California Lutheran University Women's Cross Country

Lea took the reins of the program during the 2008-2009 season and led the mens team to a top-10 finish and the womens team to four top-20 finishes. Lea and his coaching staff have recruited another strong batch of student-athletes this season and the chances of continuing to have another top-25 finish on the mens and womens side looks to be in good shape.  Over the years of his head coaching career, the men have earned five All-American honors and the women have earned 15 All-American honors. During Leas tenure six Cal Lutheran student-athletes have won NCAA Individual National Championships. For the past eight seasons, Leas squad took home two SCIAC conference championships and four top-20 national finishes on the womens side while the men took home a top-10 national finish.  Lea was named the USTFCCCA West Region Womens Coach of the Year in 2014.  Lea has overseen 47 SCIAC titles, 16 on the mens side and 31 on the womens, 198 SCIAC All-Conference honors, 67 men and 131 women, 37 Cal Lutheran school records, nine men and 28 women, six SCIAC Athletes of the Year, three men and three women, two USTFCCCA West Region Female Track Athletes of the Year, one USTFCCCA West Region Female Field Athlete of the Year, two USTFCCCA West Region Male Field Athletes of the Year, one USTFCCCA National Male Field Athlete of the Year, and one USTFCCCA National Male Athlete of the Year! The 2016 season was another very successful one for Allie Hadley and Amanda Hamilton.  Both earned All-America honors and Hadley brought home the Javelin National Championship.  Hadley threw a stadium record in the Javelin at 48.21m (158 2).  Hamilton took home a 5 place finish in the triple jump, All-American Honors, and an 11 place finish in the long jump. A native of Camarillo, Calif., Lea came to Cal Lutheran from UC Santa Barbara, where he was the assistant mens and womens sprints/jumps coach for two years and was part of the coaching staff that won UC Santa Barbaras first ever womens Big West Conference Championship.  Lea has coached nine outdoor regional and national qualifiers, six Big West Conference Champions, 28 Big West All-Conference honors, and eight UC Santa Barbara School Records.  Under Leas direction, Kylie McCuen earned Big West Conference Female Athlete of the Year in 2005. In 2008, Lea was named to the NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) as a national facilitator.  He helps younger student-athletes and administrators around the country develop better leadership abilities and skills that they can take back to their own institutions.  In 2012, Lea was also named to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Executive Committee. An accomplished student-athlete in his own right, Lea was an NCAA All-American and in 2001 his 4x400 meter relay team finished fourth in the nation.  Lea was also a four-time All-Pac 10 honoree in the 400-meters. A Camarillo High School graduate, Lea went on to receive his Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the University of Arizona in 2003.  In 2014, Lea completed his Masters Degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University, Irvine. He is married to Rebecca Lea, a former hurdler from the University of Arizona. They have a son, Jordan. Sign up today to receive scores, news, athletes of the week and more! The CPE offers comprehensive programming that fosters the development of the "whole person" so that student-athletes grow to embody excellence in all facets of life. Sign up for the CLU Sports E-Newsletter to receive scores, news, and more! © 2016  |  60 West Olsen Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

Halvaks first year coaching at Cal Lutheran, he led track and field athletes to school records in the mens 3000m and womens 5000m as well as coaching Melissa Skiba to the national title in the 5000m at the 2015 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Prior to joining Cal Lutheran this fall, Halvaks coached at Chapman University where he focused primarily on cross country and distance events for track and field. In his two seasons at Chapman, Halvaks coached two All-SCIAC runners in cross country, two All-West Regional runners in cross country and helped coach the cross country and track and field programs to five school records in distance based events. Halvaks graduated from Cal Lutheran in 2011 with a degree in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine with an emphasis in Pedagogy.  Halvaks also received a teaching credential in Physical Education in 2012 from CLU.  As a Kingsmen, Halvaks was named to the SCIAC All-Academic Cross Country team in 2011 and served on the NCAA Division III Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) from 2010-2013. He was SAAC president for the SCIAC (2010-11) and at Cal Lutheran (2010-12). While at CLU, he was a four-year member of the cross country and track and field teams. Sign up today to receive scores, news, athletes of the week and more! The CPE offers comprehensive programming that fosters the development of the "whole person" so that student-athletes grow to embody excellence in all facets of life. Sign up for the CLU Sports E-Newsletter to receive scores, news, and more! © 2016  |  60 West Olsen Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91360