Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges Women's Track

Marina Muncan, who competed in the 1500 meters at the 2012 Summer Olympics and who coached the women's distance runners at Division I Rutgers University for the previous five years, was named the new head coach of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's and men's cross country programs on August 10, 2020 and is entering her fourth season at the helm in 2024-25. In her first full season in 2021, she guided the CMS women's and men's cross country teams to top-10 finishes at nationals. In fact, the Athenas finished in second place, just two points out of first, for the highest-ever finish in program history, while the Stags came in sixth. She coached six All-Americans, four Athenas (Meredith Bloss, Natalie Bitetti, Riley Harmon and Emily Clarke) and two Stags (Henry Pick and Stevie Steinberg), while Pick's third-place finish featured the fastest time in CMS history by over 40 seconds.  In 2023, Muncan led the Athenas to a fourth-place finish at nationals, just seven points out of first. Bitetti finished second, matching the highest finish for any runner in SCIAC men's or women's cross country history, while sophomore Riley Capuano had the greatest improvement in the country, going from 258th place as a first-year to 11th as a sophomore to earn All-America honors. Elle Marslya was also an All-American in 2024, finishing 27th.    Muncan also serves as an assistant with the CMS track and field programs under Head Coach Glenn Stewart, and in her first season, she coached Meredith Bloss, Henry Pick and Emily Clarke to All-America honors. In 2024, the Athenas' distance medley relay earned All-America honors (third) at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in 2024, while Capuano (second) and Mason Ratkovich (fourth) earned first-team All-America honors in the 1500 for the Athenas and Stags, respectively.    In Muncan's first season, the Stags set program records in the steeplechase (Adam Wilkinson), the 1500 (Daniel Sealand), the 5000 (Steinberg) and the 10000 (Steinberg), while Bloss added a CMS record in the 10000 for the Athenas. Since then, Laura Zimmer (1500) of the Athenas, and Hayden Beauchemin (steeplechase), Henry Pick (5000) and Adam Sage (10000) of the Stags have set CMS outdoor records. Muncan joined the CMS athletic department with eight years of NCAA coaching experience, including three at the Division III level, and 14 years of coaching experience overall. Prior to her tenure at Rutgers, she served for two years as an assistant track and field/cross country coach at The College of New Jersey, and one year as the head cross country coach at Richard Stockton College. From 2006-12, she was an assistant distance coach for the Dinamo Club team in Serbia, coaching men's and women's athletes in distances ranging from 800 meters to 5000 meters.     While a member of the Serbian national team, Muncan competed in the 1500 meters at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, and was a finalist at the 2012 European Championships. She competed professionally with New Balance USA in Boston for six years, earning Serbian national records in both the 1500 meters (4:06.45) and the mile (4:31.16), and capturing the gold medal in the 1500 meters at the 2009 World University Games.   During her five seasons at Rutgers, Muncan served as an assistant track and field coach and was responsible for the women's cross country and distance programs. She coached two Scarlet Knights to USTFCCCA All-Region honors in cross country for the first time in program history, and qualified the program's first distance athlete to the NCAA Track and Field Championships in over 10 years. Several of her student-athletes set new school records, while all five of her teams earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors for their performance in the classroom.   Muncan brings strong experience at the NCAA Division III level to CMS as well. She worked with the men's and women's cross country programs at The College of New Jersey, helping them both to back-to-back conference championships in 2013 and 2014. She also helped the TCNJ women earn a 2013 NCAA qualification, while coaching 10 NJAC conference champions and over 25 ECAC qualifiers in her two seasons.   Prior to TCNJ, Muncan spent one season as the head cross country coach at Division III Richard Stockton College in New Jersey, where she coached the program's first-ever NCAA All-Region cross country runner. Her women's cross country team saw an average improvement of 32 seconds at the conference championships from the season before, while the men's team had an average improvement of over a minute. She served as an assistant coach with the track and field program as well, overseeing eight new school records in five different events.    As a student-athlete, Muncan competed at Villanova from 2002-06, where she was an 11-time NCAA Division I All-American, and an 11-time individual Big East Champion. She was the runner-up in the NCAA Division I Championships in the 1500 meters in 2006, and helped her distance medley relay team finish first at the Penn Relays.    An Italian major with a minor in Russian, Muncan was a four-time member of the Big East Academic All-Star Team and won an Academic Scholarship from the league in 2006. She was also a six-time selection to the Villanova Dean's List during her academic career. 

Glenn Stewart enters his 14th year at CMS in 2025-26, including his 12th as the program’s head coach, earning the role officially in 2016-17 after two years as the interim coach. Stewart has led the Stags to five straight SCIAC titles (one in 2019, and four in a row from 2022-25 after a COVID interruption), and led the Athenas to a streak of seven straight SCIAC titles from 2015-23, before winning it back in 2025.  During the 2025 campaign, he coached three first-team All-Americans, with Colin Scanlon (400 hurdles) and Kaden Cassidy (hammer throw) each finishing second and Josephine Jett (100 hurdles) finishing sixth, all of whom set CMS records during the season. He was named the USTFCCCA West Region Coach of the Year, while he and his staff swept the SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year honors for both the Athenas and Stags.  In 2023, CMS had the 4x400 relay team tie for the highest finish of any relay in program history by coming in second place at the NCAA Division III Championships. The Stags finished in 3:07.82, which was the fourth-fastest time in NCAA Division III history. Christian Campbell also earned All-America honors in both the 100 and the 200 meters, while Brooke Simon (pole vault) and Caroline DelVecchio (400-meter hurdles) earned All-America honors on the women's side for the second year in a row. Seven program records were set on the year, while Stewart added the USTFCCCA West Region Men's Coach of the Year to his SCIAC accolades.  In 2022, the programs combined to send 14 individual athletes and one relay to nationals, with five capturing first-team All-America distinction: Henry Pick (4th, 5000), DelVecchio (6th, 400 hurdles), Truman Knowles (6th, javelin), Simon (7th, pole vault) and Emily Clarke (7th, 5000). In addition, a total of 10 new program records were set over the course of the year. In his first five seasons at the helm prior to the COVID interruption, Stewart helped the Stags and Athenas amass a long list of awards, records and championships, including five straight SCIAC Championships for the women’s track and field team. In those five years, CMS had 225 All-SCIAC performances (top three finishes), 66 individual SCIAC championships, 12 SCIAC Championship meet records, and 10 SCIAC Athletes of the Year. Nationally, the programs had 64 NCAA Division III Championship qualifiers, 30 All-Americans, and three individual national champions during that span from 2015-19. In 2019, the Athenas were picked second in the preseason poll, and the Stags were picked fourth, but both teams defended their home facility to earn league crowns, with the women winning their fifth title in a row. The two programs combined to send 11 athletes to nationals, with Jacque Desmond (pole vault) and Evan Hassman (steeplechase) earning All-America honors with top eight finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships.  In 2018-19, CMS also had 26 All-SCIAC performances, nine SCIAC meet champions, and had 32 athletes place in the top 10 in program history in their respective events, including school records in the men’s 4x100 relay and the women’s pole vault. CMS also boasted 16 athletes who received All-Academic honors from the United States Track and Field Association. In 2017-18, Stewart earned the USTFCCCA West Region Women's Coach of the Year for the fourth year in a row, after leading the Athenas to a best-ever fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Two of his student-athletes, Tyra Abraham (100 meters) and Emily Bassett (hammer throw) placed third all-time in NCAA Division III history in their events while winning national championships. Collectively, the CMS track and field programs produced 30 All-SCIAC performances, 11 SCIAC champions, nine All-Americans, set seven program records and three SCIAC records, and had two All-Americans during indoor season as well. Academically, CMS had 12 athletes earn USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, while Abraham was named a Google Cloud Academic All-American. After being named the program’s head coach officially in 2016-17, Stewart led the CMS programs to a spectacular season, sweeping both conference championships. His teams produced 15 NCAA qualifiers and eight All-Americans, as well as 47 All-SCIAC performances, 14 SCIAC champions, six program records and one SCIAC record. CMS athletes earned both the West Region Track Athlete and West Region Field Athlete of the Year awards, as well as the SCIAC Athlete of the Year, while Bassett moved into the top 10 in Division III history in the hammer throw. Stewart earned both the USTFCCCA West Region Coach of the Year and the SCIAC Coach of the Year for his efforts. In 2014-15, Stewart started out the academic year as the associate head coach, but took over as the interim head coach midway through and oversaw one of the best seasons in program history. The Stags and Athenas combined for 91 All-SCIAC performances, including 17 meet champions and three meet records, picked up three of the four SCIAC Athlete of the Year honors, and earned both league championships. The CMS record book was largely rewritten, with 54 top-10 performances in program history and eight athletes setting new school records. A total of 15 CMS athletes qualified for the NCAA Championships with five earning All-America distinction. Stewart earned his first of four straight West Region Coach of the Year honors after his debut season. Stewart kept the success going in his second year as the interim coach in 2015-16, winning both league titles, producing 15 SCIAC meet champions, 41 All-SCIAC performances and four meet records, with his athletes sweeping all four SCIAC Athlete of the Year Awards. A total of 16 student-athletes earned NCAA qualifications with six earning All-America distinction, while 11 of them added USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.  The programs also combined to set seven program records and two all-time SCIAC records over the course of the season. He coached Abraham to the third-best time in NCAA Division III history in the 100 meters and also coached an athlete who finished third at the Canadian Olympic trials. Stewart began his career at CMS as an assistant coach in 2012-13, helping to coach three All-SCIAC performers and one athlete who qualified for the USATF Junior Nationals in the decathlon. His second season as an assistant in 2013-14 saw Stewart coach eight All-SCIAC performers and one conference champion. Prior to CMS, Stewart coached at Cal Poly Pomona for five seasons. He joined the Broncos in the middle of the 2008 season where he coached the vaulters.  Stewart served as the head coach of the Glendora High School track and field program from 2001-2008. He first started at Glendora in 1997 as an assistant coach and he took over the head coaching role in 2001. During his seven years as head coach, Stewart had six CIF Division I individual titles and trained more than 50 individual league champions. As a student-athlete Stewart attended and competed at UC Irvine and Cal State Los Angeles.  During his time on the UCI and CSULA campuses, Stewart starred on the track and field teams. In 1994 while at CSULA, Stewart won conference championships in the 4x100 and 4x400 relay in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).  At the NCAA Division II National Championships, he garnished two All-American titles in both relays. Stewart also qualified individually in the 200m (1994) and 400m (1993) as well. In 1986 as a freshman at UCI, he was a USA Jr. National Finalist in the 400 meters. Stewart has two children: Kirra and Josephine.

Ramey is in her third year on the staff and will coach the sprints and javelin.  While at CMS Coach Ramey has coached 5 SCIAC Champions, 13 All-SCIAC members, 2 school record holders, 6 NCAA National qualifiers and one All-American.

Youngerns throwers broke four school records, garnered ten all-conference titles, three conference champion titles, and one All-American honor. As a student-athlete at California Lutheran University, Youngern competed three times at NCAA Championships, earning two All-American honors. She was named both SCIAC Athlete of the Year and California Lutheran University Athlete of the Year. During her senior campaign she went undefeated in the discus, shot put, and hammer at every SCIAC conference meet, and finished her collegiate career as an eight-time SCIAC champion. She is ranked first all time in career points at CLU and still holds all three event records. Coach Youngern is a USATF Level One coach and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and English.

Tavé, a 2012 Scripps College grad, is in her fourth year as coach in 2016.  Tavé, who ran for CMS for three years, was a three-time All-American for the Athenas. In cross country, she was a two-time All-American, three times All-Region and she holds the CMS record for the 6K cross country distance (20:51.8).  A two-time cross country team captain, she helped lead the team to the NCAA Championships three times including a then-best fourth place finish in 2011.  In track, she was an All-American in the 10,000 and competed at the NCAA Championships three times.  She holds the CMS record in the 10,000 (35:22.27) and is fifth all-time in the 5000 (17:15.37).  Tavé finished her collegiate eligibility at Colorado State University where she earned a Master's in Human Nutrition & Exercise Science.