“Around the Oval’’
R.I. Track & Field Foundation
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29 Dec. – – Bob Gourley, a longtime throws coach and official, today was presented the Ken Warren Award for Leadership’’ at the annual conference of the National Throws Coaches Assoc. in Dublin, Ohio. Gourley was recognized by the organization for his “outstanding dedication and commitment to the throwing events’’.
A Barrington resident, Gourley has been associated for more than three decades with the weight events, both indoor and spring track seasons. He serves as throws coach at Barrington High School, and has guided numerous prep All-American hammer and weight throw athletes, including defending United States weight throw titlist Adam Kelly, a senior from Barrington High.
Gourley is a regular attendee at national clinics, conferences and training events. He’s officiated numerous National Scholastic championships meets, both indoors with the weight throw, and outdoors with the hammer, and is nationally recognized for maintaining weight and hammer performance lists.
Gourley has been inducted into the R.I. Coaches Assoc. Hall of Fame, and has received awards as USATF New England Official of the Year and the National Scholastic Service Award. A Hope High School graduate, he was an Air Force veteran and recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross.