North Central College Men's Track

Gramarosso was named the head coach of the North Central men's track and field program in August of 2010 after 28 years on the Cardinals' staff. He remains as the administrator of both the track and field and cross country programs and the coach of North Central's sprinters, long and triple jumpers and relay squads, as well as an associate professor of health and physical education. He has been a member of the Cardinals' coaching staff for a total of 34 seasons. In his first season as the Cardinals' head track and field coach, Gramarosso guided the team to victories at the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships, marking the second straight year that North Central had claimed both trophies. Gramarosso, whose athletes collected five individual national championships and 19 All-America selections during the year, was named National Head Coach of the Year for both the indoor and outdoor seasons by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). In 2012, North Central repeated as Division III Indoor National Championships, claiming three individual national titles and 10 All-America certificates, before turning in a fifth-place finish at the outdoor championships which included one individual national crown and nine All-America selections. Gramarosso was named the USTFCCCA's National Coach of the Year for the second straight indoor season. Gramarosso first gained fame as a high school cross country and track coach. He led Eisenhower High School to a runner-up finish at the Illinois High School Association Class AA State Meet in 1981. The Northern Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaching Association honored him as its Track Coach of the Year and recognition as Italian-American Track Coach of the Year followed. In 1998, Gramarosso was inducted into the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame. Gramarosso earned both bachelors and masters degrees in health and physical education from Northwestern University (Ill.). He co-captained the cross country and track teams in 1974-75 and was an all-Big Ten performer in the steeplechase. He joined the North Central staff in 1983 and was named a full-time assistant coach in 1985. Since coming aboard, Gramarosso has coached the middle-distance runners, pole vaulters, hurdlers, sprinters, decathletes and relay teams at one time or another. He was promoted to associate professor in 1996. At North Central, he has coached 167 CCIW champions and 171 All-Americans. His long list of proteges includes seven-time All-American David Thompson, the 1998 national 200-meter champion; 1998 NCAA relay champions Thompson, Emil Ostberg, Joel Williams and Zach Bukal; 11-time All-American sprinter Andre Coleman; seven-time All-America relay specialists Jim VanHootegem and Brian Lamb; two-time All-American and three-time CCIW decathlon champion Kurt Hasenstein; Drake Relay champions Coleman, Harold McCadd, Gerald McCadd and Gale Van Rossem; five-time All-American Joe Plutz; 17-0 pole vaulters Joe Baker and Steve White; 2007 Drake Relay 3200-meter relay champions Jacob Austin, Adam Pennington, Cam Culpepper and Julius White; and two-time national 400-meter champion Dan Benton, who also won the 2010 indoor national 4x400-meter relay with teammates Jon Caron , Dayton Henriksen, and Jon Howard and teamed with Dionte Hackler, Mustapha Olaoye and Bai Kabba to win the 2012 indoor 4x400 crown. Gramarosso and his wife, Gina, and their two children, Virginia Marie and Dominick William, live in Naperville. Frank Gramarosso Head Men's Track and Field Coach/Associate Head Men's Cross Country Coach Frank Gramarosso was named the head coach of the North Central men's track and field program in August of 2010 after 28 years on the Cardinals' staff. He remains as the administrator of both the track and field and cross country programs and the coach of North Central's sprinters, long and triple jumpers and relay squads, as well as an associate professor of health and physical education. He has been a member of the Cardinals' coaching staff for a total of 34 seasons. In his first season as the Cardinals' head track and field coach, Gramarosso guided the team to victories at the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships, marking the second straight year that North Central had claimed both trophies. Gramarosso, whose athletes collected five individual national championships and 19 All-America selections during the year, was named National Head Coach of the Year for both the indoor and outdoor seasons by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). In 2012, North Central repeated as Division III Indoor National Championships, claiming three individual national titles and 10 All-America certificates, before turning in a fifth-place finish at the outdoor championships which included one individual national crown and nine All-America selections. Gramarosso was named the USTFCCCA's National Coach of the Year for the second straight indoor season. Gramarosso first gained fame as a high school cross country and track coach. He led Eisenhower High School to a runner-up finish at the Illinois High School Association Class AA State Meet in 1981. The Northern Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaching Association honored him as its Track Coach of the Year and recognition as Italian-American Track Coach of the Year followed. In 1998, Gramarosso was inducted into the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame. Gramarosso earned both bachelors and masters degrees in health and physical education from Northwestern University (Ill.). He co-captained the cross country and track teams in 1974-75 and was an all-Big Ten performer in the steeplechase. He joined the North Central staff in 1983 and was named a full-time assistant coach in 1985. Since coming aboard, Gramarosso has coached the middle-distance runners, pole vaulters, hurdlers, sprinters, decathletes and relay teams at one time or another. He was promoted to associate professor in 1996. At North Central, he has coached 167 CCIW champions and 171 All-Americans. His long list of proteges includes seven-time All-American David Thompson, the 1998 national 200-meter champion; 1998 NCAA relay champions Thompson, Emil Ostberg, Joel Williams and Zach Bukal; 11-time All-American sprinter Andre Coleman; seven-time All-America relay specialists Jim VanHootegem and Brian Lamb; two-time All-American and three-time CCIW decathlon champion Kurt Hasenstein; Drake Relay champions Coleman, Harold McCadd, Gerald McCadd and Gale Van Rossem; five-time All-American Joe Plutz; 17-0 pole vaulters Joe Baker and Steve White; 2007 Drake Relay 3200-meter relay champions Jacob Austin, Adam Pennington, Cam Culpepper and Julius White; and two-time national 400-meter champion Dan Benton, who also won the 2010 indoor national 4x400-meter relay with teammates Jon Caron , Dayton Henriksen, and Jon Howard and teamed with Dionte Hackler, Mustapha Olaoye and Bai Kabba to win the 2012 indoor 4x400 crown. Gramarosso and his wife, Gina, and their two children, Virginia Marie and Dominick William, live in Naperville.

Wheaton '84 has served as an assistant coach with the men's cross country and track and field programs since the 2009-2010 academic year. Wheaton, who had previously coached at Batavia High School, primarily assists with the coaching of the Cardinals' freshman team during the cross country season. During the track and field season, Wheaton assists in the coaching of athletes in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. The Cardinals' Ryan Root '15 earned All-America honors by placing fifth in the steeplechase in the 2015 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships.

Hird 14 joined the North Central College coaching staff prior to the 2014 season as a graduate assistant coach for the men's cross country and track and field programs.      Hird was a four-year letter winner for the Cardinals in both cross country and track and field. He represented North Central twice at the national cross country championships, placing 33rd to earn All-America honors in 2013. He placed first in the 3,000-meter run at the CCIW Indoor Championships and earned All-America honors at the indoor national championships in the distance medley relay in 2012.      He graduated from North Central in spring 2014 with a bachelors degree in sport management. He is a native of Rock Island, Illinois.

Mascote '13 joined the North Central College coaching staff prior to the 2015-2016 academic year as a graduate assistant coach for the men's cross country and track and field programs. Mascote was a four-year member of the Cardinals' program from 2009-2013. He competed in the 2011 and 2012 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, helping North Central win the national title both times. He also placed third in the 2012 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Cross Country Championships. He was a two-time CCIW champion on the track, winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the CCIW Outdoor Championships in 2011 and running on the first-place distance medley relay team at the 2012 indoor championships.

Carius recently completed his 50th year as the Cardinals' head men's cross country coach. After 44 years in charge of the Cardinals' track and field program, he has been North Central's associate head coach, guiding North Central's distance runners, since summer 2010. A native of Morton, Ill., Carius came to North Central in 1966 after two years as a graduate assistant at the University of Illinois. As an undergraduate at Illinois, he was a two-time Big Ten Conference champion in cross country, and he added three Big Ten two-mile titles in track. He continued to run competitively until 1968, and at the end of the 1966 season, had the fifth-best time in the United States in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:48-plus, run at the Kentucky Relays). Carius has established a dynasty in cross country and track and field at North Central. His cross country teams have won 16 national titles, including three championships in a row (1997, 98, 99), and finished runner-up 15 times in 43 years of NCAA Division III competition. They have finished out of the top four just five times. Cardinal teams have won 42 consecutive College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Cross Country Championships and 45 out of 50 in his tenure.  Carius' teams have established two still-standing records at the national cross country championships, posting the meet's lowest point total (32) in 1993 and winning by the largest margin ever (131) in 2009. The Cardinals became the first team in Division III history to have all seven competing runners finish in the top 35 and earn All-America honors at the 2009 championships. North Central has six NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field titles and four NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field titles. The Cardinals have won 37 CCIW Outdoor Track & Field Championships (out of 69 that have been contested) and all 14 CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships. In 2010, North Central placed first at both the indoor and outdoor Division III Track and Field Championships, sweeping the two titles for the second time and becoming just the second program in Division III history to win the national cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field championships in the same academic year. The Cardinals followed by winning the Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships for a second straight season in 2011, then won the Division III Indoor title once again in 2012.     Carius and his coaching staff have produced 113 All-Americans and seven individual national champions in cross country and more than 400 All-Americans and 55 national champions in track and field. In addition, Cardinal athletes still hold six national records. Carius has a system. He develops winners. And yet his answer to the question "How" is deceptively simple finding people who like to run. His philosophy is "Run for Fun and Personal Bests," running first for self-satisfaction and personal development, then for victory and prestige. "We try to have running be a part of their lifestyle," Carius says in talking about his runners, "not be their life, but a part of it. They're not doing it for me but for themselves. The thing we value most is personal improvement, doing something you haven't done before. You're not a better person if you're an All-American and not a worse person if youre not. Athletics should be fun. It does mean you always give your best. And when you do that, you can live with the results. You don't get down. Carius was honored as cross country Coach of the Century, as well as being named NCAA Division III Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014. He is also a member of the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame, the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame and the Drake Relays Hall of Fame. In October 2006, he became an honorary alumnus of North Central. The USTFCCCA honored Carius with the creation of the Al Carius Program of the Year Award during the 2008-2009 academic year, which is to be given annually to the NCAA Division III men's cross country/track and field program with the highest average finish at the three national championships. The Cardinals have brought the award home to its namesake three times. He, his wife, Pam, and their children, live in Naperville. Al Carius Head Men's Cross Country/Associate Head Men's Track and Field Coach The architect of one of the most enduringly successful programs in collegiate athletics, Al Carius recently completed his 50th year as the Cardinals' head men's cross country coach. After 44 years in charge of the Cardinals' track and field program, he has been North Central's associate head coach, guiding North Central's distance runners, since summer 2010. A native of Morton, Ill., Carius came to North Central in 1966 after two years as a graduate assistant at the University of Illinois. As an undergraduate at Illinois, he was a two-time Big Ten Conference champion in cross country, and he added three Big Ten two-mile titles in track. He continued to run competitively until 1968, and at the end of the 1966 season, had the fifth-best time in the United States in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:48-plus, run at the Kentucky Relays). Carius has established a dynasty in cross country and track and field at North Central. His cross country teams have won 16 national titles, including three championships in a row (1997, 98, 99), and finished runner-up 15 times in 43 years of NCAA Division III competition. They have finished out of the top four just five times. Cardinal teams have won 42 consecutive College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Cross Country Championships and 45 out of 50 in his tenure.  Carius' teams have established two still-standing records at the national cross country championships, posting the meet's lowest point total (32) in 1993 and winning by the largest margin ever (131) in 2009. The Cardinals became the first team in Division III history to have all seven competing runners finish in the top 35 and earn All-America honors at the 2009 championships. North Central has six NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field titles and four NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field titles. The Cardinals have won 37 CCIW Outdoor Track & Field Championships (out of 69 that have been contested) and all 14 CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships. In 2010, North Central placed first at both the indoor and outdoor Division III Track and Field Championships, sweeping the two titles for the second time and becoming just the second program in Division III history to win the national cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field championships in the same academic year. The Cardinals followed by winning the Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships for a second straight season in 2011, then won the Division III Indoor title once again in 2012.     Carius and his coaching staff have produced 113 All-Americans and seven individual national champions in cross country and more than 400 All-Americans and 55 national champions in track and field. In addition, Cardinal athletes still hold six national records. Carius has a system. He develops winners. And yet his answer to the question "How" is deceptively simple finding people who like to run. His philosophy is "Run for Fun and Personal Bests," running first for self-satisfaction and personal development, then for victory and prestige. "We try to have running be a part of their lifestyle," Carius says in talking about his runners, "not be their life, but a part of it. They're not doing it for me but for themselves. The thing we value most is personal improvement, doing something you haven't done before. You're not a better person if you're an All-American and not a worse person if youre not. Athletics should be fun. It does mean you always give your best. And when you do that, you can live with the results. You don't get down. Carius was honored as cross country Coach of the Century, as well as being named NCAA Division III Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014. He is also a member of the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame, the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame and the Drake Relays Hall of Fame. In October 2006, he became an honorary alumnus of North Central. The USTFCCCA honored Carius with the creation of the Al Carius Program of the Year Award during the 2008-2009 academic year, which is to be given annually to the NCAA Division III men's cross country/track and field program with the highest average finish at the three national championships. The Cardinals have brought the award home to its namesake three times. He, his wife, Pam, and their children, live in Naperville. Al Carius Head Men's Cross Country/Associate Head Men's Track and Field Coach The architect of one of the most enduringly successful programs in collegiate athletics, Al Carius recently completed his 50th year as the Cardinals' head men's cross country coach. After 44 years in charge of the Cardinals' track and field program, he has been North Central's associate head coach, guiding North Central's distance runners, since summer 2010. A native of Morton, Ill., Carius came to North Central in 1966 after two years as a graduate assistant at the University of Illinois. As an undergraduate at Illinois, he was a two-time Big Ten Conference champion in cross country, and he added three Big Ten two-mile titles in track. He continued to run competitively until 1968, and at the end of the 1966 season, had the fifth-best time in the United States in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:48-plus, run at the Kentucky Relays). Carius has established a dynasty in cross country and track and field at North Central. His cross country teams have won 16 national titles, including three championships in a row (1997, 98, 99), and finished runner-up 15 times in 43 years of NCAA Division III competition. They have finished out of the top four just five times. Cardinal teams have won 42 consecutive College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Cross Country Championships and 45 out of 50 in his tenure.  Carius' teams have established two still-standing records at the national cross country championships, posting the meet's lowest point total (32) in 1993 and winning by the largest margin ever (131) in 2009. The Cardinals became the first team in Division III history to have all seven competing runners finish in the top 35 and earn All-America honors at the 2009 championships. North Central has six NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field titles and four NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field titles. The Cardinals have won 37 CCIW Outdoor Track & Field Championships (out of 69 that have been contested) and all 14 CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships. In 2010, North Central placed first at both the indoor and outdoor Division III Track and Field Championships, sweeping the two titles for the second time and becoming just the second program in Division III history to win the national cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field championships in the same academic year. The Cardinals followed by winning the Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships for a second straight season in 2011, then won the Division III Indoor title once again in 2012.     Carius and his coaching staff have produced 113 All-Americans and seven individual national champions in cross country and more than 400 All-Americans and 55 national champions in track and field. In addition, Cardinal athletes still hold six national records. Carius has a system. He develops winners. And yet his answer to the question "How" is deceptively simple finding people who like to run. His philosophy is "Run for Fun and Personal Bests," running first for self-satisfaction and personal development, then for victory and prestige. "We try to have running be a part of their lifestyle," Carius says in talking about his runners, "not be their life, but a part of it. They're not doing it for me but for themselves. The thing we value most is personal improvement, doing something you haven't done before. You're not a better person if you're an All-American and not a worse person if youre not. Athletics should be fun. It does mean you always give your best. And when you do that, you can live with the results. You don't get down. Carius was honored as cross country Coach of the Century, as well as being named NCAA Division III Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014. He is also a member of the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame, the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame and the Drake Relays Hall of Fame. In October 2006, he became an honorary alumnus of North Central. The USTFCCCA honored Carius with the creation of the Al Carius Program of the Year Award during the 2008-2009 academic year, which is to be given annually to the NCAA Division III men's cross country/track and field program with the highest average finish at the three national championships. The Cardinals have brought the award home to its namesake three times. He, his wife, Pam, and their children, live in Naperville.

Winder completed his 22nd year as the pole vault coach for the North Central College men's and women's track and field programs in 2014-15. Winder has coached North Central's vaulters to 14 individual national championships:  Megan Rossi 07 (2005 and 2007 indoor), Brian DeLoriea 05 (2005 outdoor), Jake Winder '10 (2009 and 2010 indoor and 2010 outdoor),  Rachel Secrest '10 (2009 indoor and outdoor), Peter Geraghty '13 (2011  and 2012 outdoor), Josh Winder '13 (2012 indoor and 2013 outdoor) and Luke Winder '18 (2015 indoor and outdoor). He has also mentored national qualifiers Leah Ruggirello 07, Michael Bina 08, Allison Worley '08, Adam Hahne 10, Carolyn Kalafut '10, Steven Stack '10, John Wood '12, Thomas Stacey '13,  Frank Wleklinski '13, Elizabeth Composto '15, Brooke Patterson '15 and Spencer LaHaye '17. Coach Winder's athletes have garnered a total of 71 NCAA Division III All-America certificates and 52 individual College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Championships. He has had eight vaulters qualify for the USA Junior National Championships, six who have qualified for the USA Track & Field (USATF) Indoor National Championships and four who have qualified for the USATF Outdoor National Championships. Coach Winder has twice been recognized as a United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Assistant Coach of the Year twice (following the 2010 indoor and 2012 outdoor seasons), and has been named the USTFCCCA's Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year three times (2010 and 2011 indoor, 2012 outdoor) since the awards were instituted in 2010. As a collegian, Winder was a junior college indoor and outdoor All-American and two-time NCAA Division II qualifier at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, from which he graduated in 1983. A graduate of Woodlawn High School, he was the 1979 Illinois High School Association Class A pole vault champion. Winder lives in Joliet and teaches eighth grade at Madison Junior High School in Naperville. He and his wife, Margo, have three sons, Jake, Josh and Luke. Tim Winder Assistant Track and Field Coach Tim Winder completed his 22nd year as the pole vault coach for the North Central College men's and women's track and field programs in 2014-15. Winder has coached North Central's vaulters to 14 individual national championships:  Megan Rossi 07 (2005 and 2007 indoor), Brian DeLoriea 05 (2005 outdoor), Jake Winder '10 (2009 and 2010 indoor and 2010 outdoor),  Rachel Secrest '10 (2009 indoor and outdoor), Peter Geraghty '13 (2011  and 2012 outdoor), Josh Winder '13 (2012 indoor and 2013 outdoor) and Luke Winder '18 (2015 indoor and outdoor). He has also mentored national qualifiers Leah Ruggirello 07, Michael Bina 08, Allison Worley '08, Adam Hahne 10, Carolyn Kalafut '10, Steven Stack '10, John Wood '12, Thomas Stacey '13,  Frank Wleklinski '13, Elizabeth Composto '15, Brooke Patterson '15 and Spencer LaHaye '17. Coach Winder's athletes have garnered a total of 71 NCAA Division III All-America certificates and 52 individual College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Championships. He has had eight vaulters qualify for the USA Junior National Championships, six who have qualified for the USA Track & Field (USATF) Indoor National Championships and four who have qualified for the USATF Outdoor National Championships. Coach Winder has twice been recognized as a United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Assistant Coach of the Year twice (following the 2010 indoor and 2012 outdoor seasons), and has been named the USTFCCCA's Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year three times (2010 and 2011 indoor, 2012 outdoor) since the awards were instituted in 2010. As a collegian, Winder was a junior college indoor and outdoor All-American and two-time NCAA Division II qualifier at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, from which he graduated in 1983. A graduate of Woodlawn High School, he was the 1979 Illinois High School Association Class A pole vault champion. Winder lives in Joliet and teaches eighth grade at Madison Junior High School in Naperville. He and his wife, Margo, have three sons, Jake, Josh and Luke.

Norton joined the North Central College coaching staff prior to the 2016-2017 academic year as a graduate assistant coach for the men's cross country and track and field programs. Norton came to North Central from Tufts University (Massachusetts), where he served as an assistant coach for two years. He held responsibilities in all facets of the Jumbos' program, developing training plans for middle-distance and distance runners, managing travel plans and other logistics, recruiting and coordinating alumni relations and fundraising. He coached six NCAA Division III All-Americans and 20 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic selections as Tufts won New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Coaching Staff of the Year honors twice. He competed in middle-distance and distance events for four years at Tufts before graduating in May 2014 with bachelor's degrees in international relations and economics. He was a two-time All-American and four-time All-Academic honoree.  A native of Groton, Massachusetts, Norton also owns a Level 1 Coaching Certification from USA Track & Field. He is pursuing an MBA degree at North Central with an emphasis in finance.

Matt Sinnott ‘03 joined the North Central coaching staff prior to the 2013 season as a volunteer assistant coach. In 2022, Sinnott was named interim head coach for the Cardinals' men's cross country program. On Dec. 1, 2022, Sinnott was officially named the program's permanent head coach. Sinnott served on the staff for four national championship teams in cross country (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) and two in indoor track and field (2017, 2019) as an assistant coach. He was named the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year for the 2023 outdoor season. North Central College Head Cross Country/Assistant Track & Field Coach, 2022-present 2022, 2023, 2024 CCIW Champions 2022, 2023 Midwest Region Cross Country Champions 2023, 2024, 2025 CCIW Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Champions Third-place finish at the 2023 NCAA Division III National Championships, seventh in 2024 Seven All-Americans in cross country and 12 All-Americans in track and field 19 CCIW individual champions in track & field and three CCIW individual champions in cross country Two NCAA Division III individual national champion titles Named 2023 Outdoor USTFCCCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year Freshman Cross Country Coach Coached five College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Newcomer of the Year award winners Coached 10 student-athletes into the top 10 of the team's roster, including five who went on to compete in NCAA Division III Championships Middle Distance Track & Field Coach Coached Multiple All-Conference honorees indoors and outdoors Coached 2019 national runner-up indoor distance medley relay team and 2021 Division III national outdoor 1,500-meter run champion (Gabe Pommier '21) West Aurora High School (2003-2013) Coached teams to two top-16 finishes at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Cross Country Championship West Aurora had been absent from the state meet for 35 years Coached multiple qualifiers to the IHSA State Track & Field Championships as well as school records in the 800-meter run and 4-by-800-meter relay Taught in West Aurora's physics department   Bachelor's degree in physics from North Central (2003) Master's degree in teaching from Aurora University (2007) USA Track & Field (USATF Coaching Certifications) Level 1 Instructor, Midwest Region Level 2 Certifications - Sprints, Hurdles, Relays, Throws and Jumps Level 3 Certifications - Endurance, Cross Country Specialist   Four-year member of the Cardinals' cross country and track & field programs Co-captain of North Central's 2002 men's cross country team Member of three NCAA Division III National Championship teams Resides in Woodridge with daughters Olivia and Elena