KEVIN SULLIVAN

Title: Director of Track and Field, Cross Country

Kevin Sullivan began his fourth year as the director of track and field / cross country for the University of Michigan for the 2024-25 season, a role he began prior to the 2021-22 academic year. He was previously announced as head coach of the Michigan men's cross country program on July 17, 2014, and served as an assistant track and field coach for the distance events.

Sullivan by the Numbers

• Has led two athletes to Canadian Records (Aurora Rynda 600 meters indoor; Savannah Sutherland 400 meters indoor and 400 meter hurdles)
• Led Michigan cross country to Big Ten team titles in 2015 and 2017
• Led Michigan cross country to seventh at NCAAs in 2019, 10th in 2017 and 11th in 2015
• Has coached two national champions at Michigan (Mason Ferlic, 2016 steeplechase / Ben Flanagan, 2018 10,000 meters)
• Has coached or overseen athletes to 79 All-American citations, including 29 in track (13 first team), five from relays (2016, 2022, 2023, 2024 DMR and 4x400) and seven in cross country at Michigan
• In addition to the 16 Big Ten titles he won as a Michigan student-athlete, he has coached his athletes to or overseen 39 conference titles in track and cross country, including 27 track titles at Michigan
• Has coached his athletes to or overseen 57 all-conference honors (30 first-team, 26 second-team) at Michigan, plus another 20 such citations in cross country (nine first team, 11 second team)

At Michigan

• Tom Brady opened the 2024 indoor season with a new program record, setting the 5,000-meter run standard (13:33.83) at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener. Brady bested the record two months later (13:24.16), with Nick Foster (mile, 3:54.48) and Dubem Amene (400-meter dash, 46.04) setting records of their own. The DMR team of Trent McFarland, Amene, Miles Brown, and Foster set a new standard of 9:19.33 at the Alex Wilson Invitational in the team's final meet before the Big Ten Indoor Championships. The Wolverines claimed five medals at the conference meet, including silver for the DMR and a pair of bronze medals for Brady (3,000-meter run, 7:57.85; 5,000-meter run, 13:58.15). Amene (DMR, 400-meter dash), Brady (5,000-meter run), Brown (DMR), Foster (mile, DMR) and McFarland (DMR) all advanced to the NCAA Indoor Championships. Foster's ninth-place finish in the mile led the team's effort. Savannah Sutherland (400-meter dash, 51.67) and Aasia Laurencin (60-meter hurdles, 8.01) each claimed Big Ten titles, with the women bringing four other medals back to Ann Arbor. The pair qualified for the NCAA Championships, earning podium finishes and first team All-America honors.
• Tom Brady capped his career with the 10,000-meter run program record (28:21.89), besting his personal record by 25 seconds and breaking the previous record of 28:25.94 set by Bill Donakowski in 1978. Five Wolverines took home Big Ten titles (Brady, 10,000-meter run, 29:19.27; Dubem Amene, 400-meter dash, 45.92; McFarland, 1,500-meter run, 3:43.59; Aasia Laurencin, 100-meter hurdles, 12.90; Savannah Sutherland, 400-meter hurdles, 55.01) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, with Brady, Laurencin and Sutherland winning back-to-back titles in their respective events. The Maize and Blue was well represented at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, with 30 athletes competing and 10 advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. On the men's side, Brady's 15th-place finish in the 10,000-meter run (28:44.35) and Zane Forist's 14th-place finish in the discus throw (57.38m) led the way for the Wolverines. The pair earned second team All-America honors. The women saw three podium finishes and four All-America honors, with Sutherland finishing second in the 400-meter hurdles (53.26), Corinne Jemison finishing fifth in the discus throw (60.07m), Laurencin finishing sixth in the 100-meter hurdles (12.86), and Emma Yungeberg finishing 14th in the javelin throw (52.36m). Sutherland, Jemison and Yungeberg each set program records in their respective events. Sutherland's mark was also a Canadian national record.
• The 2023 men's cross country team saw a second-place Big Ten finish, with Brady's third-place finish pacing the Wolverines. Brady earned first team Big Ten honors, while Owen MacKenzie and Caleb Jarema earned second-team honors. U-M finished third at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships. Brady, Foster, MacKenzie and Luke Venhuizen were named All-Region selections for their performances. The team finished 19th at NCAAs, with Brady's 27th-place finish earning him All-America honors. Brady was named USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Athlete of the Year and Big Ten Cross Country Athlete of the Year.
• In the 2022-23 outdoor season, the Wolverines earned the Big Ten Outdoor Championship for the first time since 2016 to sweep the indoor and outdoor titles for the sixth time in program history. The women claimed five individual titles (Ziyah Holman, 400-meter dash; Aasia Laurencin, 100-meter hurdles; Savannah Sutherland, 400-meter hurdles, Jemison, discus throw; and Aurora Rynda, 800-meter run). Jemison set a pair of program records in the discus throw (58.08m) and shot put (17.24m) while Holman set a pair of program records in the 200-meter dash (23.08) and the 400-meter dash (50.90). Four individuals and one relay team represented the Maize and Blue at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, with Sutherland's NCAA 400-meter hurdles title leading the team's effort. On the men's side, the Wolverines saw 14 top-eighth finishes and one event title (Brady, 10,000-meter run) to finish fifth as a team. Foster (1,500-meter run), Dubem Amene (400-meter dash), and Zane Forist (discus throw) all punched tickets to the NCAA Championships, with Foster's 21st place finish leading the team.
• Indoors in 2022-23, Sullivan led the Michigan women to the Big Ten team title, with three individual event champions and two champion relay teams. Michigan's men saw a sixth place team finish at the Big Ten Indoor Championships as well as one event title and one relay title. Under Sullivan, four women, two men, and two relays qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships, with two first-team All-Americans in Aurora Rynda (800 meters) and Savannah Sutherland (400 meters) and five second-team All-American honors in Nick Foster (mile), the women's 4x400, Ziyah Holman (400 meters), Aasia Laurencin (60-meter hurdles), and the men's distance medley relay. Michigan athletes broke 13 school records during the indoor season.
• In 2021-22 in his first year as the director of track and field / cross country for both men and women, Sullivan led the Wolverine women to a fourth-place finish with three event titles and two silver medals at the Big Ten Indoor Championships and the Michigan men to sixth place with one event title and two runner-up finishes, and advanced four individual men, two individual women and a men's distance medley relay to the NCAA Indoor Championships. Cole Johnson (800 meters) and Aurora Rynda (800 meters) both earned first-team honors, as did the distance medley relay team of Tom Dodd, Dubem Amene, Miles Brown and Nick Foster. Michigan student-athletes broke six school records during the indoor regular season, including two in events (600 meters, 800 meters) he directly coached.
• Outdoors in 2021-22, the Michigan men finished sixth at Big Tens with an event title and two runner-up finishes and the Michigan women were seventh with an event title and two silver medal-winning efforts. Joshua Zeller went on to finish third in the 110-meter hurdles at NCAAs to lead four qualifiers for the men, while the women had four second-team All-Americans in Jemison (discus), Kayla Windemuller (steeplechase), Aasia Laurencin (100-meter hurdles) and Aurora Rynda (800 meters). Michigan student-athletes broke four school records during the outdoor season.
• In 2020-21, Sullivan's runners on the track combined for four All-America honors, six NCAA Championships appearances and four Big Ten medals. Indoors, Tom Dodd twice ran 3:57 at the NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honors, Devin Meyrer broke the 5,000-meter school record in 13:40.66 to earn second-team honors, and Brady earned second-team honors at 3,000 meters. Foster was Sullivan's top indoor Big Ten finisher with a bronze medal in the mile. Outdoors, Christian Hubaker was a second team All-American in the steeplechase, and was joined at outdoor nationals by Dodd at 1,500 meters and Plaetinck in the steeplechase. Foster was the outdoor Big Ten runner-up at 1,500 meters and Brady was the silver medalist at 10,000 meters, and Plaetinck was third in the steeplechase. Hubaker and Plaetinck were joined by Austin Remick and Jack Spamer at sub-nine minutes in the steeplechase, making it the deepest year for the event in Michigan history and placing the Wolverines among the deepest squads nationally.
• In 2020-21, Sullivan had runners represent Michigan at both the pandemic-delayed 2020 NCAA Cross Country Championships in March 2021 and the regularly scheduled 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships in November. Devin Meyrer represented Michigan as an individual in March and ran to All-America honors with a 24th-place finish. In the fall, Michigan finished 25th overall, led by 75th-place Brady. The Wolverines were the runners-up at the Big Ten Championships.
• In 2019-20, Sullivan guided the Michigan men to their best finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships since 1999 with a seventh-place showing -- 10 spots better than their pre-meet rank. Devin Meyrer led the way with a 16th-place overall individual finish for All-America honors. Jack Aho also earned All-America honors for the second year in a row with a 40th-place finish, and Isaac Harding just missed by four spots in a 44th-place effort. Sullivan's team also finished third at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with Harding, Meyrer and Aho earning All-Region honors, along with Jordy Hewitt. Michigan was also third at the conference meet with Meyrer earning first team All-Big Ten honors and Aho making the second team.
• In 2019-20, Sullivan helmed a distance crew on the track that performed well despite the cancellation of the outdoor season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ben Hill scored in the mile at the Big Ten Indoor Championships for the second straight season, while Meyrer posted a sub-14 performance at 5,000 meters (13:56.80). His distance medley relay team also finished the winter ranked top-20 nationally.
• In 2018-19, Sullivan mentored a distance crew that sent six runners to the NCAA East Preliminaries, including three at 5,000 meters and two in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. He had two men run 14 minutes or faster at 5,000 meters and two men crack nine minutes in the steeplechase, with Big Ten Championships scorers in the indoor mile (Ben Hill), outdoor steeplechase (Lewis Tate and Plaetinck), indoor 3,000 (Will Landowne and Aho, and outdoor 10,000 (Meyrer).
• In 2018-19, Sullivan led the Michigan men to a 19th-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Powering the top-20 finish were All-American Aho and top-100 finisher John Tatter. Aho, Isaac Harding and Tatter all earned All-Great Lakes Region honors for the third-place Wolverines, and Jordy Hewitt was a second team All-Big Ten honoree for the fourth-place Wolverines at the conference meet.
• In 2017-18, Sullivan guided Ben Flanagan to the NCAA Outdoor Championships title at 10,000 meters, marking the first time since 1989 that a Michigan man had won the event at nationals. Flanagan's NCAA title came after winning the same event at the Big Ten Championships a month earlier, as one of two Sullivan-coached Wolverines to win conference crowns. He also coached former walk-on Aaron Baumgarten to the 5,000 meters title. Flanagan and Baumgarten were part of a senior class that combined to score 41 points between the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor championship meets.
• In 2017-18, Sullivan led the U-M men to 10th place at the NCAA Cross Country Championships after starting the preseason unranked nationally. Flanagan earned All-America honors at nationals for the Wolverines after winning the NCAA Great Lakes Regional and earning first team All-Big Ten honors. Sullivan's squad finished runner-up at the Great Lakes Regional with four All-Region honorees, and they claimed the Big Ten title with three All-Big Ten selections and seven runners in the top-25.
• In 2017-18, Sullivan helped to guide a Michigan track and field and cross country program that was the only school in the conference to finish top-six at Big Tens in cross country, indoor and outdoor, and was the only school in the conference to score at the NCAA Championships in all three sports.
• In 2016-17, Sullivan mentored the trio of Ned Willig, Will Sheeran and Connor Mora to sub-four-minute miles in the same race at the Boston U. John Thomas Terrier Classic, with Willig ultimately going on to earn second team All-America honors. Willig was also a double-scorer for Sullivan at the Big Ten Outdoor championships at both 800 and 1,500 meters, while Mora scored twice in the steeplechase and at 5,000 meters. He also coached Baumgarten to a double-scoring performance at Big Ten Indoors at 3,000 and 5,000 meters, and advanced seven men to the NCAA East Preliminaries.
• In 2016-17, Sullivan guided four Michigan men to All-Region honors at the NCAA Great Lakes Cross Country Regional en route to a fifth-place team finish, and Baumgarten to All-Big Ten honors as Michigan took fifth at the Big Ten Championships.
• In 2015-16, Sullivan coached Michigan's first national champion since 2007 when he guided Mason Ferlic to an NCAA title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, just the second steeplechase title-winner in program history. Sullivan helped the Wolverines to the program's best season in 20 years, earning a runner-up finish during the Big Ten Outdoor Championships and finishing fourth during the indoor season, two points shy of a second-place showing. That culminated in Michigan's first top-15 national finish since 1997. Mid-distance and distance athletes totaled 46 of U-M's 90.5 points at the Big Ten meet, a program high since 2008, and Wolverine runners totaled four medals (gold: steeplechase, 5K, 10K; silver: steeplechase) while scoring in the steeplechase and at 800, 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 meters, and became the first school in Big Ten history to sweep the steeplechase, 5K and 10K since Wisconsin in 1996. At the NCAA East Preliminary Round, Sullivan's 10 athletes made up half of the team's declarations, a program-record 20 in total. He advanced athletes to the NCAA Championships at 5,000 and 10,000-meters, in addition to the steeplechase
• In 2015-16, Sullivan coached Ferlic to his third, fourth and fifth career Big Ten titles during his senior season, helping him defend two conference crowns, while also guiding him under the Olympic standard for the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:30 standard; time of 8:27.77). During his final year in maize and blue, Ferlic became the first athlete in U-M history to receive votes for the Bowerman Award, track and field's highest honor.
• In 2015-16, in his second fall at the helm of the cross country program, Sullivan coached the team to its first sweep of the Big Ten and NCAA Great Lakes Regional titles with a top-10 NCAA finish since his senior season in 1997. U-M placed three in the top 10 and all five scorers in the top 25 to take the program's first conference crown since 1998, and went on to finish ninth at the national championships, the program's best finish since 2003.
• In 2014-15 in his first year back in Ann Arbor, Sullivan helped the Wolverines to their best conference finish since 2009 during the indoor season, thanks largely in part to the Maize and Blue being the only program to score in every middle-distance and distance event (800m, mile, 3K, 5K, DMR), a feat they duplicated during the 2016 indoor seeason. He pushed Ferlic to his first career Big Ten titles, winning the 5K indoors and taking home a conference crown in his premier event, the 3,000m steeplechase, during the outdoor campaign.
• In 2014-15, under his guidance, the Wolverines qualified five distance athletes totaling seven entries across three events for the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, where Sullivan helped both Ferlic and fifth-year senior Morsi Rayyan reach the NCAA Outdoor Championships. There, Rayyan picked up USTFCCCA honorable mention recognition, while Ferlic earned second team All-America honors.
• In 2014-15, he guided U-M to its fifth consecutive appearance at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in his first season, and its best performance in more than a decade. Ferlic took 13th to become the program's first back-to-back All-American since Nate Brannen in 2003-04. Sullivan coached the Maize and Blue to 11th place, the best finish in program history under a first-year head coach.
• The most decorated runner in school history, Sullivan was a 16-time Big Ten champion and a 14-time NCAA All-American during his Michigan career. He won four NCAA titles, claiming top honors in the mile (1995 and 1998) and the distance medley relay (1995) during the indoor season, and the 1,500m run at the 1995 outdoor championships. Sullivan was a nine-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year, earning the honor each of his four years in cross country, three times in indoor track and field and twice outdoors.
• In cross country, Sullivan was a four-time NCAA All-American (1993-95, 1997), four-time NCAA regional champion, four-time Big Ten champion, four-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year and a four-time all-conference selection. He was also the 1993 Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
• Sullivan graduated from the University of Michigan in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Academically, Sullivan was a seven-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American, and was the 1998 Spring At-Large Academic All-American of the Year. He was a recipient of the 1998 NCAA Top VIII Award. He was Michigan's male recipient of the 1998 Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor. Sullivan was inducted into the University of Michigan Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2006.

Before Michigan

Sullivan was a three-time Olympian for Canada, competing in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Games. He placed fifth in the 1,500m run at the 2000 Olympics and is Canada's record holder in three events: 1,500m (3:31.71), mile (3:50.26) and 3,000m (7:41.61). Sullivan was one of the world's top competitors in the 1,500m run for nearly a decade, winning a silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and 2001 Goodwill Games, and earned the bronze medal in the 2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final. Overall, he participated in 22 World Championships in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field.

Since finishing his competitive running career, Sullivan has remained involved in the running community. He was the operations manager for the Florida State University track and field team during the 2010 season. Sullivan was responsible for preparing travel, entering student-athletes in competition and assisted with the administration of three home events for the Seminoles. He left FSU to open up Capital City Runners, a full-service specialty running store, of which he is the owner and manager.

Sullivan stayed close to the Big Ten Conference competition as an analyst for Big Ten Network with various track and field programming. He served as an editorial research assistant for CTV Sports (Agincourt, Ontario) during the 2012 London Olympics.

He was a volunteer assistant coach for the women's cross country program at Florida State University in 2007 following a stint a volunteer coach at the University of Illinois with the women's programs (2003-07) and men's program's (2002-03). He also spent four seasons as a volunteer coach with the Michigan men's cross country and track programs from 1999-2002.

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JENNI ASHCROFT

Title: Associate Head Coach

Jenni Ashcroft enters her eighth year with U-M for the 2024-25 season, serving as an assistant coach overseeing the jumping events and combined events for both genders through the 2021-22 academic year and taking on an associate head coach role beginning with the 2022-23 season.

Ashcroft by the Numbers

• Has coached or assisted in coaching four NCAA Champions
• Has coached or assisted in coaching 45 All-Americans, including six at Michigan
• Has coached or assisted in coaching 17 conference champions, including four at Michigan

At Michigan

• In the 2024 season, she coached a pair of jumpers to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Riley Ammenhauser (triple jump) and Jake Wall (long jump). Ammenhauser earned an 18th place finish (12.90m) and Wall earned a 23rd place finish (7.09m). Ammenhauser also set the outdoor triple jump record of 13.06m. Tianhao Wei advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round, seeing a personal best and No. mark in program history (15.75m) in the triple jump. Cate Visscher saw a seventh place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a mark of 4.07m, making her just the sixth Wolverine on the women's team to clear 4.00m. Multi-event athletes Mia Manson and Clare McNamara both earned podium finishes in the heptathlon, with Manson finishing sixth and McNamara finishing eighth. Manson's 5,027 points is No. 9 on the program performers list while McNamara's high jump mark (1.63m) and heptathlon mark (4,907) both set the Maltese national standard.
• The 2023 season saw the U-M women sweep the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor titles. Riley Ammenhauser won the Big Ten Indoor triple jump title, with Ammenhauser finishing third and Nadia Saunders finishing fifth in the triple jump at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Ammenhauser set the No. 4 program mark while Sanders set the No. 6 program mark, both in the triple jump. On the men's side, Berachiah Ajala finished fifth in the triple jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships while Henry Sheldon and Cole Sheldon tied for ninth in pole vault at at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
• Ashcroft's jumpers, vaulters and combined-event athletes excelled during the 2022 campaign, accumulating school records in two events to go along with an NCAA Championships appearance and two Big Ten Championships medals. Jessica Mercier broke the indoor school record in the pole vault at 4.36m (14-3.5) to advance to the NCAA Indoor Championships. She led a vault group that was among the best in the nation, with three different women (Mercier, Mia Manson and Brooke Tjerrild) all breaking or claiming shares of the indoor (Mercier, Manson) or outdoor (Tjerrild) school record. She also guided Ameia Wilson to an indoor Big Ten silver medal in the long jump and Cassidy Henshaw to a bronze medal in the outdoor men's high jump, and mentored Bera Ajala to the England Athletics U23 triple jump title and Riley Ammenhauser to a third-place finish at the USATF U20 Championships in the triple jump.
• Ashcroft's student-athletes combined to earn three All-America honors and two Big Ten titles in 2021, to go along with three school records. Under her tutelage, Ayden Owens finished as the NCAA Outdoor runner-up and Big Ten champion in the decathlon with a school-record 8,238 points, and the bronze medalist at the NCAA Indoor heptathlon with a school-record 5,995 points. Owens accounted for just one of the six scoring finishes for Michigan combined-event athletes at Big Ten Championships, with both second-team All-American Heath Baldwin and Mason Mahacek scoring indoors and outdoors, and Theresa Mayanja scoring indoors. She also guided pole vaulter Jessica Mercier to the indoor Big Ten title and outdoor silver medal, and newcomer Mia Manson to fourth outdoors. Indoors, she guided Katt Miner to silver in the women's high jump and Jada Wimberly to seventh, Cassidy Henshaw to an eighth-place finish in the men's high jump . Outdoors, Miner was the bronze medalist in the high jump, and for the men Max Wagner was sixth in the high jump and Bera Ajala was seventh in the triple jump.
• Despite a 2020 track and field that was cut short due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic, Ashcroft's student-athletes excelled during the indoor season in which they were allowed to compete. her athletes scored in four different events, including a bronze medal in the high jump by Katt Miner -- who finished top-20 nationally and just missed qualification for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Ashcroft also mentored Max Wagner to a sixth-place finish in the men's high jump, guided a pair of freshmen in Mason Mahacek and Heath Baldwin to seventh- and eighth-place finishes in the heptathlon, and helped Daniel Butael to an eighth-place effort in the triple jump. Mahacek and Baldwin both exceeded the previous U-M freshman record in the heptathlon multiple times throughout the season.
• Her second season at Michigan in 2019 resulted in her first Michigan First-Team All-America honoree, as graduate transfer Jack Lint finished fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the decathlon. Lint was one of two Ashcroft charges -- freshman pole vaulter Jessica Mercier being the other -- who finished as silver medalists at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Mercier (fourth) and Lint (fifth) also scored for the Wolverines at the Big Ten Indoor Championships. She also guided Daniel Butael (triple jump) and Claire Kieffer-Wright (high jump) to Big Ten Championships scoring performances.
• In 2018 in her first season at Michigan, coached both Aaron Howell (heptathlon) and Claire Kieffer-Wright (high jump) to Second-Team All-America honors, and high jumper Brandon Piwinski to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. She also guided Kieffer-Wright to the Big Ten Indoor high jump title. She mentored triple jumper Kevin Stephens, Jr., to scoring performances at both the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championships and to a berth at the NCAA East Prelims -- missing the NCAA Championships by just two spots -- and also guided high jumper Katt Miner to a scoring performance at Big Ten Outdoors and a berth to the NCAA East Prelims.

Before Michigan

Having most recently served as an assistant coach at Cal Poly (2013-17) for pole vaulters, high jumpers, throwers and combined-event athletes prior to her arrival at Michigan, her athletes excelled at both the conference and national levels.

Her final season at Cal Poly in 2017 saw her guide Teddy Scranton to the Big West title in the decathlon with the sixth-best score in school history at 7,143 points --  a nearly 1,100-point improvement during his four years under Ashcroft’s tutelage.

Scranton was a core member of Ashcroft’s quartet of Cal Poly decathletes that finished the 2016 season ranked No. 2 nationally (in terms of depth) in the Event Squad Rankings published by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

In 2013 she mentored John Prader to the No. 3 vault in the nation at 5.67m (18-7.25) en route to a Big West title in the event. During her tenure with the Mustangs, Ashcroft also guided high jumper Danielle Bryan to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the high jump, and freshman javelinist Megan Mooney to the Big West title in her event.

Prior to her time in San Luis Obispo, Ashcroft served on the staff at Oregon (2007-12) led by USTFCCCA Hall of Famer and future USATF president Vin Lananna, first as a volunteer assistant before earning a job as a full-time coach in 2011. She showed great versatility in Eugene, overseeing the women’s pole vault and high jump while also assisting Lananna in the cross country and mid-distance disciplines.

That 2011 season was among the best of her career as she mentored Melissa Gergel to the NCAA Outdoor Championships pole vault title with a then-meet record-tying 4.45m (14-7.25) clearance to rank her No. 7 in collegiate history at the time. Her distance-running charges also racked up three national titles, with Jordan Hasay winning the mile and 3,000-meter races indoors and Anne Kesselring taking the outdoor 800-meter crown.

She began her coaching career at Wichita State (2003-06), first as a graduate assistant and then as a full-time assistant coach. Primarily responsible for the pole vault and horizontal jumps, her student-athletes claimed six Missouri Valley Conference titles and 26 all-conference honors, broke 11 school and seven MVC records, and four times appeared at the NCAA Championships.

Her long jumpers in particular achieved great success at Wichita State, combining for two conference titles and eight all-conference performances at the MVC level. Both Jelena Petrovic and Lindsay Eck won league titles and surpassed 20 feet during their time in Wichita, with the duo taking gold and silver, respectively at the 2005 MVC Outdoor Championships.

Ashcroft’s success as a coach flowed directly from her career as a standout pole vaulter at Nevada from 1999 through 2002. After winning her first conference title (Big West) in the pole vault and qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2000, she followed that up with WAC conference pole vault titles in both 2001 and 2002. Ashcroft closed out her career with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Off the runway, she was a three-time academic all-conference selection, an Academic All-American and the state of Nevada winner for the 2002 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

For all of her achievements, she was honored in 2012 with an induction into the 2012 Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame.

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STEVEN RAJEWSKY

Title: Assistant Coach

Steven Rajewsky enters his 12th season as an assistant coach for the University of Michigan track and field team in the 2024-25 season, overseeing the Wolverine sprinters and hurdlers.

Rajewsky by the Numbers

• Has coached two World Championships finalists
• Has coached one NCAA champion (Savannah Sutherland, 400H)
• Has coached student-athletes to a combined 44 NCAA All-America honors, including 33 at Michigan
• Has coached 63 conference champions, including 21 at Michigan
• Has coached student-athletes to 33 broken Michigan program records and five Big Ten records
• Has coached student-athletes to two top-10 NCAA All-Time marks (Savannah Sutherland, 400H, 53.26, No. 5; Josh Zeller, 110H, 13.19, No. 7)
• Has coached his athletes to 120 all-conference honors, including 25 at Michigan
• Has helped student-athletes advance to the NCAA Championships on 27 occasions at Michigan
• Has been a member of 18 conference title-winning teams as an athlete and coach

At Michigan

In 2024, he coached Aasia Laurencin and Savannah Sutherland to NCAA Championships appearances in both the indoor and outdoor seasons, as well as Dubem Amene to an NCAA Indoor Championship appearance. Sutherland won a pair of Big Ten titles in the indoor 400-meter dash and the outdoor 400-meter hurdles, defending her 400-meter hurdles title from 2023. She finished on the podium at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, earning First Team All-America honors for each performance. Sutherland's NCAA Outdoor Championship run saw her finish second and set the program and Canadian national record in the semifinals (54.04) and the finals (53.26). Laurencin took home the 60-meter hurdle Big Ten title and defended her 100-meter hurdles title, earning podium finishes and First Team All-America honors at the Indoor and Outdoor NCAA Championships. In the 60-meter hurdles semi-finals at the NCAA Indoor Championships, she ran a 7.99 as just the third Wolverine to break eight seconds. Amene finished third in the 400-meter dash at the Big Ten Indoor Championships before claiming the Big Ten Outdoor Championship title in the event to cap his career at U-M, also setting the indoor (45.75) and outdoor (45.36) 400-meter dash programs records. Sutherland and Amene both qualified for the 2024 Olympics, with Amene representing Nigeria in the 4x400-meter relay and Sutherland representing Canada in the 400-meter hurdles.

In 2023, Rajewsky coached Savannah Sutherland to a Big Ten title, NCAA title, Canadian title, and World Championships berth in the 400-meter hurdles. Named Big Ten Women's Track Athlete of the Year, Sutherland excelled throughout the season, ending with school records in five events, two Canadian Records, and an additional Big Ten title in the indoor 4x400 relay. Rajewsky coached Ziyah Holman through a record-setting season as well, where she won back to back indoor and outdoor 400m Big Ten titles and left the Big Ten outdoor championships with three school records, a meet record (400m), and a 22.6 point contribution to the team score. Holman went on to compete for Team USA at the NACAC U23 Championships where she returned home with a silver medal in the 400 meters and gold medal from the 4x400 relay. Under Rajewsky, Aasia Laurencin won her first Big Ten title in the 100-meter hurdles, continuing on to a seventh place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships for first-team All-American honors. Josh Zeller and Dubem Amene saw success in 2023 as well, with Zeller earning a silver medal at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the 110-meter hurdles and Amene winning the indoor 400 meter title, followed by a third place finish outdoors. Rajewsky coached his athletes to a combined five individual Big Ten titles and two relay Big Ten titles. He contributed massively to the women's back to back indoor and outdoor Big Ten team titles, with his athletes contributing 46.5 of the team's 109 points indoors, scoring in all sprints and hurdle events. Rajewsky was also named the Great Lakes Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year following both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

In 2022, Rajewsky guided both Joshua Zeller and Dubem Amene to the finals of the World Athletics Championships, with Zeller representing Great Britain in a fifth-place result in the 110-meter hurdles and Amene running a leg of the Nigerian mixed-gender 4x400 relay team. Both men excelled all year long under Rajewsky's tutelage, with a combined four All-America honors, three school records, two Big Ten titles and two Big Ten silver medals between them. Zeller's road to Worlds also included a third-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, two Big Ten titles, a Big Ten-record 13.19 (+1.6m/s) and a second-team All-America honor indoors. Amene's breakthrough campaign included silver medals both indoors and out in the Big Ten 400 meters, school records indoors at 400 meters and in the distance medley relay, an indoor first-team All-America honor in the DMR, an indoor second-team honor at 400 meters, and a berth to the NCAA Outdoor Championships at 400 meters.

In 2021, Rajewsky coached Joshua Zeller and the 4x400 relay team of Roland Amarteifio, Dubem Amene, Austin Lin and Vail Hartman to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Zeller finished fifth for the Wolverines in the 60-meter hurdles final at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, and he followed that outdoors with a fourth-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles, and ultimately represented Michigan at outdoor nationals and his home country of Great Britain at the European U23 Championships. His top finisher at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships was 400-meter hurdles bronze medalist Amarteifio, and he also mentored Job Mayhue to eighth in the 110 hurdles. Rajewsky also assisted in coaching sprint techniques for the Wolverines' combined-event corps, including multiple-time All-American, Big Ten champion and school record-breaker Ayden Owens.

In a 2020 season cut short by the novel coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic, Rajewsky was in the midst of leading one of the most successful hurdles/sprints corps in recent program history. Rajewsky guided three men to the finals of the Big Ten Indoor Championships 60-meter hurdles, and his top four hurdlers (Roland Amarteifio, Josh Zeller, Job Mayhue and Sierra Hendrix-Williams) were ranked the fifth-best quartet in the country in the final USTFCCCA Event Squad Rankings. he also mentored Ian Davis to a sixth-place finish at 400 meters in a season that saw him break into the all-time U-M top-10 list at 200, 400 and 600 meters.

In 2019, he helped Taylor McLaughlin close out his decorated career with a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 48.85 -- the fastest-ever time run by a Michigan man during the collegiate season. The time also met the qualifying standard for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials, and his finish was the third First-Team All-America showing of his career. Rajewsky also coached the 4x400 relay team of Desmond Melson, Ian Davis, Alex Schwedt and Vail Hartman to Second-Team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, after qualifying as the second-to-last seeded team in the meet. Under Rajewsky's tutelage, the 400-meter hurdles quartet of McLaughlin, Amarteifio (who also made it to the NCAA Championships), Noah Caudy and Sean Marshall were ranked No. 3 in the USTFCCCA Event Squad rankings in the event.

In 2018, he coached Taylor McLaughlin to his second Big Ten title in the 400-meter hurdles, his second fifth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and a new career-best at 49.10 to qualify for the USATF Outdoor Championships final. Not only did McLaughlin win a conference title in Michigan's fourth-place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor meet, Rajewsky also coached Roland Amarteifio to points in both the 400-meter and 110-meter hurdles (where he was a finalist with teammate Sierra Hendrix-Williams), and both relays to points. McLaughlin and Amarteifio were part of a 400-meter hurdles quartet that was ranked No. 6 nationally by the USTFCCCA, with Amarteifio and Hendrix-Williams leading a 110-meter hurdles quartet ranked No. 14 nationally. Indoors, McLaughlin was third at 400 meters and Khoury Crenshaw was a finalist at 60 meters.

In 2017 he coached McLaughlin to a Second-Team All-America finish in the 400 meter hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in an 11th-place finish. He was fourth at Big Tens in the 400-meter hurdles and notched a pair of scoring efforts at the Big Ten Indoor meet with sixth-place finishes at both 200 and 400 meters. He also guided Khoury Crenshaw to a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Indoor Championships over 60 meters and to an NCAA East Prelims berth outdoors at 100 meters.

In 2016, Rajewsky helped lead U-M to the best season of the Jerry Clayton Era and the best since 1997, as the team earned a runner-up finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships and finished fourth during the indoor conference meet, just two points shy of second place before tying for 13th during the NCAA Outdoor Championships. He coached McLaughlin to All-American honors in the 400-meter hurdles (5th place) as a true freshman, and McLaughlin went on to win the American Junior (U-20) title in the same event before finishing as the world junior runner-up in a personal-best time of 49.45. Rajewsky worked with Kevin Stephens Jr. as well, helping the Texan native earn a Big Ten runner-up finish in the triple jump indoors with U-M's No. 4 all-time performance in the event. He also scored at the outdoor meet (fifth) and landed No. 7 on the all-time performance list for the outdoor season.

In 2016, during the conference outdoor meet, U-M totaled 90.5 points, its highest program scoring performance since 2008. Rajewsky helped Taylor McLaughlin to his first career Big Ten gold medal when he ran 49.80 to win the 400-meter hurdles out of lane one, the fastest time by any freshman in the NCAA in 2016. That came just months after he coached McLaughlin to a new program record in the indoor 400-meter dash (46.42) during his conference championships debut, and Rajewsky also helped U-M break its 12-year old Distance Medley Relay (DMR) record during the indoor season. The squad of Chase Barnett (1,200m), Phil Washington III (400m), Brennan Munley (800m) and Mason Ferlic (1,600m) timed 9:27.67 to break the record at Notre Dame's Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 20), and with Washington III, switched for McLaughlin, went on to have its first All-American DMR since 2007, placing eighth at the NCAA Championships as the Wolverines secured five All-American honors overall.

While multi-events athlete Steven Bastien rewrote the U-M combined events record books, Rajewsky has been right by his side, helping to guide Bastien to one Big Ten title (indoor heptathlon, 2016) and three All-American honors (first team twice both indoors and outdoors, in addition to a second-team indoor). He steadily improved Bastien's sprinting and hurdling events while helping him break and re-set Michigan records in both multi-event competitions.

In 2015, Rajewsky helped U-M to its best performance at the Big Ten Indoor Championships since 2009, featuring a pair of individual conference champions and a fifth-place finish. Rajewsky guided Chris Maye to the 60m title, helping him become Michigan's first conference champion in the event since 2009. The Maize and Blue went 1-2-5 in the event, supplying Rajewsky with a pair of all-conference performers in Maye (first-team) and runner-up Codie Nolan (second-team).

In 2014, Rajewsky helped Ali Arastu break the 28-year old indoor program record in the 400m dash, formerly held by Omar Davidson, and under his direction, five of the top six times in U-M indoor history were recorded in the 60m dash, including the second-fastest mark (6.70) ever, by John Spooney. During the outdoor season, Rajewsky guided a trio of Wolverines to the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, all of whom competed in the 100m dash, giving U-M the most entries in that event in the entire east region, and tied for most in the nation.

Before Michigan

He joined the U-M staff after spending the previous six seasons (2008-13) as an assistant coach at Kent State University, working with their men's and women's sprint and hurdles groups. During his time at KSU, he helped lead the Golden Flashes to eight Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships, including four straight women's outdoor titles (2010-13), three women's indoor crowns (2010, 2012-13) and the 2009 men's indoor championship. Under Rajewsky's guidance, his student-athletes garnered three MAC Athlete of the Year citations and three MAC Indoor Track Performer of the Meet awards. In addition, he coached 28 MAC champions, 64 All-MAC performers, 11 school-record holders, 12 NCAA East Preliminary qualifiers, one NCAA Championship qualifier and three USA Junior Championship participants.

Prior to his stint at Kent State, Rajewsky spent two seasons at Ball State University as a graduate assistant coach (2006-08), working with the Cardinals' jumps, hurdles and multi-event student-athletes. Throughout the Fall of 2006, Rajewsky also gained valuable experience as the interim head coach during a coaching staff transition. Under his watch, Rajewsky's student-athletes recorded nine MAC individual titles, five school records, 19 All-MAC performances, seven NCAA Mid-East Regional qualifying performances and four NCAA Championship qualifying performances. Rajewsky guided two-time MAC record-holder Amber Williams to All-America honors in the 100-meter hurdles, a fourth-place finish at the USA Indoor Championships and participation at the 2007 USA Championships. During his time at Ball State, Rajewsky also earned his Master of Arts in sports administration for higher education in 2008.

Rajewsky is no stranger to Big Ten track and field, earning his start in Division I coaching as a volunteer assistant coach with the women's track and field program at the University of Minnesota from 2004-06. He concentrated on the Gophers' sprints, jumps, hurdles and multi-event groups. In 2006, he helped lead Minnesota to the Big Ten Outdoor championship, guiding six student-athletes to individual conference titles. He also assisted in coaching three Big Ten Freshmen of the Year, five school record-holders, seven NCAA Championship qualifiers, six NCAA All-Americans and one NCAA champion (800-meter run).

The Blue Earth, Minn., native was hired to U-M's staff on Sept. 18, 2013. In his own athletic career, Rajewsky was a six-time All-MIAC performer and 2004 team captain of the University of St. Thomas men's track and field program. Rajewsky was a 2003 Provisional NCAA Championship qualifier and helped lead St. Thomas to eight MIAC team titles (indoor and outdoor championships from 2000-04). He graduated from St. Thomas in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in sociology and a teaching licensure in social studies.

Rajewsky has spoken at, and helped direct, several camps and clinics across the country in both track and field and basketball.

Rajewsky resides in Ann Arbor with his wife Ellannee and their two children. Ellannee was a 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials semifinalist in the 400-meter hurdles, two-time NCAA runner-up in the heptathlon and five-time All-American in the heptathlon and sprints. Ellannee went on to become a successful sprints coach at Washington State University (2004-2014), her alma mater.

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MIKE MCGUIRE

Title: Associate Head Coach

Head women's cross country coach and assistant track and field coach Mike McGuire enters his 36th season with the Michigan women's track and field program for the 2023-24 academic year. He has had a hand in 30 of the program's conference titles across track and field and cross country, including five straight cross country titles from 2002-06. McGuire was also named the USTFCCCA Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year for the women's distance events in 2005 and 2007.

McGuire by the Numbers

• 12-time Big Ten Cross Country Coach of the Year (1992, '93, '94, 2002, '03, '04, '05, '06, '12, '16, '17, '18)
• 11-time Great Lakes Region Cross Country Coach of the Year (1992, '93, '94, 2004, '05, '11, '12, '13, '15, '16, '17, '18)
• Two-time USTFCCCA Division I Assistant Coach of the Year (women's distance) (2005, '07)
• Three-time NCAA Mideast Regional Assistant Coach of the Year (women's distance) (2005, '06, '07)
• Three-time Great Lakes Region Indoor Track Assistant Coach of the Year (2007, '08, '16) and two-time Outdoor Track Assistant Coach of the Year (2016)
• 12 Big Ten cross country team titles (1992, '93, '94, 2002, '03, '04, '05, '06, '12, '16, '17, '18)
• 12 NCAA Great Lakes Region cross country team titles (1993, '94, '95, 2004, '05, '08, '11, '12, '13, '16, '17, '18)
• One NCAA cross country individual champion (Katie McGregor, 1998)
• Six NCAA Great Lakes Region cross country individual champions
• Six cross country Big Ten individual champions totaling eight titles
• 14 cross country Big Ten Freshman of the Year recipients
• 140 All-America finishes
• 35 cross country, 104 track and field (85 individuals, 19 relays)
• Five track and field individual NCAA champions
• Four NCAA distance medley relay titles (1994, '98, 2005, '13)
• 17 Big Ten distance medley relay titles (2002, '04-'14, '16, '18, '20, 22), including 11 straight from 2004-2014
• 95 Big Ten individual titles
• 44 All-Big Ten first team citations (cross country)
• 49 All-Big Ten second team honorees (cross country)
• Five Penn Relays Championship of America relay titles
• Seven Drake Relays relay championships
• 16 Academic All-Americans (9 first team, 3 second team, 4 third team)
• Nine Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients

At Michigan

The 2024 season saw the women's track and field team finish fifth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships and sixth at the Outdoor Championships. Samantha Saenz to a pair of top-eight finishes at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (3,000m, 9:21.62; 5,000m, 16:15.28) and Sam Tran to a top-eight finish in the mile (4:39.77) and a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter run with a personal best time of 9:19.06. Penelopea Gordon finished second in the 800-meter run (2:05.34) while Cassie Kearney finished fourth with a personal best 2:06.16. The DMR team earned a second-place finish at the Big Ten Indoor Championships. In the outdoor season, Saenz finished fourth in the 10,000-meter run (33:3584) to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary where she finished 17th with a personal best 33:24.48 for the No. 4 mark on the program performers list. Gordon finished fifth in the 1,500-meter run (4:17.85) and Sam Hastie finished eighth in the 800-meter run (2:08.32), while Saenz and Tilly Simpson both made the podium in the 5,000-meter run at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Hastie, Gordon, and Kearney all advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 1,500-meter run, with Hastie's 27th place finish leading the trio.

The 2023 cross country season saw the Wolverines finish third at the Big Ten Championships, with Kayla Windemuller and Lani Bloom pacing the team with top-15 finishes. Windemuller earned First Team All-Big Honors while Bloom was named Second Team All-Big Ten and the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. The squad placed fourth at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, led by Windemuller's eight place finish and Samantha Saenz's 17th place finish. Both garnered All-Region honors and Windemuller qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual, logging her best NCAA Championship time (20:37.7) in a 92nd place finish.

During the 2023 track season, McGuire helped coach a women's team that swept the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Aurora Rynda won the 800-meter Big Ten Indoor Title, advancing to the NCAA Championships and finishing in eighth place while earning First Team All-America Honors. At the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, McGuire coached seven Wolverines to top-5 finishes including the 800-meter title from Rynda. Rynda advanced to the NCAA Championships, placing seventh and earning First Team All-America honors.

In the 2022 cross country season, McGuire led the Wolverines to a 22nd consecutive NCAA Cross Country Championship, finishing 26th overall with two finishers in the top 100 in Erika Vanderlende (76th) and Sam Tran (100th). Michigan was second at the Big Ten Championships with Vanderlende and Tran earning Big Ten Honors. U-M finished third in the Great Lakes Regional with Vanderlende, Tran and Samantha Saenz earning All-Region honors.

During the 2022 track and field season, McGuire coached Aurora Rynda to one of the most prolific seasons in school history, as she earned a pair of All-America honors at 800 meters, won Big Ten titles indoors at 600 meters and outdoors at 800 meters, ran the fastest time in Big Ten history at 600 meters (1:26.50) and set a school record indoors at 800 meters (2:02.89). Rynda was also a member of the squad that claimed the distance medley relay title for Michigan at the Big Ten Indoor Championships. He also guided Kayla Windemuller to second-team All-America honors, a Big Ten silver medal and a USATF Championships berth in the steeplechase.

McGuire's Wolverines qualified for their 21st consecutive NCAA Cross Country Championships in the fall of 2021, finishing 22nd overall behind top-100 finishers Katelynne Hart (69th) and Kayla Windemuller (79th). Michigan was fourth at the Big Ten Championships with individual runner-up Ericka VanderLende, and took third at the Great Lakes Regional.

During the 2021 track and field season, McGuire's Wolverines combined for two All-America honors and a Big Ten title. Aurora Rynda was a second-team All-American outdoors at 800 meters, while the distance medley relay squad earned first-team All-America honors indoors.. He also had three additional qualifiers for the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Jessi Larson (10,000 meters), Ericka VanderLende (5,000 meters) and Alice Hill (steeplechase).

During the 2021 calendar year, McGuire twice led his Wolverine women to the NCAA Cross Country Championships to reach 20 consecutive appearances at the championships, first in March for the pandemic-delayed 2020 edition and later in November for the regularly scheduled 2021 edition. The Wolverines finished 17th in the spring meet behind three top-100 finishers in Ericka VanderLende (65th), Kathryn House (84th) and Big Ten Freshman of the Year Sam Tran (90th). In the fall the women finished 22nd as a team, with two top-100 finishers in 69th-place Katelynne Hart and 79th-place Kayla Windemuller. The Wolverines were fourth at the fall Big Ten Championships behind individual runner-up Ericka VanderLende.

In a 2020 track and field season that was cut short prematurely due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic, McGuire's student-athletes combined for an All-America honor, two Big Ten Indoor titles and medals in two more events. Despite the cancellation of the NCAA Indoor Championships, the distance medley relay team earned All-America honors for its qualification to the meet, two weeks after winning the Big Ten title. From that team, Aurora Rynda also claimed her second-straight conference title at 600 meters in school-record fashion, and Meg Darmofal claimed silver in the mile. Freshman Ericka VanderLende was the bronze medalist at 5,000 meters.

His 2019 cross country team advanced to its 18th-consecutive NCAA Championships meet, where true freshman Ericka VanderLende led the Wolverines to a 13th-place team finish. VanderLende also earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors, USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week honors and three different Big Ten Athlete of the Week citations. His squad finished third at the Big Ten Championships -- with VanderLende and Kathryn House earned all-conference honors -- and second at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with six top-25 All-Region honorees.

In 2019, McGuire coached the distance medley relay to the nation's fastest time and the fastest time in Big Ten indoor history, en route to a fifth-place All-America finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships. That team was joined as All-Americans by Hannah Meier in the indoor mile and Erin Finn in the outdoor 10,000 meters. At the conference level, he tutored Meier to the indoor mile title in a new school record and Aurora Rynda to the 600-meter victory as a first-year collegian.

McGuire led the Wolverine women to an NCAA Cross Country Championships podium finish in the fall of 2018, on the strength of one of the nation's deepest rosters. All-Americans Camille Davre and Avery Evenson, as well as Big Ten Freshman of the Year Anne Forsyth, were among seven Wolverines in the top-100 individually as Michigan earned a fourth-place showing in the team standings. That same depth propelled the Wolverines to their third-straight Big Ten team title and their fourth-straight Great Lakes Regional title as McGuire earned Coach of the Year honors for both meets.

In 2018, McGuire guided his women distance runners to great success at both the national and conference levels. From among his charges, Jamie Morrissey (cross country), Gina Sereno (cross country, indoor 3,000), Haley Meier (indoor mile), Claire Borchers (steeplechase), and Sarah Zieve (steeplechase) all earned All-America honors, with Big Ten titles coming by way of Meier (indoor mile), Morrissey (outdoor 800), Borchers (steeplechase), Erin Finn (10,000 meters) and the distance medley relay team. During the post-NCAA season, he guided rising sophomore Alice Hill to a seventh-place finish at the IAAF World U20 Championships in the steeplechase in just her third-ever race in the event.

During cross country, his Wolverines finished ninth in the country behind the All-American duo of Morrissey and Sereno. Their national result came after the Wolverines claimed their third-consecutive NCAA Great Lakes Regional title and their second-straight Big Ten team title. Morrissey and Sereno were also both First-Team All-Big Ten selections, and were joined by Maddy Trevisan and Claire Borchers as All-Region honorees.

McGuire's 2017 track and field season was filled with titles, both at the national and conference level. Highlighting his group's performance was Jaimie Phelan, who claimed the program's first-ever national title over 1,500 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, winning by .02 in one of the closest races in championships history after going from last to first on the final lap. Phelan also claimed the Big Ten title at that distance a month earlier, one of four conference crowns his athletes accumulated on the year. The other three belonged to Gina Sereno, who claimed the indoor 3,000-meter and outdoor 5,000- and 10,000-meter victories. Rounding out McGuire's elite corps of distance runners was Erin Finn, who finished runner-up indoors at 5,000 meters as the only woman in college history to run 15:30 or faster in consecutive NCAA Indoor Championships.

The fall's cross country season in 2016 set the tone for the rest of the year, as the Wolverines tied a program-best with a national runner-up finish by a single point to Oregon. Finn led the way with an individual runner-up finish in her final career cross country race, and was joined by Avery Evenson and Gina Sereno as All-Americans. The national finish for the Wolverines wrapped up a season that saw them also win the Big Ten and NCAA Great Lakes Regional titles, with Finn winning both of those events individually.

Under McGuire, Michigan's dominance in the distance medley relay has reached new heights. For 15 years running (each year since 2003), McGuire has coached U-M athletes to All-America honors in the DMR. Most recently in 2017 U-M took fifth to post its fifth-straight top-five finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships after taking runner-up at the Big Ten Championships. In 2016, U-M won its 12th Big Ten title in the last 13 seasons and ran to a fourth-place finish at the national meet one year after placing third at the NCAA Championships in 2015. The Wolverines captured their 11th straight Big Ten DMR title and placed fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2014.

During the 2015 outdoor season, McGuire helped guide sophomore Erin Finn to a successful defense of her 10,000m title at the Big Ten Championships, and at the NCAA Championships, Finn placed fifth in the 5,000m race, becoming the first-ever Wolverine to earn All-American honors at both the 5K and 10K distances. With Brook Handler finishing seventh in the 1,500m run, McGuire guided his senior co-captain to U-M's first back-to-back All-America honors in the event since 2006-07, when he helped Canadian Olympian Nicole (Edwards) Sifuentes accomplish the same feat. His guidance helped U-M to its best team finish at the NCAA meet since 2009.

In 2016, McGuire helped U-M to its best season since 2008, the most successful year in program history. He coached two athletes to All-American honors at 1,500 meters (Shannon Osika, Jaimie Phelan), extending the streak to four straight years with at least one U-M top-eight finisher. His Wolverines swept the Big Ten titles for the first time since the program's last triple crown (2003), totaling 109 points indoor and 106 outdoor for their best scoring efforts in seven years. U-M won outdoor titles at 800 and 1,500 meters, and in the 5K and 10K, scoring 80 total points in McGuire's areas of specialty, including 1-2 finishes in both of the middle-distance races. The program's indoor title came on the strength of event titles at 800, 3,000 and 5,000 meters, as well as the Mile Race and the DMR. Distance athletes totaled 86 of U-M's 109 points indoors, and the Maize and Blue also medaled at 600 meters and in the 60-meter hurdles before carrying that momentum into a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. There, Cindy Ofili won the program's first individual title since 2009 (60-meter hurdles) and McGuire guided Finn to runner-up finishes in the 3K and 5K. She came in under the USATF 2016 Summer Olympic Qualifying Standard when she ran a program-best 15:23.16, the fastest runner-up time in NCAA Championships history.

As a freshman sensation, Finn also highlighted the 2013-14 season, winning individual Big Ten titles in cross country, as well as the indoor and outdoor 5,000-meter crowns and 10,000-meter title. She became a three-time All-American, including a first team honoree in cross country and outdoor track (10,000m). She garnered several athlete of the year honors, including Big Ten Cross Country Athlete and Freshman of the Year, Big Ten Indoor Track Freshman of the Year, and Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Athlete of the Championships. She was the first runner in Big Ten history to receive all three conference outdoor awards. McGuire also guided Brook Handler to First Team All-America honors as a member of the DMR and in the outdoor 1,500-meter run. Fifth-year senior Jillian Smith became McGuire's seventh student-athlete to be named Michigan's female Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient.

In 2013, McGuire helped the distance medley relay team to its 10th consecutive Big Ten title, as well as the program's fourth national championship in the DMR. The relay set a new school record (10:56.46) at the NCAA Indoor Championships and Big Ten meet record (11:11.41) at the indoor conference meet. Individually, he guided fifth-year senior transfer Amanda Eccleston to the indoor mile and outdoor 1,500-meter crowns -- the second Wolverine in three seasons to double in the mile and 1,500m (Rebecca Addison, 2011). Eccleston led a strong middle-distance corps that finished 1-4-5-6 in the mile at the Big Ten Indoor Championships and 1-3-4-5 in the 1,500-meter run at the outdoor conference meet. Under McGuire's guidance, Rebecca Addison and Jillian Smith led the distance medley relay to four straight Big Ten titles and NCAA Indoor Championship appearances in the DMR during their careers.

In 2010, Smith won the 800-meter run at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, en route to being named the Big Ten Indoor Freshman of the Year -- the second athlete McGuire has helped to the award (Katie Erdman, 2003). Smith repeated as the Big Ten indoor 800-meter champion in 2011, while Addison won the event in 2012, making it three straight victories for the Wolverines. Addison also won the 2011 Big Ten indoor mile and outdoor 1,500-meter run.

McGuire coached Geena Gall to her second consecutive national title in the outdoor 800-meter run in 2009, the first time he has coached a back-to-back national winner. He has coached the distance medley relay team to four national titles since his arrival, including the school-record setting relay team in 2013. McGuire has mentored four individual NCAA champions in Gall, Anna Willard (2007 - steeplechase) and Katie McGregor (1998 - indoor 3,000-meter run). Willard also held the American record in the steeplechase (9:27.59) and appeared in the 2008 Olympics. In addition to Willard, McGuire also guided Canadian Nicole (Edwards) Sifuentes to her first Olympic appearance in the 1,500-meter run at the 2012 London Games.

As associate head coach for U-M's track and field program, McGuire has had a hand in 14 Big Ten team championships, including a pair of Triple Crown wins in 1994 and 2003 (Big Ten cross country, indoor and outdoor track titles in the same academic year).

McGuire helped Michigan produce its first individual NCAA track and field national champion in 1998, when McGregor won the national indoor 3,000-meter run championship. McGuire also directed McGregor to Michigan's first individual NCAA cross country title in 1998. In addition to his NCAA champions, McGuire has manufactured 64 individual Big Ten champions (34 indoor and 30 outdoor), including 2005 ESPN The Magazine All-American Lindsey Gallo and 2002 Michigan Female Athlete of the Year Katie Jazwinski.

The 2007 season was magical for the middle distance and distance corps under the guidance of McGuire. His runners won every 2007 indoor event from the 600-meter through the 5,000-meter, including the distance medley. The middle distance and distance group produced Big Ten titles in the 800-meter, 1,500-meter, 3,000-meter steeplechase and the 5,000-meter with Willard winning the latter three. Willard, Katie Erdman and Edwards all won NCAA Mideast Region titles for Michigan. McGuire also led U-M to collegiate records in the 4 x 800-meter and 4 x 1,500-meter relay events at the Penn Relays in April. Willard was named the Michigan Female Athlete of the Year, marking McGuire's fourth student-athlete to earn the honor.

In 2006, Erdman became the first Big Ten athlete to capture a conference title three times (600 meter - 2003, '04 & '06). For the distance group, McGuire coached Alyson Kohlmeier, Rebecca Walter and Erin Webster all to Big Ten titles in the 3,000-meter, 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter, respectively. Walter also became the first U-M runner to capture the 10,000-meter Big Ten title and the first to win the 5,000-meter outdoor title since 2002.

McGuire's cross country teams have finished first or second in the Big Ten Championships in 22 of the last 27 seasons, winning it all in 1992, '93, '94, 2002, '03, '04, '05, '06, '12, '16 and '17. U-M captured the regional championships in 1993, '94, '95, 2004, '05, '08, '11, '12, '13, '15, '16, and '17 while posting 21 top-two finishes -- including a second-place finish or better in 13 of the last 16 seasons. U-M boasts 14 top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships and has placed among the event's top 15 in all but seven times over McGuire's tenure, most notably second-place finishes at the 1994 and 2016 NCAA Championships, a third-place finish in 2006 and a fourth-place finish in 2013.

McGuire is one of only two coaches to earn cross country Big Ten Coach of the Year honors three consecutive seasons (1992, '93, '94, 2002, '03, '04, '05, '06, '12, '16 and '17). Under his guidance, U-M has posted its best individual and team NCAA cross country finishes.  He helped guide three-time All-American Molly McClimon to program history as U-M's first women's cross country Big Ten and district champion.

As a Wolverine student-athlete (1976-79), McGuire was an All-American under legendary former U-M men's cross country coach Ron Warhurst. McGuire set the Big Ten three-mile record (now retired) in 1976 while competing with the Wolverine cross country and track teams. He competed on the U.S. cross country team at the World Cross Country Championships in Madrid, Spain, and won the 1981 Detroit Free Press Marathon.

Originally from Matawan, N.J., McGuire earned a degree in social studies and history from the University of Michigan in 1979. He currently resides in Ann Arbor.

Career Highlights

• Coached three collegiate record holders
  • 4x1500m Relay, 17:15.62, 2007 Penn Relays (Katie Erdman, Geena Gall, Anna Willard, Nicole Edwards)
  • 4x800m Relay, 8:18.78, 2007 Penn Relays (Nicole Edwards, Geena Gall, Anna Willard, Nicole Edwards)
  • Anna Willard - 3,000m Steeplechase, 9:38.08, 2007 NCAA Outdoor Champion
• Coached one American record holder
  • Anna Willard - 3,000m Steeplechase, 9:27.59, 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials
• Coached two Canadian record holders
  • Nicole (Edwards) Sifuentes - 1,500m (4:07.61), 8/3/2014 in Sopot, Poland
  • Aurora Rynda - indoor 600m (1:27.05), 2/11/2022
• Coached two Olympians
  • Anna Willard - 2008, 3,000m Steeplechase, USA
  • Nicole (Edwards) Sifuentes - 2012 and 2016, 1,500m, Canada
• Coached three IAAF World Championship participants
  • Geena Gall - 2009, 800m, USA
  • Nicole (Edwards) Sifuentes - 2013, 2015, 1,500m, Canada

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COLIN BOEVERS

Title: Assistant Coach

Colin Boevers enters his fourth season as an assistant coach for the University of Michigan track and field team in 2024-25, working primarily with the Wolverine throwers.

Boevers By the Numbers

• Has coached or assisted in coaching 13 different student-athletes to a combined 19 NCAA All-America honors, including four at Michigan
• Has coached or assisted in coaching eight conference champions
• Has coached or assisted in coaching seven school record-holders, including three at Michigan

At Michigan

• In the 2024 season, three Wolverines were named NCAA Outdoor Championships selections (Zane Forist, discus throw; Corinne Jemison, discus throw; and Emma Yungeberg, javelin throw). Yungeberg finished second at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (50.89m), setting the program record for the first of three-straight meets. At the NCAAs, Yungeberg finished 14th with a program record-setting mark of 52.36m to earn Second Team All-America honors. Jemison took third in the discus throw at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships before finishing fifth at the NCAA Championships with a program record mark of 60.07m to earn First Team All-America honors. Jemison also earned bronze at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a program record mark of 16.82m. Forist finished 14th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, the best finish on the men's side, and earned Second Team All-America honors.
• In the 2023 season, the throwers saw several record-breaking performances on the way to sweeping the Women's Indoor and Outdoor Big Ten Championships. Corinne Jemison won the Big Ten Outdoor discus title while breaking the program record she set the previous year. Emma Yungeberg threw for the No. 3 javelin mark  in program history while Jemison also came away from the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with the U-M shot put record. On the men's side, freshman Zane Forist threw for the No. 5 discus mark in program history at the NCAA East Preliminaries. After qualifying for the NCAA Championships, Forist finished in 24th place.
• Boevers made an immediate impact on the program in his first season in 2022, assisting with the best duo of female shot putters in program history with Corinne Jemison and Amanda Schaare. Jemison also had a breakthrough campaign, breaking school records in the outdoor shot put (16.92m / 55-6.25) and discus (57.40m / 188-4) on the way to both second-team All-America honors and a sixth-place finish at the USATF Championships in the discus.

Before Michigan

Boevers came to Ann Arbor via Oklahoma, where he coached or assisted in coaching Sooner student-athletes to All-America honors and seven individual Big 12 titles between 2017 and 2021.

During his time, Oklahoma was a near-constant presence on the national stage in the throws. Sooner student-athletes he worked with earned All-America honors at eight of the 10 NCAA Championship meets held since his arrival in Norman in 2017, combining for 12 honors along the way.

While at Oklahoma, he assisted in coaching Jess Woodard, who earned four top-eight shot put finishes at the NCAA Championships -- including a silver medal outdoors in 2018 and a bronze earlier that winter indoors. She also won three Big 12 Shot put titles during that time. Adding to her success, Jess also earned a pair of NCAA Championships appearances in the discus under Boevers’ tutelage.

Boevers also coached Ashley Bryant (weight throw/hammer throw) and Bailey Campbell (hammer throw) and assisted in coaching Meia Gordon (shot put), Cooper Campbell (shot put) Payden Montana (shot put), and Faith Ette (shot put) to multiple All-America honors.

Before Oklahoma, Boevers served as an assistant coach at Miami (Ohio) for two seasons in 2014-15 and 2015-16. While in Oxford, he coached Amelia Stricklr to two shot put All-America honors.

Boevers served as a volunteer assistant for Oklahoma during the 2013-14 campaign, when he helped the talented Sooner javelin corps to a combined three All-America honors between women’s NCAA Runner-Up Avione Allgood and second-teamers Elizabeth Herrs and Garrett Snow.

Boevers was a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier and two-time SEC champion in the discus during his undergraduate career at Kentucky from 2008-11. He was fourth at the 2011 NCAA Championships and ninth in 2010 after winning SEC titles both seasons. He graduated in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in community communications and leadership development.

Boevers has coached alongside his wife, Allison (née Liske) Boevers, dating back to his time at Miami (Ohio). Allison presently serves as an assistant coach for the Wolverines in the throwing events.

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JACOB PETTINGA

Title: Assistant Coach

Jacob Pettinga is in his second year as an assistant coach for the University of Michigan track and field team in the 2024-25 season, primarily working with the men’s distance runners after serving as a volunteer assistant coach for two seasons.

In his first season as assistant coach, Tom Brady set a pair of school records (indoor 5,000-meter run, 13:24.16; outdoor 10,000-meter run, 28:21.89). In the indoor season, Brady claimed two bronze medals at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (3,000-meter run, 7:57.85; 5,000-meter run, 13:58.15) and qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 5,000-meter run. Nick Foster added a school record in the mile run (3:54.48) and a ninth-place finish for Second Team All-America honors to his resume to lead the team's NCAA Championship effort. The school record (9:19.33) and Big Ten runner-up DMR team of Foster, Dubem Amene, Miles Brown, and Trent McFarland also advanced to the NCAA Championships. In the outdoor season, Brady defended his 10,000-meter Big Ten title and advanced to the NCAA Championships where he finished 15th for Second Team All-America honors. McFarland earned his first Big Ten title as a freshman in the 1,500-meter run (3:43.59), edging Foster by 0.05 seconds for a Michigan 1-2 finish. Foster (1,500-meter run) and Caleb Jarema (3,000-meter steeplechase) both advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

He joined the program while pursuing his graduate studies in movement science from Michigan, and after working with the Michigan Medicine Adaptive Sport and Fitness program. He also previously served as a volunteer assistant coach for Saugatuck High School.

He graduated from Calvin University in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, where he was a four-year member of the Knights’ track and field and cross country teams under former Michigan standout and Olympic medalist Brian Diemer. He was a two-time MIAA conference championships scorer on the track for Calvin in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 5,000 meters, and was a competing member of three team MIAA titles in cross country.

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ALLISON BOEVERS

Title: Assistant Coach

Allison Boevers is in her fourth season as an assistant coach for the University of Michigan track and field team in 2024-25, working primarily with the Wolverine throwers.

Boevers by the Numbers

• Has coached or assisted in coaching 13 different student-athletes to a combined 19 NCAA All-America honors, including four at Michigan
• Has coached or assisted in coaching eight conference champions
• Has coached or assisted in coaching seven school record-holders, including three at Michigan

At Michigan

• In the 2024 season, three Wolverines were named NCAA Outdoor Championships selections (Zane Forist, discus throw; Corinne Jemison, discus throw; and Emma Yungeberg, javelin throw). Yungeberg finished second at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (50.89m), setting the program record for the first of three-straight meets. At the NCAAs, Yungeberg finished 14th with a program record-setting mark of 52.36m to earn Second Team All-America honors. Jemison took third in the discus throw at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships before finishing fifth at the NCAA Championships with a program record mark of 60.07m to earn First Team All-America honors. Jemison also earned bronze at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a program record mark of 16.82m. Forist finished 14th at the NCAA Outdoor  Championships, the best finish on the men's side, and earned Second Team All-America honors.
• In the 2023 season, the throwers saw several record-breaking performances on the way to sweeping the Women's Indoor and Outdoor Big Ten Championships. Corinne Jemison won the Big Ten Outdoor discus title while breaking the program record she set the previous year. Emma Yungeberg threw for the No. 3 javelin mark in program history while Jemison also came away from the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with the U-M shot put record. On the men's side, freshman Zane Forist threw for the No. 5 discus mark in program history at the NCAA East Preliminaries. After qualifying for the NCAA Championships, Forist finished in 24th place.
• In her first year, Boevers coached the then best duo of women’s shot putters in program history with Corinne Jemison and Amanda Schaare. Jemison also had a breakthrough campaign, breaking school records in the outdoor shot put (16.92m / 55- 6.25) and also in the discus (57.40m / 188-4) on the way to both second-team All- America honors and a sixth-place finish at the USATF Championships in the discus.

Before Michigan

Boevers came to Ann Arbor via Oklahoma, where she coached and assisted Sooner student-athletes to All-America honors and seven individual Big 12 titles between 2017 and 2021.

During her time with the Sooners, Oklahoma was a near-constant presence on the national stage in the throws. Sooner student-athletes she worked with earned All-America honors at eight of the 10 NCAA Championship meets held since her arrival in Norman in 2017, combining for 12 honors along the way.

Among the student-athletes she worked with was Jess Woodard, who earned four top-eight shot put finishes at the NCAA Championships -- including a silver medal during the outdoor season in 2018 and bronze during the indoor season -- to go along with a pair of NCAA Championships appearances in the discus. Jess Woodard also won three Big 12 shot put titles under her tutelage.

Boevers also coached Meia Gordon (shot put), Cooper Campbell (shot put) Payden Montana (shot put) and assisted with Ashley Bryant (weight throw/hammer throw) and Bailey Campbell (hammer throw) to multiple All-America honors at Oklahoma.

Before Oklahoma, she served as an assistant coach at Miami (Ohio) from 2014-2016, focusing primarily on the throws but also assisting with the pole vault. While in Oxford, she coached Amelia Strickler to All-America honors.

Boevers (née Liske) still ranks among the best throwers in Michigan program history, coming in at No. 4 in the indoor shot put all-time list and No. 5 outdoors over a decade after her Wolverine career came to a close. She qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in both the shot put and discus in 2010, 2011, and 2012. She graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in English.

Boevers has coached alongside her husband, Colin Boevers, dating back to her time at Miami (Ohio). Colin presently also serves as an assistant coach for the Wolverines in the throwing events.

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SHEAN CONLON

Title: Assistant Coach

Shean Conlon joined the University of Michigan men's and women's track and field staff for the 2024-25 season after a previous stint with the Wolverines from 2011-2018. Conlon will work primarily with the U-M pole vaulters.

Throughout his years of men's and women's collegiate pole vaulting experience, he has developed seven school record holders, 14 all-conference performers and three conference champions.

In four seasons at Michigan, he has directed five athletes to 14 scoring performances at the Big Ten Championships, including one Big Ten champion. He has also produced eight NCAA East Preliminary qualifiers, one five-time All-American and a multi-school record holder.

In 2014, Conlon helped two-time tri-captain Kiley Tobel cap her career as a five-time All-American with her Second Team All-America performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Originally setting a new indoor pole vault school record in 2012, Tobel improved that record to 4.25 meters (13-11.25) in 2014. Following the season, Tobel was selected to the Capital One Academic All-America second team after being named an Academic All-District V second team member in 2012 and 2013.

During the 2013 season, Conlon guided Tobel to All-America second team accolades at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, back-to-back All-Big Ten second team performances at the indoor and outdoor championships, as well as a pair of Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week citations. Tobel also set a new school record in the outdoor pole vault (4.25m, 13-11.25).

In 2012, Conlon directed Tobel to appearances at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, where she earned First and Second Team All-America honors, respectively. Tobel also received outdoor All-Big Ten second team accolades and was named U-M's Female Breakthrough Athlete of the Year. Conlon also guided Jack Greenlee to the Big Ten Conference outdoor pole vault title, where he earned All-Big Ten first team honors.

In his first season with the Maize and Blue in 2011, Conlon produced three NCAA Preliminary Round qualifiers, one NCAA qualifier and helped Austin DeWildt and Tobel earn their team's respective Most Improved Athlete award. With Conlon's assistance, Greenlee and DeWildt each climbed into the all-time top 10 performance list at Michigan.

Conlon's coaching responsibilities with the Wolverines include designing and implementing innovative and personalized training programs for pole vaulters, which focus on speed, strength, power and gymnastic development, with a unified theme of improving technical efficiency. He also assists the coaching staffs in identifying and evaluating potential student-athletes. Conlon also coordinates all pole vault training during Michigan track and field camps and clinics.

In 2006, Conlon graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor's degree in archaeological studies and religious studies. He went on to earn a master's degree in exercise physiology from Eastern Michigan University, where he was a graduate assistant coach and completed a master's thesis on the "Effect of Recovery Duration on Acceleration and Blood Lactate Levels in Pole-Vaulters."

During his stint at EMU, Conlon coached two student-athletes to four All-MAC honors, as well as a two-time NCAA regional qualifier.

Prior to arriving at Eastern Michigan, Conlon spent two seasons at his alma mater, Oberlin College (Division II), where he competed from 2003-06.

While at Oberlin, Conlon coached seven student-athletes to 15 All-North Coach Athletic Conference (NCAC) performances. He also helped produce two NCAC champions and one NCAA provisional qualifier. Under Conlon's guidance, five school records were set by his student-athletes at Oberlin.

Conlon is also a Level II-certified jumps coach, which is the second highest certification available from USA Track & Field.

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MAXWELL HENG

Title: Director of Operations

Maxwell Heng joined the University of Michigan Cross Country/Track and Field program as the Director of Operations in August 2024. Heng previously served as the On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator and Volunteer Assistant Coach, working with the horizontal jumps, at Nebraska. He graduated from Nebraska in 2021 with degrees in english and sports communications.