Cloud County Community College Men's Track And Field

Erica Brand joined the Cloud County track and field coaching staff in the summer of 2021 and will focus on coaching athletes in throwing events.  Prior to joining the CCCC track and field coaching staff, Brand was most recently a Special Education Co-Teacher and Assistant Track and Field Coach at Broken Arrow Public Schools in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Brand would develop a varsity throwing program for the shot put and discus while also focusing on strength training and conditioning of track and field athletes.   A track and field standout at Duke University, Brand would be an All-ACC athlete in both indoor and outdoor track and field while qualifying for the NCAA Division National Championships multiple times. During her senior season in 2014-15, Brand would place 21st overall at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the discus and earn Honorable-Mention All-America honors while setting the Duke University school record (54.94 meters, 180 ft. – 3 in.). All three events that Brand would compete in while with the Blue Devils (weight throw, discus, shot put) would see the Shawnee, Kansas native record marks that would finish in the top-five all-time at Duke University in their respective event.

Rylan Cheney will begin his second season on the Cloud County coaching staff in 2026-2027. Cheney serves as an assistant coach with the Cloud County men's and women's cross country and track and field programs. Cheney graduated from Cloud County in 2022. During his collegiate career with the T-Bids, Cheney was a three-time NJCAA Champion. Cheney was a member of the 2021 indoor and outdoor 4x800M relay national champions, and the 2021 indoor Distance Medley relay national championship team. Following his time at Cloud County, Cheney competed in cross country and track and field at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He was a two-time Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) indoor track qualifier in the mile run and a 2025 conference outdoor track qualifier in the steeplechase. Cheney, a native of Shelton, Nebraska, graduated in May 2025 from the University of Nebraska at Kearney with a Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology. He also holds an Associate of Arts degree from Cloud County Community College.