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about the coach

Coach Jeff Kajtsa (pronounced COY'-cha)



Qualifications:
- Involved in shot put and discus since 1986
- Competed in track and field for 1 year in junior high school, 4 years in high school, 2 years in college (including javelin), and occasionally in open/masters competitions. 
- Willowbrook High School's team tri-captain, 1990
- Has been a high school shot put and discus coach for 27 years: at Willowbrook H.S. in Villa Park, Riverside-Brookfield H.S., Carl Sandburg H.S. in Orland Park, IL., and Benet Academy H.S. in Lisle, IL.  He is currently the boys throws coach at Downers Grove North H.S.
- Has coached over 10 junior high school state qualifiers, 14 high school state qualifiers, including eight receiving All-State honors, and one state champion.   -  Five athletes are their school's record holders in shot put or discus.  Has also coached numerous high school conference champions.
- Spent 10 years as a shot put and discus official for the IHSA (Illinois High School Association) state championship track meets, held at Eastern Illinois University:  10 years as an official for the boys' meet, 8 years for the girls' meet.

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Certifications:
ACEP certification (American Coaching Effectiveness Program, now American Sport Education Program), May 1992
USATF Level 1 certification, January 1999
USATF Level 2 certification in throwing events, July 2015

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Willowbrook High School Track Photo, 1990

Willowbrook High School track photo, 1990

Shot putting senior year at Addison Trail H.S., May, 1990

Throwing javelin for College of DuPage, April, 1992

The coach with his Sandburg girls, having some fun after the competition....

At the John Powell and Brian Oldfield throws camp, Granville, Ohio, July, 1998

Former shot put world record holder Brian Oldfield and I at the Eastern Illinois Throws Clinic, January, 2003

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