Track & Field Justyn Knight signs with Bowerman TC

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Reebok is back in the running game.

Later today the sportswear manufacturer will announce the formation of the Reebok Boston Track Club, naming former Syracuse University coach Chris Fox as head coach. The team’s first major signing is Justyn Knight, who put together an illustrious career under Fox at Syracuse that saw him win the 2017 NCAA cross country individual title, the 2018 NCAA indoor 5,000-meter title, and finish 9th in the 5,000 meters at the 2017 World Championships for Canada.

Reebok opened its new global headquarters in Boston’s Seaport District last year, and while the team will spend some time in its namesake city, Charlottesville, Virginia, will serve as the group’s main training base, where the team plans to use the University of Virginia’s track for workouts. In addition to Knight, the Reebok Boston Track Club will also include at its inception Jamaican Olympian Kemoy Campbell (13:20 pb) and American steeplechaserTori Gerlach, the NCAA third placer in 2017 (9:46 pb), both of whom will be moving to Charlottesville. Martin Hehir (13:29/28:08), a teammate of Knight’s at Syracuse, will also be on the team, though he will remain in Philadelphia, where he is currently attending medical school.

Reebok is planning on adding more athletes by the end of the year; Fox said he expects the group, which will contain both men and women, to eventually include eight to 10 athletes, who will compete in events from the 1500 up to the marathon. Fox’s experience coaching marathoners is limited in number but not accomplishment, as he coached his wife Kristy Johnston to a second-place finish at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.

Adam Smith, 30, who has worked under Fox for the past six years at Syracuse, will be joining Fox in Charlottesville as an assistant coach. Smith was best known at Syracuse for his recruiting efforts, where he played a key role in securing the commitment of Knight four years ago.

 

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Knight Inks Professional Deal - Cuse

 

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I figured it was a shoe company that lured him a way. No way to compete with that sort of money. I didn't think about Knight but it makes sense now that I see it.

 

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Is Justyn on the Canadian team for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics?