Captains + Coaches
Running in Pop Culture
Science (no running)
Team Lore
Running in the Big Leagues
100

This beloved coach is also a math teacher at WHS. 

Who is Coach Pellegrini?

100

The line "run, Forrest, run!" is famous from this 1994 movie. 

What is Forrest Gump? 

100

The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism. 

What is a cell? 

100

Each December, the distance team gets a photo with this man. 

Who is Santa Claus?

100

How long (in miles) is a marathon?

26.2 miles

200

Granite State Running Camp is ran by this coach. 

Who is Coley? (plz sign up- see me or any captain for details) 

200

This 1976 movie features a character running up stairs while out on a jog. 

What is Rocky?

200

This branch of science is concerned with the classification of organisms.

What is Taxonomy?

200
Somewhat fittingly, Wes KQ knows every lyric to this musical. 

What is Hamilton? 

200

This University of Oregon runner went on to the olympics and had 2 feature films made about him. 

Who is Steve Prefontaine. 

300

Captain Zach Yoon Kim is famous for running into ___ during his junior year. 

What is a pole?

300

The meme featuring a man saying "why are you running? Why are you running?" was popular on this short video app which shut down in 2017. 

What is Vine? 

300

Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, and Iodine are all considered these types of molecules.

What are Diatomic Molecules?

300

After failing to show at Saturday practice, Coley and the distance boys ran over to this senior's girlfriend's house to pick him up. 

Who is Tyler Johnson?

300

After Bobbi Gibb illegally ran in 1966, this runner was the first woman to legally run the Boston Marathon. 

Who is Kathrine Switzer? 

400

You can see this captain driving around Winchester in a 2001 pickup truck. 

Who is Tim Hamilton?

400

Featured in the Top Gun and Mission Impossible movies, this actor runs literally everywhere. 

Who is Tom Cruise? 

400

The spontaneous decomposition of an unstable atomic nucleus into a more stable form, in one of three decays: alpha, beta, gamma.

What is Radioactivity?

400

This senior was almost kidnapped in a Qdoba post dual meet. 

Who is Mikayla Ferguson

400

After racing at many high level high school, collegiate, and professional races (including representing Team USA in the World Athletics XC Champs) senior Ellie Shea goes back to this local high school. 

What is Belmont High School? 

500

Outside of volunteering with the track team, Coach Cantillion works at a ____. 

What is a funeral home? 

500

In an argument with her daughter, Lorelai says "you’re gonna have to walk faster than that. You’re gonna have to turn into friggin’ Flo-Jo to get away from me" in this famous TV series. 

What is Gilmore Girls? 

500

In 1649, Hennig Brand discovered this first element that would later be apart of the Periodic Table of the Elements.

What is Phosphorus?

500

At the 2022 distance team gift exchange, Tedy Cutting received this odd gift. 

What is a vase? 

500

With notable runners like Nico Young, Colin Salhman, and Drew Bosley, this team placed 2nd in the 2023 XC NCAAs. 

What is Northern Arizona University (NAU)?