Don Boyer was a standout high school and collegiate track man at Frederick High School and the University of Maryland. As a coach, he was always a step ahead of other area coaches, developing numerous league, county, regional, and state individual and team champions in cross-country, indoor, and outdoor track. A technically sound innovator whose ability to motivate earned him the respect of his peers, athletes, and opponents alike during a remarkable20- year career at Middletown High School (as of 1987) , Boyer attained a national rank as a master level competitor while developing a youth program, the Knight Striders. He was truly an outstanding coach.