The Takeover with Coach Pete Watson

Welcome to The Takeover with Coach Pete Watson!

The Takeover! Join Coach Pete Watson as he runs his favorite workout.

This in-person event will be held at 525 Dundas St, so mark your calendars!

indoor national championship. Texas’ distance medley relay posted the third-fastest time in NCAA history en route to victory in a time of 9:23.73. Watson was named the 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Assistant Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA. Outdoors, Texas was the national runner-up at the 2022 NCAA Championship.

This past cross country season, Watson led the Longhorns to the 2021 NCAA South Central regional team championship and tied for the school’s best NCAA Championship finish since 2013, taking 14th place. The men’s cross country team earned an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Championship in each of his three seasons in Austin, including two NCAA South Central regional titles.

In total, Watson mentored 18 NCAA All-Americans, 18 NCAA Track & Field qualifiers, and 12 Big 12 Conference individual champions during his tenure at Texas.

“I want to thank Blake James for this opportunity and I cannot wait to get started,” Watson said. “Throughout the entire process, JM Caparro, Reshauna Cobb, and the entire administration has been so impressive and welcoming. I am honored they all believed in the vision of the program I presented. Boston College is a world class institution in one of the greatest cities in the world. We can be great at BC - and we will be.”

Prior to his time at Texas, Watson served for six seasons (2012-18) as the head men’s cross country and assistant track & field coach at the University of Virginia. While with the Cavaliers, Watson coached 27 All-Americans and 39 All-ACC honorees, six individual ACC champions, and an NCAA champion (Henry Wynne, mile, 2016). UVA men’s cross country won two NCAA Southeast regional titles (2012, 2014) and for his efforts, Watson was named the 2014 NCAA Southeast Region Cross Country Coach of the Year. Virginia harriers finished in the top four at the ACC conference meet and in the top 22 at the NCAA Championship in each of his six seasons. The Hoos’ best finish at cross country nationals came in 2017, finishing 16th overall.

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