Louisville Track & Field Lenny Lyles / Clark Wood Invitational
BIRTHDAY: February 4 COACHING RESPONSIBILITY: Cross Country/Distance EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree (St. Francis (Pa.), '07); Master's Degree (Louisville, '09) YEAR AT LOUISVILLE: Second HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, Pa. FAMILY: Husband - Ryan
ATHLETIC CAREER
Competed for one year at Louisville in cross country and track
Ran at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships and the NCAA Southeast Regional
Holds the school record in the indoor 3,000m
Three-year letterwinner in cross country and track at St. Francis (Pa.)
Earned all-Northeast Conference honors three times in track and twice in cross country
Set the school and Northeast Conference outdoor record in the 10,000m
Three-year NEC Honor Roll member
COACHING CAREER
2011-Present: Louisville (assistant coach)
2009-11: Western Michigan (assistant coach)
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
LOUISVILLE
Directed Holly Knight to earn first female distance All-America honor at Louisville in more than 15 years; Knight also earned academic All-America accolades
Coached Knight to set school records in the 5,000m and 10,000m events that had been upheld since 1995; she shattered the 10,000m mark by nearly 35 seconds
Overall, the distance group broke six school records
WESTERN MICHIGAN
Guided her athletes to three league titles on the track, while setting three school records
Had one athlete qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in the 10,000m
Her 2011 distance group accumulated the most points in school history at the league championships
Directed the women's cross country team to its highest finish since 2006 at the MAC Cross Country Championships; the squad had its first all-conference honoree in Samantha Tomerlin in two years
Coached the women's cross country team to its best finish at a regional in six years; Tomerlin had the best mark by a female runner in more than 10 years
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