Bio

In his freshman year (2005), the team was competing in the USCAA, and he competed in USCAA Nationals in Buena Vista, Virginia.  He competed on snowshoes while earning his BS in Hotel, Resort, and Tourism Management in the United States, Canada and in Italy.  

Phil ran cross country for his four seasons at Paul Smith's College on the 2005 - 2008 teams, and earned Sunrise Conference All Conference honors from 2006 - 2008, while the team won the conference championship each season.  At season's end, Phil and the cross country team headed to Ohio (2006 - 2007) and Nashville, TN (2008) to determine which teams and individual athletes earn the honor of competing in the NAIA Cross Country Nationals.  By virtue of his 9th place finish, he earned a trip to nationals in Wisconsin ~ the first Paul Smith's College runner to earn this honor.

Phil has run a couple marathons and half marathons, and competed for the Marathon Canoe Team as well as the Paul Smith's College Nordic Ski Team while attending the college.  Phil has competed in the 90-mile Adirondack Canoe Classic twice, and competed in USCSA Nordic Ski Nationals in Devil's Thumb, Colorado as a college senior.

Although PSC didn't field a bowling team during Phil's attendance, he began bowling while growing up in Shelburne, Vermont and began bowling in Saranac Lake in 2006.  He maintains a 200 game average, and represents Romano's Saranac Lanes in the Travel League against other communities in the region.  He bowled his first perfect 300 game in 2012, and has a 756 triple to his credit.

This is his eighth year as bowling coach (2012 - 2019) and his 10th year as the Assistant Cross Country Coach.  His teams have been representative of his coaching skills as the bowling team won the Yankee Small College Conference titles (2012 and 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; and 2019), and his teams have featured numerous bowlers among podium finishes in the YSCC Individual championships.  

In his spare time, he enjoys tossing around the frisbee, running and hanging out with friends. I look forward to teaching newcomers to bowling and to help develop student bowling skills.  

Phil stated, "I try to find humor in most situations and make others find humor in themselves."