Big Cleats to Fill at Central -- Mcclelland Running Team Roberts Built

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A part of him surely wants to be back out on the track, guiding and mentoring Central's track and field teams like he did for the last quarter-century.

But another part of John Roberts tells him it's best to stay away; that it's time to allow first-year Warrior track and field coach Carlton McClelland, a former prep standout under Roberts, to carry the program forward.

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Big Cleats to Fill at Central -- Mcclelland Running Team Roberts Built

"I really want to give them their space," says the 63-year-old Roberts, who retired from Central last spring after 25 years at the school. "I don't want to be around and interfere because Carlton's got to set his feet on the ground and establish his rapport with those kids, too."

So Roberts will watch from afar this even...

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