College of Saint Mary Women's Cross Country

Feys first season as head coach, CSM claimed its second consecutive MCAC title, placing 5 runners in the top-10. Senior Emily Weber won the individual title for the second year in a row and was named MCAC Runner of the Year. The win earned CSM a team berth to the NAIA National Cross Country Championships, also for the second consecutive year. Coach Fey was named MCAC Coach of the Year in CSMs final year of MCAC competition. In Fey's second year at CSM, the Flames earned the NAIA Scholar-Team Award and two student-athletes were named NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Fey comes to CSM from Westside Community School District where he has spent seven years as a teacher.  He served as the head boys cross country coach and is the head distance coach for the girls track team. Under Feys direction as the head boys cross country coach, Westsides cross country team grew from 18 runners his first year to a school record roster high of 45 runners in 2013.  Coach Fey also led the Warriors to two district titles. Until his arrival, only one district championship had been won since the schools opening in 1951. The 2007 boys cross country team finished 4th at the Nebraska State Cross Country Meet, tying the best finish in school history. Fey coached the 2007 Class A state champion 4 x 800 relay team, as well as the 2008 and 2009 Class A state runner-up 4 x 800 teams. Since he began at Westside, the girls distance track team has qualified an individual for the state track meet every year. Fey is also an accomplished runner himself. A 2003 graduate at Dana College, he was a two-time NAIA All-American in cross country and track. As a post-collegiate runner, he finished runner-up in the Lincoln Half-Marathon (2000), Lincoln Marathon (2004), and Omaha Marathon (2004). In 2009, Fey finished 77th out of 25,000 at the Boston Marathon, running 2 hours, 33 minutes, 45 seconds. Recently, Fey completed an 81-mile run from the Salton Sea to Mount Palomar in 24 hours, 32 minutes. He also became the Omaha Marathon Champion in September of 2013 with a 2:35:52. In 2011, Fey published a book about running called We Were Born to Run. Coach Fey is a Nebraska Track Official volunteer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as an Omaha Running Club volunteer.