California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Women's Cross Country

Chris Bradford is in his seventh year as the head coach of the cross country and track and field programs at Cal Poly Pomona in 2024-25. In the 2024-2025 season, Head Coach Chris Bradford led the women’s track and field team to their fourth straight CCAA Championship. Under his guidance, 12 athletes qualified for the national track and field championships, and 7 cross country athletes competed at nationals. He coached 5 All-Americans, and his teams broke 15 school records. In the 2023-2024 season, Bradford led both the men's and women's teams to their second consecutive CCAA Championship title, earning recognition as the CCAA Coach of the Year. Under his leadership, 29 athletes earned All-CCAA honors, and 13 Broncos advanced to the NCAA Division II National Championships, where they brought home nine All-American awards. Bradford also guided 17 athletes to All-West Region accolades. Notably, Ryan Fields, one of his standout athletes, competed at the 2024 USA Olympic Trials, finishing 12th out of 32 hurdlers. Named the 2022 CCAA Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year, Bradford entered the 2022-23 campaign on the heels of leading the Broncos to their first CCAA Outdoor Track and Field championship since 1998 on both the men's and women's side in the spring of 2022. Showcasing the overwhelming amount of success the Broncos enjoyed in 2021-22, Bradford produced 11 All-Americans, 36 All-Region selections, 46 All-CCAA performers, 15 individual conference champions and 19 track and field athletes of the week, among many other athletic and academic accomplishments by his student-athletes in 2021-22. Bradford came to Cal Poly Pomona with 14 years of coaching experience, spending eight seasons and as the head track & field coach at Western State Colorado University where he was responsible for every aspect of the program. During his time with the Mountaineers, Bradford's teams compiled 11 top ten finishes in the NCAA DII Championships, he coached 18 NCAA DII individual champions and 111 DII All-Americans. In 2017, Bradford was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Coach of the Year for the second time after leading his team to a conference outdoor championship. Bradford earned his first RMAC accolades in 2015, being named both the indoor and outdoor Coach of the Year after claiming both conference titles. Bradford's teams have found success both on the track and in the classroom, being named the USTFCCCA Men's Scholar Team of the Year in 2012 and 2013. Also in 2013, Bradford's women's team won the Brechler Award for the highest GPA in the RMAC at 3.53. Prior to Western, Bradford was the assistant track & field and cross country coach at Augustana College in South Dakota. He coached eight DII All-Americans and assisted in all aspects of the nationally ranked cross country teams. Bradford earned a degree in Business Administration from Elmhurst College.

Wes Ashford is in his 11th season at Cal Poly Pomona and his seventh as associate head coach for the men's and women's cross country and track and field programs in 2024-25. Ashford has led the Broncos to nine national appearances on the men’s side and three on the women’s side. Under his leadership, the men’s team has recorded nine second-place finishes at the CCAA Championships. Combined, the men’s and women’s teams have placed in the top three at the CCAA Championships 19 times. Before joining the Broncos, Ashford spent 10 years as the head coach of the cross country and distance track and field teams at San Bernardino Valley College. During his time there, he received Foothill Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year honors for 10-straight years from 2003 through 2012. He was also recognized as the California Community College Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2007 and 2008. During his tenure at SBVC, he guided the cross country team to five California State Cross Country Community College championships from 2006 through 2010. He started his coaching career at Rancho Cucamonga High School, where he worked from 1997 to 2001. He guided the team to a Mt. Baldy Cross Country League title and the squad went undefeated in conference competition through his entire tenure. As a cross country and distance runner, Ashford earned a name for himself during his time as a student-athlete at Brigham Young University. He qualified for 16 separate USA National Track and Cross Country Championships and was a member of the United States National Team for the Eight Nations Meet in 1990 and the World Road Relay Championships in 1996. After graduating from BYU in 1989, Ashford earned a master's degree in Natural Health at Clayton College of Health in Birmingham, Ala., in 2008. He currently resides in Alta Loma.