Hamline University Men's Track

Schmaedeke leads the Pipers as the director of track and field operations at Hamline. His responsibilities include serving as the head men's track and field coach and working with all middle-distance and distance runners on the track. He served as Hamline's head cross country coach until August when Devin Monson took over the program.  The 2016-17 athletic season will be Schmaedeke's 32nd in the Hamline athletic program as an athlete and coach, the last 22 of which as the men's track and field coach. In 22 years as a head coach in CC, Schmaedeke has coached 11 All-Americans. His men's team has won three of the last six MIAC CC championships. Not coincidentally, Schmaedeke was named Coach of the Year in the league in all three of those years. It is an honor he has won 14 times overall in his HU coaching career. In 2006, Schmaedeke was named Central Region Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA. The Pipers won the Central Regional en route to finishing 18th at the NCAA Championships. In 2005, Schmaedeke led the Pipers to their first MIAC Championship since 1977. The Pipers also finished third in Central Regional and seventh in the NCAA Championships. Schmaedeke was involved in Hamline cross country for more than three decades years as a student-athlete, assistant coach, and head coach.  The 2000 team was his first to compete in the NCAA Championships. He was also named MIAC Indoor Track Coach of the Year in 2002 and again in 2005 and 2014. In 2015, he was named MIAC Outdoor Track Coach of the Year as HU finished second for the fourth time in six years. As an athlete, Schmaedeke was a four-year letter winner in cross country and track at Hamline. He competed on teams that won two MIAC cross country championships (1973, 1975) and four track titles (1974-1977). As a senior, he was co-captain of the Hamline cross country team. Prior to joining the Hamline staff in 1980, Schmaedeke was the head boys' track and field coach at Concordia Academy High School from 1978-79. Schmaedeke is noted for his persistence, patience, and well organized training that prepares his athletes to be competitive and steadily progress to their potential over the course of four years. Schmaedeke also lectures on training theory as a faculty member of the USA Track and Field Level II Coaches Certification School. He has spoke numerous times at the Minnesota High School Coaches Clinic for track and field. In recognition of his accomplishments as a student-athlete and a coach, Schmaedeke was inducted into the Hamline University Athletic Hall of Fame in January 2008. In 2015, he was added to the Row of Fame that adorns the north wall of Klas Field.  Schmaedeke earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Hamline in 1977. He later earned his master's from the University of Arizona in physical education in 1980. Paul Schmaedeke leads the Pipers as the director of track and field operations at Hamline. His responsibilities include serving as the head men's track and field coach and working with all middle-distance and distance runners on the track. He served as Hamline's head cross country coach until August when Devin Monson took over the program. 

Swanberg joined the Piper staff following a six-year stint as the head coach at Henry Sibley High School.  Swanbergs track and field coaching duties include horizontal jumps, pole vault, high jump and assisting the sprints group.   These were Swanbergs areas of expertise during his time as the head coach at Henry Sibley, as well as during his time as a standout athlete for the Pipers of Hamline.  Swanberg has coached several MIAC conference event champions and numerous all conference jumpers. Swanberg is married to Jennifer Engesether and has a little girl Avery, and a little boy Aiden.  Swanberg is a 1999 Hamline graduate and was voted captain in his senior year for the Pipers.  He remains ranked on the Hamline all-time list in the pole vault, long jump and triple jump. Shane Swanberg joined the Piper staff following a six-year stint as the head coach at Henry Sibley High School.  Swanbergs track and field coaching duties include horizontal jumps, pole vault, high jump and assisting the sprints group. 

Blaschko's fourth as an assistant coach for the Hamline University track & field teams. He will primarily be working with the throwers. It will be a tough to act to follow. At the 2016 NCAA D-III Outdoor Track/Field Meet, HU had three shot putters - Travis Jacobson, Eric Dols and Chase Duwenhoegger -- earn All-America honors by finishing fifth, sixth and eighth respectively. It was the second AA honor of the year for Dols. He was fourth in the same event at the NCAA Indoor TF meet. HU also dominated the mens field events at the MIAC Outdoor Meet, taking three of the top four places in the Discus and three of the top five positions in the Shot Put. Prior to coming to Hamline, he spent one year coaching at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, two years as an assistant coach at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota and five years as a volunteer coach working with throwers at Lakeville South High School. In his first year with the Warriors, Blaschko helped coach NCAA Division III National Champion Elizabeth Krug in the javelin and shot put programmes of the heptathlon. Krug also finished fifth at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships and won the Southern Athletic Association javelin title and was third in the shot put. In his first year at Concordia, Blaschko's throwers broke five school records on the men's side and three records on the womens side. His throwers also turned in one All-NSIC performance with five additional point scorers at the conference meets. Additionally, his throwers recorded two NCAA provisional qualifying marks. During his second year at Concordia, his throwers broke two more school records on the mens side and one record on the womens side.  Blaschko graduated from Hamline in 2010 with a B.A. in history and a minor in political science. He competed in the shot put and discus as a member of the HU track & field team for two years. He received all-conference honorable mention honors in the shot put three times and was also named to the 2010 MIAC sportsmanship team. In high school, he competed for Lakeville where he was a Lake Conference champion in the shot put as well as an all-conference discus thrower. Blaschko is a USATF Level 1 certified coach and has also received his Track and Field Technical Certification from the USTFCCCA academy. Josh Blaschko Assistant Coach, Men's and Women's Track and Field The 2016-17 season with be Josh Blaschko's fourth as an assistant coach for the Hamline University track & field teams. He will primarily be working with the throwers. It will be a tough to act to follow. At the 2016 NCAA D-III Outdoor Track/Field Meet, HU had three shot putters - Travis Jacobson, Eric Dols and Chase Duwenhoegger -- earn All-America honors by finishing fifth, sixth and eighth respectively. It was the second AA honor of the year for Dols. He was fourth in the same event at the NCAA Indoor TF meet. HU also dominated the mens field events at the MIAC Outdoor Meet, taking three of the top four places in the Discus and three of the top five positions in the Shot Put. Prior to coming to Hamline, he spent one year coaching at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, two years as an assistant coach at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota and five years as a volunteer coach working with throwers at Lakeville South High School. In his first year with the Warriors, Blaschko helped coach NCAA Division III National Champion Elizabeth Krug in the javelin and shot put programmes of the heptathlon. Krug also finished fifth at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships and won the Southern Athletic Association javelin title and was third in the shot put. In his first year at Concordia, Blaschko's throwers broke five school records on the men's side and three records on the womens side. His throwers also turned in one All-NSIC performance with five additional point scorers at the conference meets. Additionally, his throwers recorded two NCAA provisional qualifying marks. During his second year at Concordia, his throwers broke two more school records on the mens side and one record on the womens side.  Blaschko graduated from Hamline in 2010 with a B.A. in history and a minor in political science. He competed in the shot put and discus as a member of the HU track & field team for two years. He received all-conference honorable mention honors in the shot put three times and was also named to the 2010 MIAC sportsmanship team. In high school, he competed for Lakeville where he was a Lake Conference champion in the shot put as well as an all-conference discus thrower. Blaschko is a USATF Level 1 certified coach and has also received his Track and Field Technical Certification from the USTFCCCA academy.