Bryant University Men's Track

Switzer begins his third season at Bryant University and his second as the Director of Cross Country/Track and Field and the head track and field coach. Switzer spent the 2014-15 season as the interim men's track and field head coach before being elevated on May 26, 2015. Switzer has taken the Bulldogs to another level in his first two years, completely rewriting the school record book. In 2015-16, the Bulldogs earned six medals at the NEC Championships. Adam Malone became the highest finishing male in program history, earning a pair of silver medals in the triple jump. The men's 4x800 outdoor relay team also enjoyed a historic moment as they became the first quartet in school history to run a sub-8:00 time on their way to a silver medal.  In his first year, Switzer helped the Bulldogs to unprecedented heights. Under his coaching, the Black and Gold set 17 school records, had seven players take home medals at the NEC Championships, had eight earn All-NEC honors and sent eight to the ECAC/IC4A Championships. The Bulldogs also saw their top-10 lists completely rewritten this past year. Individually, Kristen Hayes, MiaLynne Park, Annmarie Tuxbury and Milan Duka all thrived in Switzer's first year. Hayes emerged as one of the top 400m hurdlers in the region, shattering the Bryant school record while claiming her second-straight gold medal at the NEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Switzer also guided Park to a bronze medal in the 400 during both the indoor and outdoor seasons and Tuxbury to a pair of silver medals in the 10k and steeplechase. Duka earned a bronze medal in the mile during the indoor season. A 2013 graduate of the University of Vermont, Switzer enjoyed a standout career for the Catamounts before joining the coaching staff for the 2013-14 year. A member of the 2014 America East Women's Coaching Staff of the Year, he developed training plans and developmental athlete lifting programs. Switzer helped the Catamounts record program-best finishes of second (women) and fifth (men) at the AE Championships and saw his athletes set 14 school records, 11 earn All-ECAC/All-IC4A and one qualify for the NCAA East Regional. A native of Phoenix, N.Y., Switzer was a NCAA Division I national qualifier in the 400 hurdles during 2012, setting the UVM school record in the process. He was also a member of the 4x400 school record relay team during the indoor and outdoor seasons. Switzer also qualified for the IC4As as a junior and a senior, earned All-New England honors and was a two-time All-America East selection in the 400 hurdles. He also competed in the European Track Circuit in 2013. Switzer is USATFCCCA Jumps Specialist certified and is USATF Level 1 certified.

Daly begins her third season as the assistant track and field coach at Bryant University 2016-17. Daly's first two seasons in Smithfield have resulted in outstanding performances for the Bulldog men and women. The Black and Gold have completely rewritten the school record book and have set numerous PRs. Her first season was a success as she helped the Bulldogs set 17 school records, had seven players take home medals at the NEC Championships, had eight earn All-NEC honors and sent eight to the ECAC/IC4A Championships. The Bulldogs also saw their top-10 lists completely rewritten this past year. Under her watch, sophomore Hayes Watson enjoyed a record-breaking season in the pole vault. Watson broke the indoor school record in the pole vault with a height of 4.65m and set the outdoor school record in the pole vault with a height of 4.40m. He went on to finish fourth at the indoor New England Championships and fourth at the outdoor Northeast Conference Championships. Daly has been heavily involved in coaching and research in the field since her graduation from Williams College in 2003. She began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Hellgate High School in Missoula, Mont., before spending the next five years at RJ Reynolds High School in Winston Salem, N.C. Daly started as an assistant but took over as the head coach in 2007. She made the jump to the college ranks in 2011 as a volunteer assistant at Wake Forest. The following fall she returned to her alma mater as an assistant coach and the assistant strength and conditioning coach. After a year with the Ephs, she was elevated to the recruiting coordinator and jumps coach. Daly coached four women's indoor national qualifiers in the long jump, triple jump, high jump and pole vault. In 2013-14, she served as the assistant coach at Bentley, coaching all the field events and assisting with recruiting and training plans. Daly holds several certifications including USATF Level One, USTFCCCA Jumps and Throws Specialist and is in the process of receiving her USTFCCCA Masters certification in the horizontal jumps. She has also served on the board of directors for the USTFCCCA Academy and taught an Academy course.  In addition to her coaching, Daly has worked as a research assistant and has presented papers at several different conferences around the country. Daly earned her bachelor's degree in Biology and Chemistry from Williams in 2003. She earned her Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in Impact Biomechanics from Virginia Tech/Wake Forest in 2007 and her Doctorate of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering with a specialty in Musculoskeletal Biomechanics from Virginia Tech/Wake Forest in 2011.

Carroll begins his second full season as the head cross country coach/assistant track and field coach at Bryant University. Carroll joined the Bulldogs as a volunteer assistant in February of 2015 working primarily with the distance runners. In his first year as the head cross country coach, Carroll led the Bulldogs to third-place finishes in the men's and women's races. Under Carroll's guidance, four individuals earned All-NEC honors, matching the most in a single year in program history. In addition, both of Carroll's teams excelled in the classroom, earning USTFCCCA All-Academic honors. Carroll had an immediate impact on the Bryant track and field programs in his first few months, helping the Black and Gold set eight school records, earn four All-NEC honors, qualify 21 for the New England Championships and five for the ECAC/IC4A Championships. Annmarie Tuxbury and Milan Duka thrived under Carrroll as both earned All-NEC honors in 2015. Tuxbury earned a pair of silver medals at the NEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, finishing second in both the 10k and the 3000m steeplechase. Duka earned All-NEC honors in the winter, finishing third in the mile at the NEC Indoor Track and Field Championships.  Prior to joining the Bulldogs, Carroll spent three years as a volunteer assistant for the cross country and track and field programs at Fulton High School in Fulton, N.Y. He wrote and implemented yearly practice and workout plans for the distance runners and saw one qualify for the NYSPHSAA State Championships, two claim sectional titles and one claim a league championship in track.  A native of Fulton, Carroll spent two years at California University of Pennslyvania before transferring to State University of New York at Oswego for his last two years. At Oswego, he ran the 1600 and the 3000 and helped the distance medley relay set a school record.  Carroll earned a degree in Health and Science from Oswego in May of 2014.