Nazareth College Men's Track

Mike Heymann was hired as a full-time associate head coach for the Nazareth cross country and track and field teams in June of 2018 and was promoted to Cross Country Head Coach at the end of the 2022-23 Cross Country and Track and Field seasons. Heymann has worked diligently with the Golden Flyers' middle-distance and long-distance runners and helped guide the Nazareth men's cross country team to Empire 8 titles in 2020, 21 and a third consecutive title in 2022. The women's team earned its first-ever Empire 8 Cross Country championship in 2023.  Under Heymann's direction, Cade Eells (2023) and Nathan Bowers (2022) each garnered Empire 8 Runner of the Year honors in cross country.   The track and field teams each won both the Indoor and Outdoor team titles in 2022-23 with Heymann as a member of the Coaching Staff of the Year for Cross Country and both Track and Field seasons. The distance and middle distance runners were a major factor in both track and field titles as Nazareth finished with 14 top-three finishes including conference titles in the men’s mile, 3K and distance medley relay at the indoor championships. In the outdoor championships, Nazareth posted conference titles in the six events and had 18 top-three finishes. As a collegiate competitor, Heymann was a standout distance runner for SUNY Plattsburgh, competing for the Cardinals' cross country and track and field teams and serving as captain for three years.   As a cross-country runner, Heymann earned All-American honors three times as well as All-Atlantic Region and All-SUNYAC four times. He posted a personal-best time of 24:12 for 8 kilometers and is a member of the SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame.   As a member of the track and field teams, Heymann earned All-American honors four times, twice in the indoor 5,000-meter run and twice in the outdoor 10,000-meter run. He earned SUNYAC all-star honors 11 times and won six individual SUNYAC titles. Heymann set several school records, including indoor marks in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs (with times of 8:17.54 and 14:13.05 respectively) and outdoor marks in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs (with times of 14:24.55 and 29:55.37 respectively). He also ran on the school's record-setting distance medley relay team. All records are still intact as of 2022-23.   Heymann graduated from Plattsburgh in 2011 with a degree in Childhood Education 1-6 and from Nazareth College in 2015 with a Master's degree in Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (TESOL).   A native of Tully, NY and a graduate of Tully Central, Heymann was a standout in both cross country and track and field there. Received 2006 First Team All-Section III Class C, All-CNY, and Second Team All-Federation honors in cross country in 2006.

Addison graduated from New Mexico State in 2013 with a degree in Sociology. He played football there and earned academic honors in the Western Athletic Conference during the 2012 season. Addison attended the University at Buffalo before that and competed for the track team in the high jump and decathlon. He placed eighth in the decathlon at the Mid-American Conference outdoor championships in 2009 and seventh in the high jump at the MAC indoor championships in 2009. A graduate of Irondequoit High School, Addison was a standout in football, basketball and track and field there. He still holds school records in the high jump and the pentathlon. His pentathlon score of 3,382 points still stands as a Section Five Class AA record. Addison's coaching experience includes two seasons as a volunteer assistant at Irondequoit High. Volunteer Assistant Coach Phone Email

Giagios is a 2005 graduate of Buffalo State with a degree in Health and Wellness and concentration in Adult Fitness. As a member of the track and field team, Giagios served as team captain and was the 2004 SUNYAC titlist in the 500-meter dash. He also earned SUNYAC and NYSCTC all-conference honors three times each. Giagios' coaching experience includes three seasons as an assistant coach at Brockport and three seasons as an assistant at Gates Chili High School. Giagios also has a coaching certification with USA Track and Field and as a specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Assistant Coach Phone Email

Goss has accomplished a great deal at Nazareth in a short period of time. A native of Skaneateles, N.Y., Goss has engineered steady improvement through his first five seasons as coach. His men's and women's track and field teams have broken 65 school records (combining both indoor and outdoor performances). In addition to his improvement on the course, Goss has seen six student-athletes earn All-Academic accolades since 2011.  Gabrielle LeBihan earned All-Academic honors for cross country in 2014, 2014 and 2015, while Robin Wagner joined her in 2015.  Taylor Pierson (2013, 2014), Hannah Brackley (2015), and Nick LaBarbera (2016) all garnered All-Academic honors in track.  As a team the women's cross country and track squads have been earned All-Academic recognition (3.2 GPA or higher) each season, while the men's cross country team garnered the honors in 2013 and 2014.  In 2016, Goss helped guide Gabrielle LeBihan to All-Region honors for the cross country season. His 2016 indoor season was highlighted by the Golden Flyers' first national champion as Luis Rivera placed first in the 35-pound weight throw. Rivera and Tom Sippie went on to earn All-American honors during the outdoor season in the hammer throw and 400-meter dash respectively. He also helped guide Taylor Pierson to record-shattering distances in the long jump as she became Nazareth's first-ever outdoor track and field All-American in 2013, an honor she duplicated indoors in 2014. He has coached 14 state titlists and 22 Empire 8 titlists in men's track and field and 11 state champions and 24 E8 champions in women's track and field. Before joining the staff at Nazareth, Goss excelled at Lynchburg, where he was at the forefront for many of the Hornets' recent track and field successes. In 2011, the Hornets sent three athletes to the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships. In addition, both the mens and womens teams captured their respective team titles at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championships and were ranked near the top of the southeast region. During Goss six seasons at Lynchburg, 15 school records were broken and 73 all-time top five performances were established. In addition, 21 Lynchburg athletes captured conference titles. Lynchburgs womens team was particularly strong in winning seven indoor ODAC titles and eight outdoor titles in the last 12 years. The men's team also dominated by winning 24 of 25 indoor and outdoor titles since 1998. Before joining the Lynchburg coaching staff, Goss spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Emory University in Atlanta, specializing in sprints, hurdles and jumps. At Emory, he was part of a staff that was recognized five times as University Athletic Association Coaching Staff of the Year. He coached 20 national qualifiers, including 11 All-Americans. Goss graduated from Lynchburg in 2001 with a degree in Sports Management. He went on to earn a Masters degree in Sports Administration from Georgia State. In 2011, Goss was inducted into the Lynchburg College Sports Hall of Fame. Goss was a standout in track and field at Lynchburg, specializing in sprints, jumps and the decathlon. He won the NCAA Division III title in the long jump in 2001 and was named NCAA National Athlete of the Year. He earned All-American honors 10 times, Southeast Region Athlete of the Year five times and ODAC Athlete of the Year six times during his collegiate career. Goss and his wife Mackenzie are the parents of daughter Brenna and son J.R. Men's/Women's Cross Country; Men's/Women's Track & Field Phone Email