Lewis University Men's Track

Kearney has been a part of the Lewis cross country staff for over five years, but has clearly made his mark on the squad, heading into his second season as the Flyer head coach. This was made evident in 2014, as he mentored five Flyers to All-Great Lakes Valley Conference accolades at the GLVC Cross Country Championships, hosted by Lewis. On the men's side, sophomores Shawn Milhauser (8th), James Frederickson (12th) and Michael Leet (15th) all finished in the Top 15, helping the Flyers finish third overall. The women were also quite successful at the GLVC Championships as sophomore Amanda Farrough and redshirt junior Kristen Bonsor propelled the Flyers to a second-place showing - Lewis' highest finish since they won the team title in 1997. Farrough placed second, while Bonsor was fifth. Both went on to earn All-Midwest Region honors following Top 20 finishes at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships. Prior to being elevated to head coach, Kearney played a crucial role in helping Farrough along with Andrew McLain to All-America accolades in 2013. Farrough's finish keyed Lewis to a 19th-place finish at the 2013 NCAA Cross Country Championships, while McLain guided the Flyers to a second-place showing at the 2013 GLVC Championships. Kearney joined the Flyer coaching staff in 2010 as a graduate assistant. In 2012, former head cross country coach Dana Schwarting hired him full-time as the recruiting coordinator and women's distance coach. In 2013, Kearney was charged with guiding both the men's and women's distance runners, culminating with their exciting finishes. Since Kearney joined the cross country staff, he has coached three All-Americans, four NCAA Championship qualifiers, eight NCAA All-Midwest Region performers, 17 All-Great Lakes Valley Conference selections, one GLVC Champion and three GLVC Freshmen of the Year. He has been equally as successful on the track and field side, as Kearney was named the 2014 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Assistant Women's Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year. In all, Kearney has coached 15 Track and Field All-Americans, 23 NCAA Championship qualifiers, four GLVC Freshmen of the Year, 58 All-GLVC performers - including 31 championships and 22 All-Region student-athletes. He has been a part of a Flyer track and field coaching staff that has amassed six GLVC team titles and has set seven new school-records. He also helped guide All-American Andrew McLain in 2011 to a USA Junior Nationals berth in the 5,000-meter run. Kearney resides in Joliet, Ill., with his wife Kathleen and dogs (Apollo/Mia).

Schwarting, who just completed his sixth season at the helm of the Flyers, has mentored several Track and Field All-Americans during his career, but now he can add a two-time cross country All-American to that list of accolades.    Following a 40th-place finish in the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships, Lewis Kathryn Hague became the first Flyer to be named a cross country All-American since Malgorzata Biela, Magdalena Paszta and Kasia Arient accomplished that feat in 1997. In 2010, Hague placed 28th overall in the NCAA Cross Country Championships to become the first Flyer to repeat as an All-American since Biela, Paszta and Arient did it in 1997.    Schwarting, who came to Lewis in 2003 as an assistant track and field coach, has coached 50 Flyer Track and Field All-Americans, including Hague, who repeated as an Outdoor Track and Field All-American in the 1,500-meter run in 2011. He was named the Flyers head track and field coach in March of 2005 and the head mens and womens cross country coach following the resignation of Rick Wemple in late 2006.    Other NCAA Division II All-America award winners during Schwartings tenure include pole-vaulter Duane Chappell, who won three national titles; pole-vaulter Mark Zilch, the 2005 Division II indoor national champion and a 2005 U.S. Indoor National Championships qualifier; and Billy Stadele, the 2005 Division II and Great Lakes Valley Conference male indoor Athlete of the Year, a 2005 indoor All-American in the pole vault and 60-meter hurdles and an All-American and two-time GLVC champion in the decathlon.      Schwarting came to Lewis after serving two years as mens and womens track and field head coach at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. At Morningside, he coached three national champions, three national runners-up and 19 Division II All-Americans. In addition, he coached the male and female 2001 Division II Indoor Athlete of the Year and the female 2001 Division II Outdoor Athlete of the Year.  Two of Schwartings Morningside athletes, A.G. Kruger and Meredith Davis, qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in the hammer throw and heptathlon, respectively. Kruger went on to compete at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.    Schwarting earned bachelors (1996) and masters (1998) degrees at the University of South Dakota. As a member of South Dakotas track and field team, he earned four varsity letters competing as a decathlete, hurdler and long-jumper. He was a two-time North Central Conference champion and national qualifier in the 110-meter hurdles, and he earned all-conference honors in the decathlon, heptathlon and long jump. When he graduated, he held school records in the pentathlon and shuttle-hurdle relay.    Schwarting and wife Lisa reside in Joliet with sons Logan, Parker and Keegan.

Probst's career has come full-circle, as he has returned to the Lewis University track and field team as an assistant coach after serving as both a part-time and graduate assistant for the Flyers from 2008-11. His primary responsibilities will be coaching the sprinters, hurdlers and relay teams. For the past two years, Probst was an assistant track and field coach at Rhodes College, a Division III school, in Memphis, Tenn. While there, the Lynx won two Southern Atlantic Association women's track and field titles and a SAA men's championship in 2013. Probst, who worked with sprinters and jumpers, also served as the team's strength and conditioning coach. He saw a Lynx quartet break the school-record in the women's 4x100 relay and qualified for the NCAA Championships twice, culminating with an All-America 7th-place finish in 2012. That All-America performance was the first in school-history. He also helped the Lynx break the school-record in the women's 4x400 relay. In his previous stop at Lewis, Probst worked primarily with the sprinters, hurdlers and relay teams. He helped the Flyer women's track and field team to the 2010 Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Championship and coached All-Americans in both the 60-meter hurdles and distance medley relay. Probst, who received his Masters degree in organizational leadership at Lewis in 2011, received his bachelor's degree in political science from Wisconsin in 2007. While at Madison, Probst was a member of three Big Ten Triple Crown championship teams at Wisconsin, including cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field as well as the 2007 NCAA Indoor track and field championship. Probst competed primarily in the outdoor 400-meter hurdles and the indoor 400 and 600-meter dash. Nathan Probst Assistant Coach Nathan Probst's career has come full-circle, as he has returned to the Lewis University track and field team as an assistant coach after serving as both a part-time and graduate assistant for the Flyers from 2008-11. His primary responsibilities will be coaching the sprinters, hurdlers and relay teams. For the past two years, Probst was an assistant track and field coach at Rhodes College, a Division III school, in Memphis, Tenn. While there, the Lynx won two Southern Atlantic Association women's track and field titles and a SAA men's championship in 2013. Probst, who worked with sprinters and jumpers, also served as the team's strength and conditioning coach. He saw a Lynx quartet break the school-record in the women's 4x100 relay and qualified for the NCAA Championships twice, culminating with an All-America 7th-place finish in 2012. That All-America performance was the first in school-history. He also helped the Lynx break the school-record in the women's 4x400 relay. In his previous stop at Lewis, Probst worked primarily with the sprinters, hurdlers and relay teams. He helped the Flyer women's track and field team to the 2010 Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Championship and coached All-Americans in both the 60-meter hurdles and distance medley relay. Probst, who received his Masters degree in organizational leadership at Lewis in 2011, received his bachelor's degree in political science from Wisconsin in 2007. While at Madison, Probst was a member of three Big Ten Triple Crown championship teams at Wisconsin, including cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field as well as the 2007 NCAA Indoor track and field championship. Probst competed primarily in the outdoor 400-meter hurdles and the indoor 400 and 600-meter dash.