Northern Illinois University Women's Cross Country

Myers, who grew up in nearby Oregon, Ill., and attended NIU football games as a child. In his first season at NIU, Myers helped lead the Huskies to their best cross country team finish as a member of the MAC. Two Huskies, Kelsey Hildreth and Ericka Hibser, earned All-MAC honors with Hildreth claiming the best finish by a NIU runner ever at the MAC Championship, as she finished second. Hildreth also set a new school-record in the 6K at the Bradley Classic (20:27.8). The Huskies claimed a number of academic honors in Myers first season, including USTFCCCA Academic All-America team honors, while four Huskie student-athletes earned Academic All-MAC and two, Hildreth and Carly Pederson, were named MAC Distinguished Scholars. On the track in 2015-16, Myers helped the Huskies tie their best MAC finish at the conference indoor championships, claiming fourth, while also posting their best MAC finish at the outdoor championship, taking third. NIUs distance runners contributed a combined 61 points to the Huskies MAC Championship point totals, more than doubling the previous best for the group. Four Huskie distance runners earned All-MAC honors on the track, including Hope Schmelzle, who won the steeplechase. The Huskies set four distance school record on the track in 2015-16, with new marks posted in the indoor 800 meters and mile, along with the outdoor steeplechase and 5,000 meters. NIU also had a pair of distance athletes qualify for the NCAA West Regional as Hildreth competed in the 10,000 meters and Schmelzle ran in the steeplechase. Myers joined the Huskies after spending two seasons as director of operations for the men's and women's cross country and track & field programs at Purdue. Myers also previously served as a volunteer assistant coach with the Boilermakers. At Purdue, Myers helped the Boilermakers' cross country programs produce their best recent finishes in the Big Ten. In 2013, the men's program posted its best finish since 1991, while the women's team enjoyed its top placement in the conference since 2007. Myers also worked with Purdue's first cross country NCAA All-American since 1987, Matthew McClintock, who would go on to win gold for the U.S. junior team in the 10,000 meters at the 2013 Pan-American Games. Myers' training methods and guidance has also helped Purdue's runners produce numerous personal records, All-Big Ten honors, NCAA qualifying berths, All-America recognitions, as well as a two-time USA Team member in McClintock and a USA World Junior team member in NCAA qualifier Hope Schmelzle in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Purdue alum and 2016 Summer Olympics hopeful Bre'Anna Smith, who was an NCAA All-American at 800 meters and recently finished 12th at the 2015 USA Track & Field Indoor National Championships, continues to train on a professional contract under Myers. Prior to his time with the Boilermakers, Myers served as an assistant coach and director of strength training for the Indiana Invaders elite development program, a nationally recognized group that has produced more than 200 qualifiers to USA Track & Field championships. While working with the Invaders, Myers coached two-time USATF national championship qualifier Drake Sterling in the 800 meters. During that time period, he also assisted at Zionsville High School as sprints, jumps and hurdles coach at the same time, overseeing 14 IHSAA regional qualifiers, and was voted to the board of directors for USA Track & Field's Indiana Association as the men's track & field chair. From 2011-12, Myers spent two years as the women's cross country coach and assistant track & field coach for men's and women's middle-distance and long sprints at Marian University in Indianapolis. During his time there, Marian's women's cross country program improved its finish at the Mid-Central College Conference championships with Lauren Borchelt earning All-MCCC honors. Under Myers' guidance, Marian produced 11 national standards, the program's first two male track & field All-Americans in its history, and qualifiers for the NAIA Championships in the 400m, 800, 1000m and the mile. Prior to that, he began his coaching career at IUPUI in 2009, serving as the top assistant for Hall of Famer Chuck Koeppen's program. In this role, Myers coached a first team All-Summit League cross country runner in Joe Hoffman while also working with IUPUI's School of Physical Education on research related to the ground reaction forces between track spikes and different competition surfaces. As a student-athlete at Lewis University, Myers was a three-time NCAA Division II All-American and was a 10-time All-Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) honoree as a middle-distance runner with the Flyers. He set the Lewis records in the 1,000-meter run and the distance medley relay while helping the Flyers win GLVC championships in 2004 and 2005. Myers also served as the team's Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) representative and participated in the NCAA Peer Educator program. Myers excelled at running in high school as a 10-time Illinois All-State track & field athlete, competing for Oregon High School's heralded program. He owns a bachelor's degree in sports management from Lewis University and a master's degree in human performance and physical education from Adams State University. Myers and his wife, Tricia, have two children: a daughter, Nikeya, and a son, Adrian Jr.