Head Coach

Coach Garcia enters his 6th season as Vaquero Track and Field Head Coach, following two years as a Vaquero assistant. During this same amount of time Coach Garcia has also been the head Men's Cross Country coach for seven years, and the Women's coach for six years.

Coach Garcia is the head distance coach for the Vaqueros. The group of distance runners is traditionally the largest for the Vaqueros with an average number of about 35 runners. The distance runners have finished with numerous league titles in all events from the 800 meters to the 3200 meters.

However,  with some changes in the coaching staff this year, Garcia will focus more of his attention in places other then the distances. Primarily Coach Garcia will direct the hurdlers, but he will have a hand in distances and relays as well.

Under the tutelage of Coach Garcia the Vaqueros have never finished worse then second place in League competition.

Individually the Vaqueros have had 4 trips to the California State Meet under Garcia. With former Vaquero Cassie Atkinson becoming the first Vaquero female to make the state finals as well as becoming the first Vaquero female to medal at the state meet following a sixth place performance in 2004.

Assistant Coach

Distance

Coach Hines is entering his 6th year as an assistant coach for the El Capitan Track & Field Team.  Coach Hines has been an assistant for the Vaquero Boys and Girls X-Country teams for the past 6 years as well.

Coach Hines was coached by the legendary East County Track Coach, Dick Wilkins, during his prep career as a Granite Hills Eagle. Since that time Coach Hines has been a competitive bike rider competing in a variety of  length and types of courses. He also had a very prolific career as an Ultra- Marathoner with numerous top finishes as well as course records.

The knowledge that Coach Hines has amassed during his many years as a competitor has served the Vaqueros well. This year promises to be another positive one for the Vaquero distance runners as Coach Hines will continue to share this knowledge with the young athletes.

Coach Hines will be the head distance coach for the 2009 season.

Assistant Coach
Throws

Assistant Coach

Jumps & Sprints

A 1982 Graduate of Granite Hills High School, coach Maize was a 3-Year Varsity Letterman in track and field. Coach Maize has high school personal records of 6'4 in the High Jump, 43'10 in the Triple Jump, 22'3 in the Long Jump, and 39.9 in the 300 Low Hurdles.

George Maize has been married to his wife Tina for 16 years. He has a son, Ryan(13 Years Old), and a daughter, Melissa(9 Years Old).