By Michael Miller, Associate Director of Communications & Admissions

Late last spring, a few Atrium School families serendipitously approached Linda Echt, Atrium's Head of School, with an idea - could Atrium have a cross country team?  When parents first brought the idea to Linda, they learned that this was already part of the plan to expand Atrium's middle school athletic program.  Atrium's own middle school teacher Bob Dowling, an avid runner who regularly competes in races, was the coach everyone had in mind. Though Bob had never coached a formal team before, given his running background, he was up for the challenge. And thus Atrium's cross country team was born.