Lebanon Valley College Women's Cross Country

Stroman begins his second season at Lebanon Valley during 2014-15, working with sprints, hurdles, and middle distance runners. Stroman is a former NCAA Division I All-American at the University of Minnesota, winning four Big Ten team titles with the Gophers and an NCAA bronze medal as part of their indoor distance medley relay in 2010. He specialized in running the 400m, 600m, and 800m distances as well as the 400m hurdles. In his first season, Stroman made an instant impact as he helped mentor freshman Lauren Decker snap a long-standing program record in the 400m. He also developed a trio of 400m hurdlers, Kyle Fronk, Kevin Johnson, and Jamielyn Samper, as they set new LVC top-10 times. Fronk was the MAC silver medalist in the event while he and Johnson qualified for ECACs; Samper was the MAC bronze medalist as a senior.  Stroman began his coaching career as an assistant at Chaska High School in Minnesota, working with the team's sprinters and middle distance runners while also coordinating weight training for that group. He coached nine different school records between 2011 and 2013. He earned his undergraduate degree in Kinesiology with a minor in coaching from Minnesota in 2011, and his master's in Applied Kinesiology from the U of M in 2013. Logan Stroman Phone : E-mail : Logan Stroman begins his second season at Lebanon Valley during 2014-15, working with sprints, hurdles, and middle distance runners. Stroman is a former NCAA Division I All-American at the University of Minnesota, winning four Big Ten team titles with the Gophers and an NCAA bronze medal as part of their indoor distance medley relay in 2010. He specialized in running the 400m, 600m, and 800m distances as well as the 400m hurdles. In his first season, Stroman made an instant impact as he helped mentor freshman Lauren Decker snap a long-standing program record in the 400m. He also developed a trio of 400m hurdlers, Kyle Fronk, Kevin Johnson, and Jamielyn Samper, as they set new LVC top-10 times. Fronk was the MAC silver medalist in the event while he and Johnson qualified for ECACs; Samper was the MAC bronze medalist as a senior.  Stroman began his coaching career as an assistant at Chaska High School in Minnesota, working with the team's sprinters and middle distance runners while also coordinating weight training for that group. He coached nine different school records between 2011 and 2013. He earned his undergraduate degree in Kinesiology with a minor in coaching from Minnesota in 2011, and his master's in Applied Kinesiology from the U of M in 2013.

O'Brien '07, M'16 enters his ninth season as LVC's men's and women's cross country coach in 2016. He also serves as an assistant coach for the men's and women's track & field teams, working with the team's middle distance and distance runners. O'Brien, a 2007 graduate of the College with a B.S. in political science, had previously served as the program's assistant coach during the 2007 fall season. He holds a USTFCCCCA Endurance Specialist Certification from The Track & Field Academy.  He resides in Lebanon, Pa. with his wife Kelly (Wenrich), also a 2007 graduate of Lebanon Valley College. - Top of the NCAA: Cynthia Adams won the 800 meter run at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in 2:08.81, which is NCAA D3 #5 all-time. Michael Harnish finished as the NCAA Silver Medalist in the men's 800 meter run at the same meet. - NCAA Qualifiers: 19 NCAA Qualifiers between cross country and track & field in distance events since 2009. - NCAA Regional Champions: Jenn Cronin won the 2010 Mideast Region Cross Country Championships while Kelsey Patrick won the same event in 2013. There are only eight regions in the nation and their wins earned them the USTFCCCA Mideast Region Runner of the Year award. - Middle Atlantic Conference Athlete of the Year:  LVC has had five Conference Athletes of the Year, with Kelsey Patrick earning the designation for cross country (2012, 2013), Jenn Cronin (2010) for indoor track, Cynthia Adams (2014) for outdoor track and Michael Harnish (2015) for both indoor track and outdoor track. The Dutchmen had five athletes earn the MAC Rookie of the Year title as well. - Conference Championship Success:  At Middle Atlantic Conference Championship meets, LVC has crowned 27 individual conference champions, as well as 13 relay conference champions between cross country, indoor, and outdoor track & field. - Assistant Coach of the Year: Coach O'Brien was named the United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Mideast Region Men's Assistant Coach of the Year for outdoor track & field, spring 2015.   Athletic     NCAA DIII National Champion, indoor 800m: Cynthia Adams     NCAA DIII Silver Medalist, indoor 800m: Michael Harnish     USTFCCCA Mideast Region Mens Assistant Coach of Year: James OBrien     MAC Indoor Track Athlete of Year: Michael Harnish     MAC Outdoor Track Athlete of Year: Michael Harnish     NCAA Qualifiers o    Kelsey Patrick: cross country o    Cynthia Adams: indoor 800m o    Michael Harnish: indoor 800m, outdoor 1500m o    Andrew Goelz: outdoor 1500m     Indoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens DMR: Alyssa Keich, Kat OHara, Sarah Grow, Teanna Shutt o    Womens Mile: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 4x800m: Dana Stockdale, Teanna Shutt, Dana Stockdale, Cynthia Adams o    Mens Mile: Michael Harnish o    Mens 800m: Michael Harnish     Outdoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens 4x800m: Teanna Shutt, Dana Stockdale, Sarah Grow, Lauren Decker o    Mens 4x800m: Terrence Habiyaremye, Nick Scullin, Andrew Goelz, Michael Harnish o    Mens 1500m: Michael Harnish o    Mens 800m: Michael Harnish   Academic     USTFCCCA All-Academic: mens & womens cross country teams     MAC Scholar Athlete of Year: Cynthia Adams, womens indoor track & field     Capital One/CoSida First Team Academic All-District: Cynthia Adams, Kelsey Patrick     Academic All Conference - Cross Country: Kelsey Patrick     Academic All Conference - Indoor Track & Field: Andrew Goelz, Michael Harnish, Cynthia Adams, Kelsey Patrick, Alyssa Keich.     Athletic     NCAA All-American, Indoor 800m: Michael Harnish     NCAA All-American, Outdoor 800m: Cynthia Adams     USTFCCCA Mideast Region Runner of the Year: Kelsey Patrick     MAC Cross Country Runner of Year: Kelsey Patrick     MAC Outdoor Track Athlete of Year: Cynthia Adams     MAC Cross Country Rookie of Year: Megan Doris     NCAA Qualifiers o    Kelsey Patrick: cross country o    Cynthia Adams: indoor 800m, outdoor 800m o    Michael Harnish: indoor 800m, outdoor 800m     Indoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens DMR: Dana Stockdale., Kat OHara, Lauren Decker, Cynthia Adams o    Womens 3000m: Kelsey Patrick o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams o    Mens 800m: Michael Harnish o    Mens 4x800m: Andrew Goelz, Ian Brown, Eliott Bonds, Michael Harnish     Outdoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens 4x800m: Lauren Decker, Kelsey Patrick, Dana Stockdale, Cynthia Adams o    Womens 1500m: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams Academic     USTFCCCA All-Academic: mens & womens cross country teams     Capital One/CoSida 2nd Team Academic All-America: Cynthia Adams     Capital One/CoSida 3rd  Team Academic All-America: Kelsey Patrick     Capital One/CoSida First Team Academic All-District: Cynthia Adams, Kelsey Patrick     Academic All Conference Cross Country: Andrew Goelz, Kelsey Patrick     Academic All Conference - Indoor Track & Field: Andrew Goelz, Michael Harnish, Cynthia Adams, Kelsey Patrick     Athletic     NCAA All-American, Indoor 800m: Cynthia Adams     MAC Cross Country Runner of Year: Kelsey Patrick     MAC Cross Country Rookie of Year: Kelsey Patrick     NCAA Qualifiers o    Kelsey Patrick: cross country o    Cynthia Adams: indoor 800m, outdoor 800m     Indoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens DMR: Dana Stockdale, Jamielyn Samper, Julia Mongeau, Cynthia Adams o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams     Outdoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens 1500m: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams Academic     USTFCCCA All-Academic: mens & womens cross country teams   Athletic     NCAA Qualifier o    Cynthia Adams: outdoor 800m     Outdoor Track MAC Champion o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams     MAC Cross Country Rookie of Year: Dana Stockdale Academic     USTFCCCA All-Academic: womens cross country team   Athletic     NCAA Qualifiers o    Jenn Cronin: cross country, outdoor 1500m o    Cynthia Adams: outdoor 800m     MAC Indoor Track Athlete of Year: Jenn Cronin     MAC Outdoor Track Rookie of Year: Cynthia Adams     MAC Womens Cross Country Coach of Year: James OBrien     Indoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens Mile: Jenn Cronin o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 5000m: Jenn Cronin     Outdoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens 4x800m: Tiff Frederick, Lauren Johnson, Jenn Cronin, Cynthia Adams o    Womens 1500m: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams Academic     USTFCCCA All-Academic: womens cross country team Athletic     USTFCCCA Mideast Region Runner of the Year: Jenn Cronin     NCAA Qualifiers o    Jenn Cronin: cross country     MAC Cross Country Rookie of Year: Matt Nesmith Athletic     ECAC Champion o    Jenn Cronin: indoor 300m, outdoor 5000m     Indoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens DMR: Megan Long, Tiffany Frederick, Lauren Johnson, Jenn Cronin o    Womens 5000m: Jenn Cronin     Outdoor Track MAC Champion o    Womens 1500m: Jenn Cronin A native of Warwick, N.Y., O'Brien is a product of Warwick Valley High School's nationally-ranked cross country program. O'Brien was a four-year letterwinner in cross country at LVC and was a three-time team captain and the squad's most valuable runner as a freshman. Also a track & field distance runner, he still holds the third-fastest indoor mile and eighth-best indoor 5k times for the Dutchmen. James O'Brien '07, M'16 Phone : E-mail : James O'Brien '07, M'16 enters his ninth season as LVC's men's and women's cross country coach in 2016. He also serves as an assistant coach for the men's and women's track & field teams, working with the team's middle distance and distance runners. O'Brien, a 2007 graduate of the College with a B.S. in political science, had previously served as the program's assistant coach during the 2007 fall season. He holds a USTFCCCCA Endurance Specialist Certification from The Track & Field Academy.  He resides in Lebanon, Pa. with his wife Kelly (Wenrich), also a 2007 graduate of Lebanon Valley College. - Top of the NCAA: Cynthia Adams won the 800 meter run at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in 2:08.81, which is NCAA D3 #5 all-time. Michael Harnish finished as the NCAA Silver Medalist in the men's 800 meter run at the same meet. - NCAA Qualifiers: 19 NCAA Qualifiers between cross country and track & field in distance events since 2009. - NCAA Regional Champions: Jenn Cronin won the 2010 Mideast Region Cross Country Championships while Kelsey Patrick won the same event in 2013. There are only eight regions in the nation and their wins earned them the USTFCCCA Mideast Region Runner of the Year award. - Middle Atlantic Conference Athlete of the Year:  LVC has had five Conference Athletes of the Year, with Kelsey Patrick earning the designation for cross country (2012, 2013), Jenn Cronin (2010) for indoor track, Cynthia Adams (2014) for outdoor track and Michael Harnish (2015) for both indoor track and outdoor track. The Dutchmen had five athletes earn the MAC Rookie of the Year title as well. - Conference Championship Success:  At Middle Atlantic Conference Championship meets, LVC has crowned 27 individual conference champions, as well as 13 relay conference champions between cross country, indoor, and outdoor track & field. - Assistant Coach of the Year: Coach O'Brien was named the United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Mideast Region Men's Assistant Coach of the Year for outdoor track & field, spring 2015.   Athletic     NCAA DIII National Champion, indoor 800m: Cynthia Adams     NCAA DIII Silver Medalist, indoor 800m: Michael Harnish     USTFCCCA Mideast Region Mens Assistant Coach of Year: James OBrien     MAC Indoor Track Athlete of Year: Michael Harnish     MAC Outdoor Track Athlete of Year: Michael Harnish     NCAA Qualifiers o    Kelsey Patrick: cross country o    Cynthia Adams: indoor 800m o    Michael Harnish: indoor 800m, outdoor 1500m o    Andrew Goelz: outdoor 1500m     Indoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens DMR: Alyssa Keich, Kat OHara, Sarah Grow, Teanna Shutt o    Womens Mile: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 4x800m: Dana Stockdale, Teanna Shutt, Dana Stockdale, Cynthia Adams o    Mens Mile: Michael Harnish o    Mens 800m: Michael Harnish     Outdoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens 4x800m: Teanna Shutt, Dana Stockdale, Sarah Grow, Lauren Decker o    Mens 4x800m: Terrence Habiyaremye, Nick Scullin, Andrew Goelz, Michael Harnish o    Mens 1500m: Michael Harnish o    Mens 800m: Michael Harnish   Academic     USTFCCCA All-Academic: mens & womens cross country teams     MAC Scholar Athlete of Year: Cynthia Adams, womens indoor track & field     Capital One/CoSida First Team Academic All-District: Cynthia Adams, Kelsey Patrick     Academic All Conference - Cross Country: Kelsey Patrick     Academic All Conference - Indoor Track & Field: Andrew Goelz, Michael Harnish, Cynthia Adams, Kelsey Patrick, Alyssa Keich.     Athletic     NCAA All-American, Indoor 800m: Michael Harnish     NCAA All-American, Outdoor 800m: Cynthia Adams     USTFCCCA Mideast Region Runner of the Year: Kelsey Patrick     MAC Cross Country Runner of Year: Kelsey Patrick     MAC Outdoor Track Athlete of Year: Cynthia Adams     MAC Cross Country Rookie of Year: Megan Doris     NCAA Qualifiers o    Kelsey Patrick: cross country o    Cynthia Adams: indoor 800m, outdoor 800m o    Michael Harnish: indoor 800m, outdoor 800m     Indoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens DMR: Dana Stockdale., Kat OHara, Lauren Decker, Cynthia Adams o    Womens 3000m: Kelsey Patrick o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams o    Mens 800m: Michael Harnish o    Mens 4x800m: Andrew Goelz, Ian Brown, Eliott Bonds, Michael Harnish     Outdoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens 4x800m: Lauren Decker, Kelsey Patrick, Dana Stockdale, Cynthia Adams o    Womens 1500m: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams Academic     USTFCCCA All-Academic: mens & womens cross country teams     Capital One/CoSida 2nd Team Academic All-America: Cynthia Adams     Capital One/CoSida 3rd  Team Academic All-America: Kelsey Patrick     Capital One/CoSida First Team Academic All-District: Cynthia Adams, Kelsey Patrick     Academic All Conference Cross Country: Andrew Goelz, Kelsey Patrick     Academic All Conference - Indoor Track & Field: Andrew Goelz, Michael Harnish, Cynthia Adams, Kelsey Patrick     Athletic     NCAA All-American, Indoor 800m: Cynthia Adams     MAC Cross Country Runner of Year: Kelsey Patrick     MAC Cross Country Rookie of Year: Kelsey Patrick     NCAA Qualifiers o    Kelsey Patrick: cross country o    Cynthia Adams: indoor 800m, outdoor 800m     Indoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens DMR: Dana Stockdale, Jamielyn Samper, Julia Mongeau, Cynthia Adams o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams     Outdoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens 1500m: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams Academic     USTFCCCA All-Academic: mens & womens cross country teams   Athletic     NCAA Qualifier o    Cynthia Adams: outdoor 800m     Outdoor Track MAC Champion o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams     MAC Cross Country Rookie of Year: Dana Stockdale Academic     USTFCCCA All-Academic: womens cross country team   Athletic     NCAA Qualifiers o    Jenn Cronin: cross country, outdoor 1500m o    Cynthia Adams: outdoor 800m     MAC Indoor Track Athlete of Year: Jenn Cronin     MAC Outdoor Track Rookie of Year: Cynthia Adams     MAC Womens Cross Country Coach of Year: James OBrien     Indoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens Mile: Jenn Cronin o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 5000m: Jenn Cronin     Outdoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens 4x800m: Tiff Frederick, Lauren Johnson, Jenn Cronin, Cynthia Adams o    Womens 1500m: Cynthia Adams o    Womens 800m: Cynthia Adams Academic     USTFCCCA All-Academic: womens cross country team Athletic     USTFCCCA Mideast Region Runner of the Year: Jenn Cronin     NCAA Qualifiers o    Jenn Cronin: cross country     MAC Cross Country Rookie of Year: Matt Nesmith Athletic     ECAC Champion o    Jenn Cronin: indoor 300m, outdoor 5000m     Indoor Track MAC Champions o    Womens DMR: Megan Long, Tiffany Frederick, Lauren Johnson, Jenn Cronin o    Womens 5000m: Jenn Cronin     Outdoor Track MAC Champion o    Womens 1500m: Jenn Cronin A native of Warwick, N.Y., O'Brien is a product of Warwick Valley High School's nationally-ranked cross country program. O'Brien was a four-year letterwinner in cross country at LVC and was a three-time team captain and the squad's most valuable runner as a freshman. Also a track & field distance runner, he still holds the third-fastest indoor mile and eighth-best indoor 5k times for the Dutchmen.