Central Michigan University Men's Track

Kaczor was named Central Michigans associate head coach in June, 2013. He oversees the cross country program and the distance runners in the track & field program. Kaczor, a former Central Michigan cross country and track & field student-athlete and captain of the 2004 Mid-American Conference-champion cross country team, joined the CMU coaching staff as an assistant under three-time Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Jim Knapp in 2008. Kaczor replaced long-time assistant track and field and head cross country coach Craig Fuller following Fullers retirement in 2008. Since Kaczor took the reins of the cross country program in 2013, Chippewa runners have earned All-Mid-American Conference honors 11 times. Under Kaczors leadership, CMUs Nate Ghena earned First Team All-MAC honors in three consecutive seasons (2013-15), and Abbey Kelto broke a combined six school records in her senior year, 2014-15, and in the process became just the second female runner in Chippewa history to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships. She also qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Preliminary in the 10,000 meters that year. Kelto holds the CMU indoor records in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, the outdoor 10,000 meter mark and the steeplechase record along with both the 5K and 6K cross country standards. She also earned All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, an honor that goes to student-athletes who achieve a grade point average of 3.25 or better and finish in the top 25 at the NCAA Regional, or earn All-America status at the National Championships. Under Kaczor, both the mens and the womens cross country squads have been among the contenders annually at the MAC Championships. Both squads have finished third twice in Kaczors three years at the helm of the program. Both CMU womens cross country teams received All-Academic recognition from the USTFCCCA for its cumulative grade point averages in the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 seasons, and the Chippewa men earned the honor in the 2014 and 2015 seasons. In 2015, the CMU women recorded a 3.51 GPA, the men a 3.49, which put them among the top 20 in the nation. The Chippewas have earned 26 Academic All-MAC honors in Kaczors three years at the helm of the cross country program. In all, seven CMU cross country and track & field records have been set since Kaczor joined the coaching staff and seven Chippewas have earned All-America honors in track & field since he came on board in 2008. In 2010, CMUs Raeanne Lohner became the first female in program history to earn Most Outstanding Performer at the MAC Outdoor Championships as she won both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters. Kaczor competed for the Chippewas in both track and cross country from 2001-04, and was part of four teams that captured MAC titles, three in cross country (2002-04) and one in track & field (2003). That 2003 squad delivered CMU its first MAC team championship in the sport. He earned his degree in secondary education and history in 2005 and began his coaching career at Oakland, serving as an assistant coach for the Golden Grizzlies. While coaching at Oakland, Kaczor worked as an educator at the Academy of Oak Park - Mendota in Ferndale and has also taught in Troy. Kaczor, a native of Freeland, and his wife Jill have two children, daughter Clara Dee, and son Ryan Matthew. He is a United States Track and Field Level I certified coach.

Adams joined the Central Michigan track and field program as its throws coach in August, 2015. Prior to his arrival in Mount Pleasant, Adams served for five years as an assistant track and field coach at Olivet Nazarene University, an NAIA school in Bourbonnais, Ill. At Olivet Nazarene, Adams oversaw all throwing disciplines -- javelin, hammer, discus, shot put and weight throw -- and coached three NAIA national champions and eight All-Americans. His throwers set 28 school and 17 conference records under his tutelage. Adams holds a bachelors degree from Oregon and a masters from William Woods University in Fulton, Mo. He was a graduate assistant at William Woods and also served as an assistant at Wisconsin-Platteville and Clarke (Iowa). As a student-athlete at Oregon, Adams was an NCAA West Region qualifier in the javelin and helped the Ducks to the Pac-12 championship in 2005. He was a four-time National Junior College Athletics Association All-American in the javelin and the discus at Glendale (Calif.) Community College. Adams works under CMU Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Mark Guthrie, who, in two-plus years at CMU, has put the program on course to become a competitor for Mid-American Conference championships.

Basler coached two athletes who qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, three who qualified for the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships, two U.S. Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships qualifiers, six MAC champions, three MAC record holders and 13 school record holders. "When I accepted the Director's position at Central Michigan, Andrew was the first name on my short list of staffing considerations," Guthrie said. "He was a national champion as one of my athletes at UW-La Crosse, he has history at CMU serving as a graduate assistant where his athletes still hold school records, and at UC-Riverside, he annually has multiple men and women jumpers at the NCAA First Round and NCAA Finals. He brings a strong recruiting presence, is technically sound in his event area, has the logistical skills in meet management and travel I was seeking. Most importantly, he participated in and understands the championship culture I want to introduce with the Chippewas." Since 2007, Basler has been the assistant men's and associate head women's track and field coach at the University of California-Riverside, where he has worked directly with the program's sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers, combined event athletes and javelin throwers. Administratively, Basler has managed the program's travel and equipment budgets while also serving as meet director for each of Riverside's home track and field and cross country meets (including the Big West Conference Championships from 2008-12). At Riverside, Basler has coached six U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships qualifiers, five junior national championships qualifiers, three indoor national championships qualifiers, five NCAA All-Americans (combined indoor and outdoor), 12 Big West outdoor conference champions and 37 school record holders (combined indoor and outdoor). Two of his athletes earned special recognition in 2011 when Ashley Gatewood was named Big West Conference Female Field Athlete of the Year and Danielle Littleton was tabbed Big West Conference Female Freshman Athlete of the Year. Under the tutelage of Guthrie at Wisconsin-La Crosse, Basler was the 2002 NCAA Division III indoor national champion in the long jump. He was a three-time NCAA Division III All-American and was the captain of La Crosse's teams that swept the indoor and outdoor NCAA team championships in 2001 and 2002. Basler earned a Bachelor of Science degree in art from La Crosse in 2002 and is working toward a Master of Arts in sport administration degree from Central Michigan.

Henley mentored the 4x100m relay unit of Jordan Dunn, Dierra Riley, Brittnee Shreve and Shanaye Carr to a runner-up finish at the MAC Outdoor Championships, earning the competitors second-team All-MAC honors in 2010. She also worked closely with 400m competitors David Ashcraft, Cara Dukes and Christopher Thomas; who each scored both indoors and outdoors. Prior to joining Central Michigan, Henley served as an assistant coach at Tennessee State University for two years. TSU experienced immediate success with Henley on the staff, capturing the Ohio Valley Conference indoor championship in her first season with the Tigerbelles in 2008. Prior to her stint with TSU, Henley served as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Middle Tennessee State University, under hall of fame coach Dean Hayes for two seasons. She worked primarily with the sprints, hurdles and jumps. In her time at MTSU, the Raiders won three Sun Belt Conference titles and she trained four All-Americans. Henley was one of MTSU's most accomplished athletes. She became the Blue Raiders' first individual national champion in 1994, claiming the title in the indoor 55m high hurdles. Henley earned All-America honors in four events that season -- the 55m hurdles and long jump indoors along with the 100m hurdles and long jump outdoors. She was named the Ohio Valley Conference Track Woman of the Year that season. Henley set six school records in her time at MTSU. The Kingston, Jamaica native brings a great deal of international experience to the table. She is a two-time Olympian who represented Jamaica in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and donned her country's colors once more in the '96 games in Atlanta. Henley reached the semi-finals at the 1992 Olympic Games. In the 100 meter hurdles, she placed fifth at the 1995 World Championship, fifth at the 1996 Olympic Games, sixth at the 1997 World Championship, fourth at the 1998 World Cup, sixth at the 1999 World Championship and sixth at the 2001 World Championship. In addition to her accomplishments in the Olympic Games and World Championships, Henley also placed fifth at the Goodwill games in 2001 before finishing first at the Caribbean Games in 2002. Henley graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a bachelor's degree in Leisure and Recreation in 2005. 2007-2009 Tennessee State University Assistant Coach 2009-Present Central Michigan University Assistant Coach

Wilson has previously worked with the pole vaulters at Illinois (2010-11) and Saginaw Valley State (2011-12). He will work with pole vaults, men's multi-events and sprints. "Bryant brings instant credibility as an international caliber athlete and four-time National Champion in the pole vault," Guthrie said. "As a Hale, Michigan product, he possess a knowledge of Michigan high school track and field. That, when coupled with his energy and enthusiasm, was an exciting dimension that I was looking for. He also brings a sprint dynamic to CMU as well with his background in strength and conditioning along with years spent at Illinois with Bryan Carrell working with pole vault and three-time Olympian and coach Tanja Buford-Baily." In his one season at Illinois, Wilson mentored Matt Bane, who won the Big Ten Conference indoor championship as a freshman. Another freshman, Steph Richartz, placed third at the outdoor conference championships and earned a bid to the NCAA Regionals. Five different vaulters achieved lifetime personal bests under Wilson at Illinois. At Saginaw Valley State, Wilson guided Elizabeth Willford to a 10th place finish at the NCAA indoor championships in 2012. Most recently, Wilson was assisting with on-track training of the middle distance runners at Northwood. Wilson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from Grand Valley State in 2010. He swept the indoor and outdoor pole vault national titles in 2007 and 2008, was an eight-time All-American and is Grand Valley State's school record holder in the indoor and outdoor pole vault.

Guthrie has charted a path that has led Central Michigan to a competitive spot on the track, in the field, and on the cross country course since being named the universitys Director of Track & Field/Cross Country in July, 2013. Guthrie, a member of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame, has engineered a revitalization of the Chippewa track & field program, making CMU competitive in both the Mid-American Conference indoor and outdoor seasons. The Chippewa cross country program has also blossomed under the leadership of Guthrie and associate head coach Matt Kaczor. Both the mens and the womens squads have finished third in the MAC Championships twice since 2013. CMUs Nate Ghena earned First Team All-MAC cross country honors in three consecutive seasons (2013-15), and Abbey Kelto broke a combined six school records in her senior year, 2014-15, and in the process became just the second female runner in Chippewa history to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships. She also qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Preliminary in the 10,000 meters that year. Kelto holds the CMU indoor records in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, the outdoor 10,000-meter mark and the steeplechase record along with both the 5K and 6K cross country standards. She also earned All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, an honor that goes to student-athletes who achieve a grade point average of 3.25 or better and finish in the top 25 at the NCAA Regional, or earn All-America status at the National Championships. Chippewa runners have earned All-MAC cross country honors 11 times since 2013, and they have earned 26 Academic All-MAC honors during that span. Both CMU womens cross country teams received All-Academic recognition from the USTFCCCA for its cumulative grade point averages in the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 seasons, and the Chippewa men earned the honor in the 2014 and 2015 seasons. In 2015, the CMU women recorded a 3.51 GPA, the men a 3.49, which put them among the top 20 in the nation. At the MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2016, CMUs Benjamin Hayes was named the Freshman Performer of the Meet and teammate Cole Walderzak earned the Most Outstanding Performance (Field). Walderzak successfully defended his MAC title in the discus and he captured the hammer throw with a school record 215 feet, 7 inches. In 2016, 12 Chippewa track & field athletes qualified for the NCAA Track & Field East Preliminary. It marked the most Chippewas to qualify for the event since the NCAA changed the regional format from four to two in 2010. In 2015, CMU sent 11 to the regional and in 2014, nine Chippewas qualified. In 2015, CMUs Devene Brown earned Second Team All-America honors by placing ninth in the womens discus at the NCAA Championships, while Walderzak finished 19th in the mens hammer throw. In 2014, CMUs Renaldo Powell earned Second Team All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60-meter hurdles, and the Chippewas Kyle Smith qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the javelin. The Chippewas academic success has mirrored that in the athletic arena during Guthries tenure. In 2016, the Chippewas earned 35 spots combined on the Academic All-MAC Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field teams; in 2015, the number was 36. In 2016, thrower Dylan Banagis was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete. Guthrie served as the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for 19 seasons before working as an assistant at Wisconsin from 2008-13. During Guthrie's tenure at UW-La Crosse, he led the Eagles to 22 NCAA Division III Team Championships (12 indoor, 10 outdoor), sweeping the indoor and outdoor national titles in 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006. Only five head coaches in NCAA history have won more team national championships than Guthrie. During his time at UW-La Crosse, Guthrie coached 46 NCAA individual champions who combined for a total of 66 titles, and he guided 138 student-athletes to a total of 457 All-America honors. In the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Guthrie's team won 33 championships with 320 individuals winning WIAC titles. Eight times Guthrie was named the Mondo Division III National Coach of the Year, and 11 times he earned regional coach of the year honors as voted by his peers in the United States Track Coaches Association. He was voted the WIAC Coach of the Year 16 times. One of Guthrie's premier student-athletes during his time at UW-La Crosse was Andrew Rock, who won the gold medal in the 4x400-meter relay at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Rock also captured a world championship in the same event in 2005 and was the U.S. champion in the 400 meters in 2006. He was a 17-time NCAA Division III All-American at UW-La Crosse. Guthrie oversaw the long sprints, long hurdles and relays for the men's and women's programs while at Wisconsin, and he helped the Badger men to the NCAA Division I indoor title in 2007 and a third-place finish in the 2013 indoor championships. Wisconsin captured five Big Ten championships while Guthrie was a member of the coaching staff, and he coached six individual Big Ten champions. Three of his student-athletes earned a total of five All-America honors, and he tallied 14 national qualifiers. Guthrie has served as both president and vice president of the USTFCCCA and as a member of the NCAA Division III Track & Field Committee. He was honored with the United States Sports Academy Distinguished Service Award in 2004. Guthrie began his coaching career in 1975 at Fennimore (Wis.) High School as the boys cross country and track & field coach, capturing three consecutive state championships in cross country. He moved on to Naperville (Ill.) North High School where he led the boys and girls track and girls' cross country programs from 1980-87. Guthrie earned a bachelor's degree in physical education and history from Wartburg (Iowa) College in 1975. He earned his master's degree in physical education from Chicago State University in 1987. Guthrie and his wife Dawn have two daughters, Allison and Anne.