DEERFIELD, IL- Trinity International University announces new Head Cross Country Coach Chad M. Ware III.  Full responsibilities as head coach have been accepted and recruitment for the 2010 season is already on the move.  Coach Ware will field both men and women's team for the 2010-2011 school year.

Chad Ware is no stranger to the running world in the Chicagoland area. He was January 2009 Chicago Athlete Magazine's Athlete of the Month and has competed in the past two Bank of America Chicago Marathons. In the 2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon he finished 18th Overall, 4th American, and 1st Illinois. In the 2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon he finished 24th Overall, running his lifetime best of 2:20:47.

Since 2007, Ware has been an Assistant Cross Country/Track and Field Coach at Northside College Preparatory High School in Chicago, IL. He has enjoyed the dozens of relationships he has established there, mentoring the boys varsity team during daily runs and interactions. Ware helped coach Northside in 2008 to become regional champions.

Ware is a Butler University alumni graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2007. From 2004-2007 Ware was a student-athlete being part of the Butler University Cross Country/Track and Field Team. He was a member of the 2004 NCAA Division I cross country championship 4th place, 2nd place 2007 Horizon League Championship 10,000 meter run, and 2006 and 2007 Horizon League All-Academic team. Ware also was an Army ROTC Cadet from 2004-2007, being commissioned as an army officer in January 2007 as a 1st Lieutenant.

Success in cross country is not the only area in which Ware is looking for success for his student athletes. As a Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Master of Divinity student emphasizing in pastoral care (projected graduation December, 2010), Ware understands the importance of balancing athletics with studies.

Most importantly Ware is equipped to carry out TIU's mission to "form students to transform the world through Christ."  Ware was a student involved with Campus Crusade for Christ and currently serves at Edgebrook Covenant Church as a Youth Leader.

Ware will be a great addition to the Trinity Athletic Department and is in full stride to make a difference in the cross country world.

If you are interesting in running for TIU, please fill out a Recruiting Form.