Fernando L. Fantroy Sr.
Fernando L. Fantroy Sr. has 36 years of track and field experience. Sixteen of those were spent coaching athletes at the high school level. Coach Fantroy was also the founder and head coach of Dare to Dream Track Club and Dare to Dream Sports Academy,
where he coached various level of athletes for 17 years.
During his career, Coach Fantroy has developed over 50 individual state champions, three United State of America Track and Field (USATF) Youth National Champs, 15 USATF finalist and seven state record holders. The range of his athletes' championships
was from hurdles, middle distance runners, girls & boys long distance runners and the triple jump. Coach Fantroy's motto for his athletes is to be "DSMO" (dedicated self-motivated ones.)
Coach Fantroy is Level-1 USATF certified. He was a volunteer sprint coach at Warner Pacific College for the 2014 track season. Coach Fantroy is the owner and head coach at The Furnace Athletic Academy LLC. Because of his vast wealth of knowledge in
hurdle training and competition; he has been deemed by his athletes and fellow coaches as "The Hurdle Doc." He has been one of the presenters at the Aloha Chat n Chew now The Nike NW Coaches Clinic for the past three years.
Kelly Holding
Kelly Holding has 29 years of coaching experience, including 25 years at the high school level where she won seven team state championships and coached her athletes to 63 state championships and multiple state records. Coach Holding is a six-time
Oregon Athletic Coaches Association Track and Field Coach of the Year.
In her three years at Warner Pacific College, Holding's athletes earned four NAIA All-American titles in the long and triple jump. As an NAIA All-American high jumper herself for Central Washington University, Holding has a deep knowledge of the jumping
events. She is USATF Level 2 certified and knowledgeable in the sprints, hurdles, and relays as well.
Holding lives in Damascus with her husband, Jim, and has three adult daughters.
Steve Curtis
Assistant coach Steve Curtis begins his second year coaching the throwers at Mt Hood. Coach Curtis comes from Warner Pacific College (WPC) where he was the throwing coach for the past three years. During his tenure at WPC his throwers rewrote the
record book, setting six new school records and placing 26 other marks in the school’s all time top ten lists. He has had the privilege of coaching athletes that competed at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
As a collegiate competitor, Curtis was the NAIA District 2 hammer throw champion for three consecutive years, finishing 11th and 12th nationally in the event for George Fox College. He also was third in the district in the discus his senior year,
when he was named the Bruin MVP.
Curtis lives in SE Portland with his wife, Karen. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.