track and field career found him focusing on the 5k and 10k with respective PRs of 14:26 and 29:32. He also ran one 1500 in 4:01.

After college he made an attempt to go pro but a six month injury sidelined him and he decided to take a break from running. In 2006 he found himself assistant coaching at his alma mater, Hoover High School, where his flame for running began to rekindle. In 2007, after a 4 year hiatus from running he found himself slowly getting back to it. With some assistance from the running gods, he found his way to Top Speed Running where he is now working and running as a part of Top Speed Running Elite. His focus is now on the marathon and on the next Olympic Games.

Fun fact: David has a Bachelor of Studio Arts degree in ceramics and printmaking. He was previously known as David Lopez.


Sean Henning
Long Beach
Half Marathon, 2008 		Sean grew up in Santa Maria on the central coast of California. He ran cross-country and track at Saint Joseph High School, where he helped lead the Knights to 3 CIF Southern Section Finals appearances. He ran the mile and 2-mile his junior and senior year at the CIF Southern Section finals, placing 4th in the southern section is senior year. Sean attended CSU Fresno for two years, running cross-country and track. He transferred to Azusa Pacific University, and competed for them as well. Helped the Cougars place 5th at the NAIA Cross Country National Championships in 2006. He qualified for the marathon at NAIA track and field nationals twice, placing 22nd his junior year.

Sean graduated from APU in May of 2008 with a degree in Applied Health with a Physical Therapy emphasis. Sean plans on getting his masters degree in Exercise Physiology. He continues to run competitively as part of Top Speed Running Elite. He is a camp counselor at Runner's Workshop in the summer, a high school running camp. In 2008 he took the position as head Cross Country and Track and Field coach at Western Christian High School.

Fun fact: Sean is a diehard San Diego Padres and Chargers fan. He thinks the San Antonio Spurs are far superior to the Los Angeles Lakers, which Rob vehemently disagrees with. Sean also has a cat named Pre, after the legendary runner Steve Prefontaine.

 




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