Bradley University Women's Track

Gauson, who earned MVC Coach of the Year honors in both mens and womens cross country, has now won conference coach of the year honors in three consecutive seasons.  In addition to the team titles, the 2015-16 season featured the Bradley mens cross country team boasting a trio of all-conference runners for the first time since 1983.  Pacing the Bradley men was sophomore Michael Ward, who earned the MVC Elite 18 Award in cross country following a fourth-place finish.  On the womens side, Caitlin Busch won the MVC individual title for a second straight year to claim her second MVC Athlete of the Year honor and her twin sister Kristen took home USTFCCCA All-Region honors.  Kristen finished sixth at the NCAA Cross Country Regional to become the first Brave to reach the NCAA Cross Country Championship since 1998.  The track season was highlighted by numerous conference titles along with three women and four men reaching the NCAA West Preliminary.  Kristen Busch ended up taking home honorable mention All-American honors in the 10,000 meters for the second time in her career after reaching the NCAA Championship in the event.  In addition, the Braves produced a pair of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans with mens runner Marshall Moyer earning first-team honors to become the seventh two-time Academic All-American in school history and womens runner Sarah McMahon garnering second-team recognition to join Mary Ellen Hill as the only Academic All-Americans in program history.  Gauson came to Bradley from Lamar University, where he guided both the Cardinals men's and women's cross country programs to consecutive Southland Conference championships in 2013 and 2014. In addition to the championship success of the cross country teams at Lamar, Gauson coached the Cardinals runners to 36 individual Southland Conference championships in cross country and track in just three seasons. Among his star runners, Gauson helped Matt Johnsen to a 33rd-place finish at the 2012 NCAA Cross Country Championship and the first All-America honor for the Cardinals since 1969. Additionally, Sam Stabler posted the second-fastest 5,000 meters time in the nation last spring to go along with Capital One Academic All-America honors. A 2006 graduate of Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a degree in sport and exercise science, Gauson competed two years at Butler University, where he earned a masters of science degree in education in 2008. Gauson was an assistant cross country/track and field coach at Butler for four seasons after earning his masters degree. The Butler men were able to extend their streak of consecutive conference cross country titles to 14 during Gausons time in Indianapolis and the Bulldogs finished 29th at the NCAA National Championship during his first season on the coaching staff. Butler boasted four All-Americans during his tenure at the school. As a student at Butler, Gauson earned a Horizon League title in the 1,500 meters during his final year of eligibility in addition to claiming Scottish national championships in the event in both 2004 and 2005.  

Bradley cross country/track & field teams as an assistant coach in September 2013. During his time with the Braves, the Bradley womens cross country team won the 2014 & 2015 Missouri Valley Conference titles, while the mens cross country team claimed the first conference championship in program history during the fall of 2015.  In addition to his coaching duties with the Braves, Bradley assists with recruiting and the day-to-day operations with the mens and womens cross country/track & field programs.  Highlighting some of the individual accomplishments during his tenure on The Hilltop, Caitlin Busch won back-to-back MVC Individual Cross Country titles, while her twin sister Kristen Busch reached the 2015 NCAA Cross Country Championship.  A 2011 graduate of St Mary's University in Twickenham, London, Bradley graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Sports Science and Strength and Conditioning Science.  He competed two years at Lamar University, where he earned a masters of science degree in Kinesiology in 2013 and was part of a 2011 Southland Conference Mens Cross Country Championship squad.  As a student at St Mary's University, Bradley was co-captain of the cross country/track & field team where he was part of the 2011 team that claimed the British Universities & College Sport title. While a student at Lamar University, Bradley recently ran in the 2015 Chicago Marathon, where he finished 72nd overall at 2:30.13.