2022 WVU Track and Field Guide

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• 15th season as head coach and 29th overall • Coached a total of 19 athletes who competed at the World Track and Field, World Cross Country, World University Games and Pan American Championships • Coached 14 All-Big 12 cross country athletes • Coached three cross country runners to three career All-America honors – Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland and Katie Gillespie • Three Big 12 Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award winners – Sarah Martinelli, Kaitlyn Gillespie and Jillian Forsey • Six NCAA Cross Country Championships team appearances in the last 11 seasons • Coached individuals to NCAA Championships in 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2021 • Five NCAA top-10 finishes since 2007 • Three-time Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year • Three straight top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships from 2007-09 • Five Top-10 NCAA finishes from 2007-2014 • Has won both Atlantic 10 and Big East team championships • 2007 Big East Coach of the Year • Served role in some capacity at WVU since 1991 (student-athlete, graduate assistant, assistant coach, head coach) • Named USTFCCCA President of Division I cross country in 2013 • Holds USATF Level I Certification COACHING EXPERIENCE

• West Virginia University, 1993-Present • Head coach, 2007-Present RUNNING EXPERIENCE

• West Virginia University, 1991-92 • Captain of 1991 Atlantic 10 title team • Earned all-conference honors in 1992 EDUCATION

• West Virginia University • Bachelor’s degree (physical education) – 1992 PERSONAL

• Wife, Heather • Son, Patrick • Daughter, Irelynn • Resides in Morgantown


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