California State University, Los Angeles Men's Cross Country

Fernandes returns for her fourth season as Cal State L.A.s head coach for womens cross country, womens indoor track and field and mens and womens outdoor track and field.   Fernandes led a short-handed cross country team to a 10th-place finish in the California Collegiate Athletic Association and a 26th-place finish in the NCAA Division II West Region in 2015. She led the mens track and field team to a fifth-place finish in the CCAA in a season that was highlighted by Khallifah Rossers national championship in the 400-meter hurdles. Fernandes led the womens track and field team to a seventh-place finish in conference that included major awards for Megan Thompson and freshman JLiyah Miles.   The Golden Eagles had six individual conference champions in outdoor track and field, the most for the track programs since 2012. Rosser claimed titles in the 400 hurdles and as part of the 4x100 relay team and was named the West Region and CCAA Track Athlete of the Year. Thompson won a pair of conference titles and was named the CCAA Female Track Athlete of the Meet, while Miles on the long jump and was named the CCAA Freshman of the Meet.   Fernandes also represented Team USA at the North American Central American Caribbean Under-23 championships in July as the womens sprints/hurdles coach. The Team USA women won both relays and earned medals in the 100, 200 and 400. Rosser competed at the meet and earned gold medals in the 400 hurdles and 4x400 relay.   Fernandes led the cross country team to an eighth-place finish in the CCAA and a 20th-place finish in the NCAA Division II West Region in 2014. She then led the mens track and field team to a fifth-place finish in the CCAA in the spring, which was an improvement by one position from the previous year and the womens team to an eighth-place finish. The year was highlighted by a second straight All-American award in the mens 100 meters by Gregory Veals, who was also named the CCAA Male Track Athlete of the Year for a third straight season after capturing conference championships in the 100 and 200 meters.   In her first year with the program, Fernandes guided the cross country team to a fifth-place finish in the CCAA, which was an improvement by one spot from 2012 to start the year. She then led the mens and womens outdoor track and field teams to sixth-place finishes in the conference despite several key injuries and small rosters. The womens team also improved one position from its 2012 finish. The year was highlighted by an All-American award in the mens 100 meters for Veals, who was also named the CCAA Male Track Athlete of the Year.   In Fernandes first three years, the Golden Eagles have picked up 22 All-CCAA awards, 11 individual CCAA championships and 39 All-West Region awards in cross country, womens indoor track and field and mens and womens outdoor track and field. Cal State L.A. has had a total of 12 national qualifiers in mens and womens outdoor track and field.   Fernandes joined Cal State L.A. after spending 14 years as the womens sprints assistant coach at USC.   Fernandes was also the Olympic coach representing Puerto Rico at the 2012 London Games and she was the coach and team leader for Puerto Rico at the 2008 Beijing Games.   During her career at USC working with legendary coach Ron Allice, Fernandes coached 67 College Division I All-Americans, 11 individual NCAA champions, 56 Pacific-12 Conference champions and 179 All-Conference student-athletes. She also coached USC record-holders in the 100 meters, 200, 400, 4x100 and 4x200. Two of her student-athletes also set Pacific-12 Conference records.   Under her guidance, the USC sprint team was considered one of the best in the country and she was named the West Region Sprints Assistant Coach of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in 2005 and 2007.   She was also recognized by USC with one of 12 Remarkable Women Awards in 2011. Those awards honored accomplishments and contributions to campus life by faculty, staff or students.   Fernandes was also chosen by the U.S. Olympic Committee for its Mentoring Women in Sports program in 2006.   Among the runners she coached at USC was Angela Williams, who won an unprecedented four consecutive NCAA Division I 100-meter titles and also captured the prestigious Honda/Broderick Cup as the nations top female collegiate athlete in 2002.   USCs 2013 4x400 relay team of Coco Ndipagbor, Vanessa Jones, Jenna Puterbaugh and Ashley Liverpool won the Pac-12 championship and Fernandes led USCs 2013 4x100 relay team to a seventh-place national finish and another All-America award.   The Trojans also had 4x100 relay teams earn All-America recognition in 2012 and 2011. The 2011 team won the Pac-10 championship and posted the fourth-fastest time in the programs history. Sprinter Jessica Davis won the conference title in the 200 meters and set a new record in that event for USC freshmen. Aareon Payne and Davis both earned All-America honors in the 200.   She had a pair of runners, Jessica Onyepunuka in the 100 and Carol Rodriguez in the 400, earn All-America honors in 2008 and that same pair won 2008 West Regional titles while helping USC to a third-place finish.   In 2007, Rodriguez and Onyepunuka went 1-2 in both the 100 and 200 at the conference championships and the NCAA West Regional. Both earned All-America honors and teamed up with Shalina Clarke and Candice Davis to place third in nationals in the 4x100 relay.   In 2006, Rodriguez was third at nationals in the 100 and fourth in the 200 while the 4x100 relay team of Virginia Powell, Davis, Onyepunuka and Rodriguez finished third in the nation in the 4x100 and set a new school record of 42.96. Powell won three straight Pac-10 championships in the 100 (2004-06) and Rodriguez made it four straight for USC in 2007.   In 2003, Miya Edmonson won the NCAA West Region 200 title.   The 2002 season was a memorable one because Williams won her fourth consecutive 100-meter title, Natasha Mayers became the first USC female runner to win the 200 title and was second to Williams in the 100. The 4x100 team finished third in the nation and five USC sprinters made the final of the Pac-10 100.   In 2001, Williams won her third 100 title and Kinshasa Davis took third in the 200 at nationals while the 4x100 team was second. In 2000, the 4x100 relay team went undefeated on the season and won the NCAA title with a then-school record time of 43.14. Williams won her second 100 title and Davis was second in the 200.   Before joining USC, Fernandes was a head girls cross country and track and field coach for the Compton Unified School District from 1993-97 and developed eight league champions.   A fine sprinter herself in college, Fernandes competed for Long Beach City College and Fresno State.   She earned her Masters degree in Education and a teaching credential in Physical Education.   She is married to Sean Fernandes and the couple has two children: Twin Fernandes and TIcis Fernandes. Tina Fernandes Head Track & Field/Cross Country Coach After leading the Golden Eagle cross country and track and field teams to some outstanding performances in 2015-16, Tina Fernandes returns for her fourth season as Cal State L.A.s head coach for womens cross country, womens indoor track and field and mens and womens outdoor track and field.   Fernandes led a short-handed cross country team to a 10th-place finish in the California Collegiate Athletic Association and a 26th-place finish in the NCAA Division II West Region in 2015. She led the mens track and field team to a fifth-place finish in the CCAA in a season that was highlighted by Khallifah Rossers national championship in the 400-meter hurdles. Fernandes led the womens track and field team to a seventh-place finish in conference that included major awards for Megan Thompson and freshman JLiyah Miles.   The Golden Eagles had six individual conference champions in outdoor track and field, the most for the track programs since 2012. Rosser claimed titles in the 400 hurdles and as part of the 4x100 relay team and was named the West Region and CCAA Track Athlete of the Year. Thompson won a pair of conference titles and was named the CCAA Female Track Athlete of the Meet, while Miles on the long jump and was named the CCAA Freshman of the Meet.   Fernandes also represented Team USA at the North American Central American Caribbean Under-23 championships in July as the womens sprints/hurdles coach. The Team USA women won both relays and earned medals in the 100, 200 and 400. Rosser competed at the meet and earned gold medals in the 400 hurdles and 4x400 relay.   Fernandes led the cross country team to an eighth-place finish in the CCAA and a 20th-place finish in the NCAA Division II West Region in 2014. She then led the mens track and field team to a fifth-place finish in the CCAA in the spring, which was an improvement by one position from the previous year and the womens team to an eighth-place finish. The year was highlighted by a second straight All-American award in the mens 100 meters by Gregory Veals, who was also named the CCAA Male Track Athlete of the Year for a third straight season after capturing conference championships in the 100 and 200 meters.   In her first year with the program, Fernandes guided the cross country team to a fifth-place finish in the CCAA, which was an improvement by one spot from 2012 to start the year. She then led the mens and womens outdoor track and field teams to sixth-place finishes in the conference despite several key injuries and small rosters. The womens team also improved one position from its 2012 finish. The year was highlighted by an All-American award in the mens 100 meters for Veals, who was also named the CCAA Male Track Athlete of the Year.   In Fernandes first three years, the Golden Eagles have picked up 22 All-CCAA awards, 11 individual CCAA championships and 39 All-West Region awards in cross country, womens indoor track and field and mens and womens outdoor track and field. Cal State L.A. has had a total of 12 national qualifiers in mens and womens outdoor track and field.   Fernandes joined Cal State L.A. after spending 14 years as the womens sprints assistant coach at USC.   Fernandes was also the Olympic coach representing Puerto Rico at the 2012 London Games and she was the coach and team leader for Puerto Rico at the 2008 Beijing Games.   During her career at USC working with legendary coach Ron Allice, Fernandes coached 67 College Division I All-Americans, 11 individual NCAA champions, 56 Pacific-12 Conference champions and 179 All-Conference student-athletes. She also coached USC record-holders in the 100 meters, 200, 400, 4x100 and 4x200. Two of her student-athletes also set Pacific-12 Conference records.   Under her guidance, the USC sprint team was considered one of the best in the country and she was named the West Region Sprints Assistant Coach of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in 2005 and 2007.   She was also recognized by USC with one of 12 Remarkable Women Awards in 2011. Those awards honored accomplishments and contributions to campus life by faculty, staff or students.   Fernandes was also chosen by the U.S. Olympic Committee for its Mentoring Women in Sports program in 2006.   Among the runners she coached at USC was Angela Williams, who won an unprecedented four consecutive NCAA Division I 100-meter titles and also captured the prestigious Honda/Broderick Cup as the nations top female collegiate athlete in 2002.   USCs 2013 4x400 relay team of Coco Ndipagbor, Vanessa Jones, Jenna Puterbaugh and Ashley Liverpool won the Pac-12 championship and Fernandes led USCs 2013 4x100 relay team to a seventh-place national finish and another All-America award.   The Trojans also had 4x100 relay teams earn All-America recognition in 2012 and 2011. The 2011 team won the Pac-10 championship and posted the fourth-fastest time in the programs history. Sprinter Jessica Davis won the conference title in the 200 meters and set a new record in that event for USC freshmen. Aareon Payne and Davis both earned All-America honors in the 200.   She had a pair of runners, Jessica Onyepunuka in the 100 and Carol Rodriguez in the 400, earn All-America honors in 2008 and that same pair won 2008 West Regional titles while helping USC to a third-place finish.   In 2007, Rodriguez and Onyepunuka went 1-2 in both the 100 and 200 at the conference championships and the NCAA West Regional. Both earned All-America honors and teamed up with Shalina Clarke and Candice Davis to place third in nationals in the 4x100 relay.   In 2006, Rodriguez was third at nationals in the 100 and fourth in the 200 while the 4x100 relay team of Virginia Powell, Davis, Onyepunuka and Rodriguez finished third in the nation in the 4x100 and set a new school record of 42.96. Powell won three straight Pac-10 championships in the 100 (2004-06) and Rodriguez made it four straight for USC in 2007.   In 2003, Miya Edmonson won the NCAA West Region 200 title.   The 2002 season was a memorable one because Williams won her fourth consecutive 100-meter title, Natasha Mayers became the first USC female runner to win the 200 title and was second to Williams in the 100. The 4x100 team finished third in the nation and five USC sprinters made the final of the Pac-10 100.   In 2001, Williams won her third 100 title and Kinshasa Davis took third in the 200 at nationals while the 4x100 team was second. In 2000, the 4x100 relay team went undefeated on the season and won the NCAA title with a then-school record time of 43.14. Williams won her second 100 title and Davis was second in the 200.   Before joining USC, Fernandes was a head girls cross country and track and field coach for the Compton Unified School District from 1993-97 and developed eight league champions.   A fine sprinter herself in college, Fernandes competed for Long Beach City College and Fresno State.   She earned her Masters degree in Education and a teaching credential in Physical Education.   She is married to Sean Fernandes and the couple has two children: Twin Fernandes and TIcis Fernandes.