Coach Ball has served as the Westside Christian High School Cross Country Head Coach since 2001. In 2016, Coach Ball received the honor of the National Federation of State High School Associations' National Coach of the Year for Girls' Cross Country. No other coach in Oregon has received the Coach of the Year award since.
Coach Ball was inducted into Westside Christian High School's Hall of Fame in 2020. He is a member of the inaugural class of inductees, which include coaches, teams, and individuals who were all among the first of their accomplishments in WCHS' 40-year history. Coach Ball was the first to receive a National Coach title at WCHS.
Before coaching at WCHS, He spent eight years as head Cross Country and Track coach at Pacific University. He is the 3A Track & Cross Country representative for the Oregon Coaches Association. He continues to race in both Cross Country and Track to show students that involvement in distance running can be a life-long activity.
Click here for the Westside Christian's meet calendar and race results
Program Achievements
BOYS
District Champions
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006
2018
Qualified for State
1996 | 1997 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002
2003 |2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
2009 |2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2017
2018 | 2019
Top 8 Finishes at State
2nd Place: 2006
3rd Place: 2005 | 2018 | 2019
4th Place: 2004
5th Place: 2007
6th Place: 1997 | 1998 | 2012
7th Place: 1999 |2002 | 2003 |2010
GIRLS
District Champions
1998 | 1999 | 2001 | 2002 | 2006
2009 | 2013 | 2014
Qualified for State
1996 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006
2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012
2013 | 2014 | 2016
Top 8 Finishes at State
2nd Place: 2006
3rd Place: 1996 | 2005 | 2006
4th Place: 2002
5th Place: 2001
6th Place: 1998 | 2004 | 2014
8th Place: 2000 | 2003
