One of the state's top track & field gurus is Joe Hilbe. Joe has been involved with track & field for a number of years, and he now brings his expertise to ArizonaVarsity.com. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about Arizona High School Cross Country and Track & Field, simply go to our message board and ask him. Start your question thread topic with something like; "hey Joe", or "? for Joe", something along those lines and follow it up with a question or comment in the text of the thread and Joe will get back to you with incredible insight and an answer to your question.

Track & Filed and Cross Country has some of the greatest talent in the state competing week in and week out. We publish all the meet results on our Results Page, which can now be found at the top tool bar on the right-hand side under "Quick Links".

Use this feature often, and post some inquires for Joe – he knows his stuff. Check it our below, he has experience that is hard to find anywhere else on the Internet.

We have a few more gurus coming on board this season as well – so stay tuned.

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ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE

U.S. Team Coach, many venues including (among others) Pacific Conference Games,

Christchurch, NZ (1981); Pan American Games, Nassau, Bahamas 1984; US vs East

Germany, Leipzig,(1984);West team, Olympic Sports Festival, Colorado Springs,1983

Head Coach, Women's Track & Field/CC, Univ. of Hawaii. 1979-85

Asst Coach, Men's & Women's Track & Field, Univ. of Hawaii. 1973-1979:

Coach of World Record holder and many times AAU and NCAA Champ Terry

Albritton (SP: 71'8 ½", 1976); Gwen Loud, 1984 NCAA Division 1 Long Jump Champ

(22' 5 ¾") and memberUS team, 1983 IAAF World Championships (also 11.24, 22.99);

Gwen Gardner, 1980 U.S.Olympic Team 400 meters. (50.36), Shari Fox, 1980 Olympic

Trials 100 (11.33), LJ (20'9")

Head coach, Hawaii StarTrack, State Age Group Team, 3 national records; multiple

nationalchamps. 1978-85.

Instructor, National USATF Coach Certification Program, Level 1 and 2. (since 1985)

Asst Coach, Hamilton HS 2000-2004 (volunteer)

Head Coach, Arizona StarTrack, age group club (1996-2004). Numerous national medalists,

4USATF-AZ state records

[Master/International ranked Official since 1977 – 1^st year of national officials program]

Lead Competition Official and IAAF Technical Advisor, 1984 Los Angeles Olympic

Games

Lead Competition Official, 1980 & 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials Games Committee, 1980 U.S.

Olympic Trials

Broadcast Coordinator, Athletics Venue, 1990 Goodwill Games, Turner Broadcasting

System.

Meet Referee, Games Committee, 1980,81,82 National AAU Junior Olympics

Meet Referee, Games Committee, 1982 National TAC (USATF) Girls Track & Field

Champ,

Games committee, 1981-84 National TAC JO Championships

Meet Referee, 2005 Arizona State High School Track & Field Championships 3A/1A

Meet Referee, 2006 Arizona State High School Track & Field Championships 5A1,2

Meet Director and Referee, 2006 AZ Meet of Champions

Chair, Arizona HS Meet of Champions Steering Committee, 2006

Member, Executive Committee, Arizona Track/Cross Country Coaches Association

(ATCCCA), 2003-present

Youth Records Chair, USATF-AZ, 2004-present

AZ Boy's Selection Chair, Great Southwest Track & Field Classic, Univ. of New

Mexico, 2001-2005.

National Chair, Junior Olympics, TAC (now USATF) 1980-82.

National Chair, Girl's Junior Olympic T&F, AAU, 1979-1982.

Member, National Records Committee, TAC (now USATF) 1980-86.

Member, National Sports Psychology Committee TAC (1980-86)

National Chair, Sports Science Education Subcommittee, TAC (USATF) Development

Comm. (1984-88)

National Coordinator, West, Women's Long Jump Development Committee (1980-85)

President, Hawaii TAC (now USATF) 1980-1984.

President, Hawaiian Association AAU 1978-1982.

National AAU Champion, Pentathlon 1968, 1978.

Olympic Trials, 1964 (100, 200); 1968 (100, decathlon); 1976 (Javelin)

World List 100 (1967-13^th 9.4 yds, 9.2w; 10.2, 10.1w meters), 400 (1965-5^th 45.9)

[ Also, 220yds, 20.6; LJ 25' 4 ¾"; Javelin: 257'7"]

Many time Pacific (Northern Calif., Nevada) Assoc AAU Champ, 100, 200/220 (1963-1968);

NCAA 1968 (4^th – 100)

3rd ranked, National Frosh/JC ranking, Track & Field News, 1964 (9.5yds; 10.4)

Many time Hawaii State Champ in 100 (10.40) and Javelin (state record 257'7")

North. Calif Club Champ (records) 100- 9.4, 220 – 20.6, 1967. (Champ 100,220 1967,68)

High School (3^rd CA state 100 9.7 1962); All-state 1^st team, right forward, soccer (1960,61)

5th, Javelin, 50-55 age group, IAAF WorldsVeterans Champ, Buffalo, NY, 1995; AZ record

holder in age group - 168'7" 1995. American age 52 record,Javelin (600g)169'4" 1997

PERSONAL INFORMATION

City: Florence, AZ (Since Oct 2006; Chandler: 1999-2006; Scottsdale: 1990-1999)

Age: 61

Family: Married, married daughter Heather (31), Michael (21), Mitchell (19)

Profession: Retired

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii and

Adjunct Professor of Statistics and Sociology, Arizona State University

Instructor, various courses on statistical modeling, www.statistics.com 2004-

present

CEO, National Health Economics & Research Co, 1995-2000

Academic Journal Editorial Positions

Software Reviews Editor and Columnist, The American Statistician (since 1997);

Associate Editor, The American Statistician (since 1996)

Assoc Editor and columnist, Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

(since 1999)

Editorial Board, Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods (since 2000)

Editorial Board, Journal of Statistical Software (since 2005)

Associate Editor, Case Studies in Business, Industrial and Government Statistics

(foundingeditorial committee, 2006)

Editor, Stata Technical Bulletin (1991-1993) Founding Editor - now called Stata Journal

Author: Experiencing Philosophy, Educ Ser. Pub Co, 1970

Philosophical Foundations of Law, Educ Ser Pub Co, 1973

Fundamentals of Conceptual Analysis, Kendall/Hunt, 1977

Sentential Logic, Educ Serv Pub Co, 1980

Generalized Linear Models & Extensions, Stata Press, 2001

Generalized Estimating Equations, Champan & Hall/CRC Press 2003

Negative Binomial Regression, Cambridge University Press, 2006 TBP

Generalized Linear Models & Extensions, 2^nd Edition, Stata Press, 2006 TBP