Georgetown University Women's Cross Country

Culleys tenure, a fourth-place finish at the 2014 NCAA Cross Country Championships and a ninth-place showing at the 2016 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. The 2015-16 season proved to be a standout among a tradition of success as the GU women won the distance medley relay (DMR) at the 2016 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, the first NCAA event title for the program since 2012. Later in the year, the women won the Penn Relays DMR title, becoming just the fourth team in history to complete the DMR double in the same calendar year. The Blue & Gray also won the Penn Relays 4x800-meter relay, taking home two Championship of America wheels for just the second time in program history. For her efforts, Culley was named the 2016 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Mid-Atlantic Assistant Coach of the Year. Under Culleys guidance, Katrina Coogan finished her career on the Hilltop as an 11-time All-American, a two-time College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American and became the BIG EAST Conferences nomination for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year. Culley returned to coaching after an eight-year stint focusing primarily on her professional running career. In addition to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, Culley represented the United States as she was part of Team USA at the 2008 IAAF Indoor World Championships (3,000m), at the 2009 IAAF Outdoor Track & Field (5,000m) and again at the 2009 IAAF Cross Country World Championships (8,000m). During that time, Culley was also engaging in other endeavors such as incorporating and co-founding, under Coach Gagliano, the 501(c)(3) non-profit, New Jersey New York Track Club, where she was responsible for all business operations and club finances through 2013. She also founded and served as race director of the Run O the Mill 5K in Clinton, N.J. Prior to her arrival on the Hilltop, Culleys most recent coaching stop was at nearby American University from 2007-10, where she served as an assistant cross country and track & field coach, assisting Head Coach Matt Centrowitz with program operations, travel, recruiting and daily practices. Additionally, she was coached by Centrowitz during that time period. Centrowitz is a two-time Olympian, four-time United States champion, former American record holder and father of 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games 1,500-meter gold medalist, Matthew Centrowitz. Prior to American, Culley spent three years as the head womens track & field coach and the assistant cross country coach at Loyola University in Baltimore, Md. She directed all activities of the NCAA Division I track & field program, including recruiting, travel planning, facility coordination and training plans for all track and cross country athletes. While at Loyola, Culley also worked in the compliance office, assisting the director to ensure teams abided by NCAA rules and regulations. Culley was a track & field and cross country athlete at Rutgers University, earning All-America honors in cross country in 2002. A three-time MVP of the cross country team and a two-time MVP of the track & field team, Culley was awarded the Headley Singer Award, given annually to one outstanding female RU student-athlete. She was named the NJAIAW Woman of the Year in 2003 and was the recipient of the 2003 David A. Sonny Werblin Award, given to a national level accomplished RU athlete. She was the NCAA Woman of the Year for the State of New Jersey in 2003 and three times earned all-academic honors. Culley graduated cum laude from Rutgers University in 2004 with a bachelors degree in marketing and political science. She was announced as a member of the 2016 Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame Class in August and will be inducted in a ceremony in October. Culley currently resides in Arlington, Va., with her husband, Chris Farley, and their son, James. She and her husband own Pacers Running run specialty stores in the DC area and Princeton, N.J. She is currently pursuing her masters degree in integrated marketing communications from the Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. widget powered by

Brandon Bonsey has served as head men’s cross country coach since 2016 and previously served as an assistant coach for the track & field / cross country program. Bonsey returned to his alma mater at the beginning of the 2012-13 season as an assistant coach and has worked primarily with the middle distance and distance runners from the men’s team.   AT GEORGETOWN Bonsey helped lead the Hoyas in 2021-2022 to a first place finish in the women's Cross Country BIG EAST Championships and a second place finish for the men Helped lead the men's outdoor team to a second place finish and the women's team to a third place finish in the BIG EAST outdoor championships.  Coached the USATF U20 3,000-meter champion who went on to compete at the World Athletics U20 Championships Helped secure five first-place finishes at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships. Under Bonsey, four Hoyas took first-place at the 2020 BIG EAST Indoor Championships. In 2019-20, four of his track and field athletes were awarded USTFCCCA All-Academic honors. During his tenure on the Hilltop, Bonsey has coached his student-athletes to 49 All-America honors in more than 10 different events. Most recently in 2018-19, the Hoyas picked up five All-America honors following the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships with the men’s distance medley relay (DMR) finishing third as well as a sixth-place showing for the Blue & Gray in the 800-meter run. During the 2017-18 season, Bonsey’s athletes picked up eight All-America accolades with five coming from the indoor season and an additional three during the outdoor campaign. In the events that he coaches, the Hoyas have tallied 34 total BIG EAST event titles (29 individual, 5 relay) and the Hoya men have won four-consecutive team titles at the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 BIG EAST Cross Country Championships.  He was part of the 2016-17 staff who coached the track & field / cross country teams to a No. 6 ranking in the USTFCCCA Men’s Program of the Year standings. Under his tutelage, GU managed back-to-back top-10 individual performances at the NCAA cross country championship in 2015 (5th) and 2016 (10th). It was the first time since the 1964 and 1965 seasons the Hoyas had achieved the feat. Prior to 2015, the Hoyas had not tallied a top-five performance since 2000. He has coached an NCAA runner-up in the steeplechase at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships, the same year the Blue & Gray recorded the second- and fifth-place finishers and the Hoyas were the only team with a pair of runners to score points in the event. The 2017 track & field season was one for the record books as one of Bonsey’s athletes finished third at both the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor Championships, while also setting a school record in the indoor 800-meter run, indoor 800-meter carry and the outdoor 800-meter run. PRIOR TO GEORGETOWN Bonsey arrived on the Hilltop following a two-year stint with the Syracuse track & field / cross country program.  With the Orange, Bonsey worked primarily with the middle distance and distance runners for both the men's and women's teams, while also assisting with recruiting and coordinating team travel. He helped guide the Syracuse men's cross country team to a 2010 BIG EAST team championship and the SU men finished the 2010 cross country season with a 14th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, while the women posted top-20 finishes in both 2010 (10th) and 2011 (17th). Both cross country teams won the Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships in 2010 and 2011. During his time with the Orange, Syracuse had four student-athletes earn All-America honors. Additionally, SU had three individual BIG EAST champions in outdoor track & field. Bonsey's tutelage helped an Orange athlete to the 2012 USA Track & Field (USATF) Junior Cross Country title. Prior to working with the Orange, Bonsey spent one year as an assistant with the Hoyas. In addition to assisting with the middle distance and distance runners, he was responsible for coordinating the recruiting process, daily practices and travel arrangements for the Hoyas. During his prior stint at Georgetown, Bonsey helped guide several Hoya All-Americans to earn national collegiate accolades across all three seasons as well as at the USA Track & Field Championships. GEORGETOWN CAREER, ACADEMIC & PERSONAL Bonsey captained the cross country and indoor and outdoor track teams during his senior year. During Bonsey's junior year as a student-athlete in 2007, he finished fifth in the 1,000-meter run at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship. He ran a PR 4:04.21 in the mile that same season at the indoor Terrier Classic and earlier that year placed 36th at the 2006 BIG EAST Cross Country Championship. During his sophomore season, he earned All-BIG EAST honors as a member of the 4x800-meter relay team that placed third at the indoor championships. In 2005, his first year at Georgetown, Bonsey competed at the USATF Jr. National Championships in the 1,500-meter event. He was selected to participate in the Veteran Leaders Program, a Georgetown leadership program designed for team captains to develop the skills and knowledge critical to be an effective and vocal leader. The Falmouth, Maine native competed in cross country and indoor and outdoor track for Georgetown from 2004-09. Bonsey graduated from Georgetown in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in government.

Smith's first season with the Hoyas - and effort that saw the Hoyas bring home the first BIG EAST Cross Country team championship since the 2001 season. GU finished 12th at the NCAA Cross Country Championship and six finished the season all-conference and five finished all-region. Cox set the school record for an 800-meter carry at the 2013 Penn Relays, splitting 2:01.7, crushing the previous record that had stood since 2001. Smith arrived on the Hilltop from Flagstaff, Ariz., where he assisted physiologist Dr. Jack Daniels, often regarded as the "World's Best Coach" from 2006-09 at the Center for High Altitude Training, a U.S. Olympic training site for long distance runners. A former Hoya co-captain, Smith was an All-BIG EAST, All-Region, and All-America cross country runner. He won the Mid-Atlantic Regional as well as earned All-America honors in 2002. With a marathon best of 2:19:43, Smith was a qualifier for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon, competing in November 2007. Smith is a 2002 graduate of Georgetown and a 2006 graduate of American University. He resides in Washington, D.C. Katrina Coogan earned the award for womens indoor track & field and Aliyah Graves-Brown... Georgetown track & field alum Emily Infeld finished fourth in the womens 10,000-meter... Georgetown track & field alum Rachel Schneider fell just shy in the womens 1,500-meter... Director of Track & Field / Cross County Michael Smith has announced the incoming class for the... Georgetown track & field alum Emily Infeld advanced to the womens 5,000-meter finals... Georgetown track & field All-American Darren Fahy (Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon) competed in ... Georgetown University alum Emily Infeld made Team USA in the 10,000-meter run as she finished... Georgetown track & field standout Joe White (Clifton, N.J./DePaul Catholic) automatically...

Mitchell Baker has served as the men’s and women’s track & field and cross country assistant coach since 2018. Bringing more than 13 years of experience in the track & field and cross country coaching world, Baker has settled into his duties with all facets with the middle distance and distance athletes as well as program-wide recruiting efforts.   AT GEORGETOWN In 2021-2022 Baker helped the Hoyas to a first place finish in the women's Cross Country Big East Championships and a second place finish for the men Helped lead the men's outdoor team to a second place finish and the women's team to a third place finish in the BIG EAST outdoor championships.  Coached the USATF U20 3,000-meter champion who went on to compete at the World Athletics U20 Championships In 2021-2022 Baker helped lead the Hoyas to five first-place finishes at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships. In 2019-20, three of Mitchell's athletes were awarded USTFCCCA All-Academic honors  The 2018-19 season saw the Georgetown women have a breakout performance at the 2019 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships. The Blue & Gray tallied three event titles, capturing wins in the 800- and 1,500-meter runs as well as the 4x800-meter relay. Following the completion of the season, a GU athlete captured the 1,500-meter title at the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships.  PRIOR TO GEORGETOWN Baker most recently served as the head coach of women's cross country and assistant coach of track and field at Brown University, in charge of women’s middle distance from 2011 until he left Providence, Rhode Island. He also held a large responsibility in terms of recruiting. In 2017, Baker’s efforts earned the Bears a No. 7 recruit class ranking from FloTrack. He was also responsible for recruiting Brown’s first-ever Footlocker Finalists and Nike National qualifiers, and the second-fastest 1,600-meter runner in Minnesota history at the time. During his seven-year coaching stint, Brown broke 15 school records, had one All-American, one USA Junior National Team selection, two NCAA Championship qualifiers, one USA Championship qualifier, eight NCAA first round qualifiers, and 20 All-Academic individuals directly under his guidance. Prior to his time at Brown, Baker spent four years as an assistant cross country and primary events coach at Williams College in Massachusetts. He assisted both the men’s and women’s teams that garnered seven finishes in the NCAA top 10, 11 Division III New England Regional Championships, and 11 New England Small College Athletic Conference titles. As Williams’ day-to-day coach of the middle-distance events, 10 student-athletes earned a total of 22 All-America awards. Of those, 10 came by virtue of top-three NCAA finishes, including the men's outdoor 5,000-meter champion in 2010, later named USTFCCCA Outdoor Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Another of his student-athletes raced to runner-up NCAA outdoor 1,500-meter finishes in consecutive years, was named New England Regional Athlete of the Year and qualified for the 2009 USATF Senior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with the eighth-fastest time in Division III history. In addition to the All-America performances, student-athletes from his group competed at the NCAA Championships 11 additional times, and 15 more performances made the NCAA provisional or automatic cut. During his first two fall seasons, the men and women's cross country squads earned third-place finishes in 2008 and three athletes earned All-America honors. Academically, the teams nabbed USTFCCCA Academic honors both years with the 2008 men's team earning National Academic Team of the Year. Baker began his coaching career in the Catholic League of New York City. In 2003, he worked with the Nike Farm Team in California under the direction of USATF Hall of Famer and Georgetown legend Frank Gagliano. Baker spent a year in Kenya serving as an apprentice with the Qatar Training Camp along side world-renowned Italian coach Renato Canova. Baker has completed the USATF Level 1 Education School and is certified by the USTFCCCA Track and Field Academy for the jumping events.  COLLEGIATE CAREER, ACADEMIC & PERSONAL One of four children, Baker followed his oldest sister into running and by the end of high school, he had placed runner-up at the state meet three times. He earned All-New England honors for Williams and, as a senior, was cross country captain and recipient of the program's endowed Plansky (cross country) and Creem (track & field) awards. The Macomb, Illinois native graduated from Williams in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in art studio.