Teams, Scores, & Schedules

Courtney Gilreath
Assistant Coach

Courtney Gilreath enters her 5th season as the Assistant Coach of the Franklin Road Academy Girls and Boys Cross Country and Track teams. Courtney also works in the US Aspire department and teaches US Spanish.

Graduating from Belmont University in the fall of 2013 with a bachelor's degree in Spanish and Secondary Education, Gilreath was a four-year member of the Cross Country and Track team. After graduating from Belmont University, she lived in Spain for 9 months teaching English as a second language before coming to FRA.

On the track she received Top 3 All-Conference in the Steeplechase her senior year. In cross country, her team received 2nd place at the conference championships her senior year. Her personal record in the 5k was 17:43, 11:11 in the 3k steeplechase, and 4:44 in the 1500m. During her time at FRA she has helped the Track and Field Team, under Head Coach David Tucker, finish runner up in the State Meet in 2018, and she has helped head coach Lisa Zenner lead the cross country team to runner-up team finishes in the Region meet the past couple of years.

Shawn Allen
Assistant Coach

Shawn has over a decade coaching track and field, specifically in the sprint and jumps. He spent two years helping the Vanderbilt Track and Field team as a volunteer jumps coach, and six years in the high school world as both a head coach and assistant coach. He was a graduate assistant for Florida State University, and prior to that a four year letterman and two time All Conference, where we won six conference titles, two NCAA Regional titles, and one National Title. In high school, Shawn played five Varsity sports. Shawn has an USATF Level II certified in Jumps and was a member of the FSU SAAC.

Drew Matthews
Assistant Coach

Drew Matthews enters his 3^rd season as an Assistant Coach with Franklin Road Academy Track and Field. Originally hailing from Sammamish, Washington, Coach Drew is a graduate of the University of Kansas (2016) where he competed in the sprints and relays. During his time at Kansas, Coach Drew garnered multiple All-Big XII selections and served as Team Captain (2015-2016). As a member of the 4x400m relay, he qualified for three NCAA National Championships and earned a 2^nd Team All-American selection along with a 1^st Team Academic-All American selection.

Following his time at Kansas, Coach Drew spent time working at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and coaching at Mill Valley Highschool in Shawnee, Kansas. Prior to arriving at FRA, he served as Graduate Assistant Track and Field Coach at the University of Alabama. While at Alabama, the Crimson Tide Men’s and Women’s Squads experienced success. Most notably featuring, SEC Champion and NCAA Silver Medalist Tamara Clark (200m) and 2020 Olympian Natassha McDonald (400m). As a relays coach, the Alabama Women also experienced great success, running to a school record 3:28.51 4x400m relay and All-American honors at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas.

Upon graduation from Alabama, Coach Drew moved to Nashville to pursue a career in finance and began coaching at FRA in 2019. Under Coach Drew’s tutelage, the FRA sprinter’s have continued to succeed, highlighted by 2021 Tennessee State 400m Champion Thatcher Frankfather. Coach Drew loves seeing his athletes realize their potential and owes his coaching success to his athletes and mentors Blaine Wiley and David Tucker. Drew is a USTFCCCA Technical Events Certified Coach.

Erica Stockstill-Diggs
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Brandon Grass
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David Carpenter
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Erica Stockstill-Diggs
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Eric Fisher
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Fran Hoogestraat
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