2L COACHING - Key Persons


Lowell Ladd

Job Titles:
  • Coach
Coach Ladd has been a full-time online coach since April of 2001. After working for another company for almost four years, he founded 2L Coaching Services in January 2005. He has worked with hundreds of athletes all over the world of varying ability levels as an online coach, including multiple All-Americans and one NCAA national champion. Lowell has also coached at the college level, serving as part-time head Men's and Women's Cross Country coach for Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia) from 2005-2009 and as Assistant Cross Country and Track Coach for distance runners at Dickinson College from 1999-2001.

Rebecca Trachsel

Rebecca is a competitive athlete and coach and is dedicated to running on many levels. She started working as an Assistant Cross Country Coach at Lexington High School in the fall of 2011. In 2012, she became the Girls Head Coach and has held that role every year since. She is also the girls head coach for spring track. There she focuses specifically on the mile and 2 mile distances on a day to day basis. Rebecca has coached her girls XC team to a State Championship (2016) and to four EMASS Divisional Championships. In the spring of, 2021, her girls track team took the win at the EMASS Divisional Relays meet for the first time in over 10 years. Throughout the years, she has helped her athletes improve and achieve their goals in everything from the mile to the 5K while instilling in them a sense of joy for the sport. Rebecca has been coaching with 2L Coaching since 2018. She has worked with several athletes of various ages and abilities. She works both locally, in person and remotely using email and phone to stay connected.