DANIEL CAULFIELD - Head Coach
        Daniel Caulfield, an experienced and knowledgeable cross country and track coach, is in his 2nd season coaching the track team and 1st coaching the cross country team at Clarion. In 2005, Caulfield coached Clarion’s first Decathlon All-American and two NCAA qualifiers while leading the women’s track team to 12th place finishes at both the PSAC indoor and outdoor meets and the men’s team to a 12th place standing in the indoor meet.
        Caulfield came to Clarion from Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado where he was an assistant cross country and track and field coach from 1998-2004. Adam State captured four women’s (2004, 03, 1999, 98) and two men’s (2003, 1998) NCAA D-II Cross Country national championships. In track, the men’s team was third and the women second at the 2004 national championships.
        A native of Roscommon, Ireland, Caulfield graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, NY in 1991 before moving on to Adams State College from 1991-95 where he was a 10-time All-American and a 4-time National Champion. A member of the Adams State 1993 and 1994 NCAA D-II national championship cross country teams, he is the Adams State and RMAC Conference record holder in the 800m. He completed his bachelor’s degree in May of 1995 in Exercise Physiology and returned to Ireland to work as an exercise physiology lab technician in Dublin. Returning to Adams State in the Fall of 1998 as a G.A. coach, he received his M.A. in Health, Physical Education and Recreation in 1999.
        A proven competitor internationally, Caulfield placed 8th in the 2001 World Indoor Championships and 18th in the 2001 World Outdoor Championships in the 800 for Ireland. He is the Irish National Record Holder in the indoor 800 (1:47.21), was a 2-time European Cup champion in the 800 and 1,500 (1995, 2004) and was a 2-time Millrose Games runner-up. He held a top 50 IAAF World Rankin in 2001.
        Dan is the son of John and Nora Caulfield of Roscommon, Ireland.