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Boston University Men's Cross Country
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Boston University

Boston University Men's Cross Country

NCAA Division 1 Boston, MA Private (not-for-profit)

Academic Snapshot

Acceptance Rate

11%

Avg SAT

1,473

Avg ACT

33

Enrollment

17,850

Team Information

Sport

Cross Country

Gender

Men's

Division

NCAA Division 1

Location

Boston, MA

Coaching Staff (4)

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Mike Delgado

Assistant Coach

Delgado came to BU from Stonehill College, where he spent two seasons in the same position. In his first season with the Terriers, he was part of Robyne Johnson's staff that earned Women's Coaching Staff of the Year honors at the America East Indoor Championship. He repeated that feat at the 2012 America East Indoor Championships. Delgado was recognized by BU in 2012 as the inaugural winner of the Terrier Staff Award, which is given out to a Terrier staff member who goes above and beyond his or her duties. It was a banner year for Delgado in 2012, as he coached Allison Barwise to a pair of All-America selections in the high jump. Barwise also qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials. During Delgado's tenure in Easton, the Skyhawks produced their first All-American in a non-distance event with a fifth-place finish in the 60-meter dash at the 2007 NCAA Division II Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship. A 2005 graduate of the University of Connecticut with a bachelor of science degree in resource economics, Delgado was a captain of the Huskies' men's track and field team as a senior and captured New England championships in the 55-meter hurdles and the heptathlon, setting a meet record in the latter. He also competed in the NCAA regionals and was an All-Big East performer in the 110-meter high hurdles in each of his four years. A native of Bridgewater, Delgado currently resides in Brockton.

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Gabriel Sanders

Assistant Coach

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Robyne Johnson

Coach

Johnson will now turn her attention to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She will serve as an assistant coach for the 2016 USA Track & Field Olympic Team, working with the jumpers and athletes competing in combined events. Her Olympic appointment comes after another successful season at the helm of the Terrier track & field programs. She was named the 2016 USTFCCCA Northeast Region Indoor Track Women's Coach of the Year after BU claimed its second Patriot League indoor title. That was the ninth conference championship for the Terriers in Johnson's time leading the program. In 2016, Cameron Williams was a Second Team All-American in the 200m dash during the indoor season, and he was also one of nine Terriers to qualify for the NCAA East Prelims during the outdoor campaign. Johnson also led the men's team to a second-place finish at the Patriot League indoor championships and helped BU athletes win 31 different events at both conference meets. The Terriers have thrived under Johnson's guidance, claiming a total of nine conference championships in track & field and five conference titles in cross country. BU has been particularly dominant in its three years in the Patriot League, winning back-to-back women's cross country titles and sweeping the indoor and outdoor track & field championships in 2014, in addition to the 2016 women's indoor crown. The 29-year coaching veteran has been honored numerous times, including three times as the Northeast Region Indoor Track Women's Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). She also earned that distinction in 2008 and in 2016. Johnson is a three-time Patriot League Coach of the Year and seven-time America East Coach of the Year. During her tenure, the women's indoor track and field team has won five America East championships, including the 2012 title, as well as the 2014 and 2016 Patriot League championships. In addition, the women's cross country squad has captured two America East and New England crowns as well as the 2014 and 2015 Patriot League titles. The women's outdoor track and field team also won the America East championship in 2008 and the 2014 Patriot League championship. She has also helped student-athletes earn individual awards, including America East Field Performer of the Year and Track Performer of the Year, and has coached 15 All-Americans at BU. Johnson and her staff have been named America East Coaching Staff of the Year at eight conference championships and Johnson was honored as the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Northeast Region Head Coach of the Year in 2008, 2014 and 2016. Johnson is a member of the USA Track and Field Coaches Association. Prior to being named an assistant coach of the 2016 USA Track & Field Olympic Team, Johnson previously coached at the international level numerous times. She was an assistant coach for the United States at the 2012 DecaNation meet in France, as well as the head women's track & field coach for Team USA at the World University Games in China. In addition, Johnson was an assistant coach for the United States team that captured its first title at the 1998 World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa and was an assistant coach for the 2003 Pan American Games. From 1995 to 2003, Johnson served as an assistant coach at the University of California-Berkeley, where she was responsible for the training, conditioning and recruitment of both male and female horizontal jumpers and female sprinters. During her time there, she coached 11 All-Americans, including seven Pac-10 champions. Prior to her experience at Cal, Johnson spent two years at Rider University, serving as the associate head coach for track and cross country. At Rider, she coached three conference champions and started the university's first ever women's track and field program. Johnson also served as an assistant coach at Penn State, where she instructed four All-Americans, one Big Ten champion, nine ECAC Champions and six Penn State school record holders. Penn State won the ECAC title six straight seasons. A four-time participant at the U.S. Olympic trials in the triple jump, Johnson served as the United States Elite Athletes Development coordinator for the event from 2000-05. Johnson competed at the 1991 World Championships in Seville, Spain, earning a ninth-place finish in the triple jump. She also competed in the 1993 USA vs. Great Britain, finishing fourth. Johnson was a five-time All-American in the triple jump at the University of Texas at Austin and was a key contributor to the Longhorns' first outdoor national championship squad in 1982. She was ranked in the top 10 in the nation in the triple jump for 10 years and is considered to be a member of the first group of elite triple jumpers of the US. In 1992, she was ranked seventh in the world in the event and competed in the Olympic trials in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000. In 1992, Johnson came in second at the Olympic trials. In addition to her bachelor's degree in history from Texas, Johnson holds a masters of science degree in education from California State University Hayward and has six years of collegiate teaching experience in physical education. As a high school student, Johnson made the 1980 Jr. Pan American team and finished fourth in the long jump. Johnson was also a high school All-American and a member of the 1981 Berkeley High School track team, considered one of the top high school teams ever. In addition to developing student-athletes, Johnson is an active leader in the track and field and community, having served in numerous leadership positions. She was selected to the NCAA Division I Track and Field Committee in November 2006, and as part of the sport's top governing body, Johnson and the 13-member committee provide a legislative agenda for cross country and track and field. Her term runs through 2011. Johnson is also on the jury of appeals for the America East Conference and the IC4A games committee. A native of Oakland, Calif., Johnson has a son, Joshua, and resides in western Massachusetts.

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Bruce Lehane

Coach

Lehane, who placed fifth overall at the 1987 Cross-Country World Championships to help the United States squad to the team title. Under Lehane's guidance, the Boston University men's cross country team has successfully qualified for the NCAA Championship field 10 times and posted three top-10 finishes. Most recently, individuals qualified for the NCAA Championship in 2012 and again in 2014 while at least one harrier has earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors in each of the last five years. BU has also excelled on the conference level under Lehane's tutelage. The women's cross country team has won 17 conference championships, including the 2013 and 2014 Patriot League titles. The men's cross country team has won 11 conference titles and took home its seventh New England championship in 2015. Lehane is a 17-time America East Coach of the Year and two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year. Born and raised in Boston, Lehane graduated from Boston State College in 1970 with a B.A. in English and Secondary Education. Coached on the collegiate level by the renowned Bill Squires, he set school records in the 800m and mile runs, and earned NAIA All-American honors in both his junior and senior years. He later earned a master's degree in reading and language from the University of Lowell. After teaching developmental and remedial reading for five years in the public schools of Maine, Lehane began his collegiate coaching career at Boston University in 1982. Lehane and his wife Lesley, who is a former Terrier runner and track and field coach, reside in Brookline with their three sons, Blaize, Elliot, and Aidan.

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