Owen Hunt 

Owen is the founder and Head Coach of Northern Illinois Lightning Athletics.  He has coached for one year at Harlem High School as the Assistant Cross Country and Track coach. While at Harlem, he was the Sprints, Hurdles, and High Jump coach.        

Owen competed at Harlem High School and is number 9 all-time in the 300 hurdles and 12th all-time in the 110. Owen still competes at open college meets and summer meets as well. When he is not competing, he attends Rock Valley College to work on earning his associate's degree.

Owen's main passion is helping the community be a better place through sports. Last summer, he founded the Summer Jam basketball league, which was for adults in the area and was a huge success. He was also a race director for the Safe Families 5K this spring, helping to come up with the course and handle the race day logistics.