Ridgewood’s Josh Saladino named Girls Indoor Track Coach of the Year
Thursday, March 21, 2013
The Record
It wasn’t hard for Josh Saladino to step into the Ridgewood girls indoor track coaching position. After all, he just took a season off after being an assistant to retired coach Mike Mullen for 12 years and has been the Maroons’ outdoor boys coach for 10 years and an assistant cross-country coach for as long a time.
“Even though we have different head coaches for each gender and each season, the continuity of program with Jacob Brown, Mike Glynn, Mike Mullen and myself as the head coaches never faltered,” said Saladino, The Record Girls Indoor Track Coach of the Year. “We have great assistants like Steve Opremcak, Holly Martin and former Ridgewood star Mia Martinez and we’re very lucky to always have good kids.”
But there were unexpected challenges this winter. Injuries and illness, as well as some defections from runners expected to help Ridgewood remain on top, led to a third-place finish in the Big North Freedom and not winning the Bergen County Relays for the first time in three years.
