Ohio State University Women's Cross Country

Allen led a young Ohio State cross country team to a 10th-place finish at both the Big Ten and Great Lakes championships after losing No. 1 and No. 2 runners Nick Pupino and Jordan Redd to injury in the preseason. Freshman Nick Elswick emerged early in the season for the Buckeyes, securing the top finish for the Scarlet and Gray at four of seven meets. Senior Jackson Neff stepped up late in the season for OSU, taking 28th at the Big Ten championships and 37th at the Great Lakes regional. The track and field season was highlighted by Neff earning Second Team All-America honors in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA outdoor championships. Neff also had success at the Big Ten championships, earning bronze in the steeple outdoors and fourth place in the mile at the indoor championships. Middle distance runners Jared Fleming and Anthony Johnson also stepped up for the Buckeyes, with Fleming finishing third in the 800-meter run at the B1G indoor championships and Johnson claiming sixth in the 800 at the outdoor meet. In his second season, Allen guided the cross country team to an eighth-place finish at the Big Ten championships and a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes regional championships. Pupino was named to the All-Great Lakes regional team after a 20th-place finish at the regional meet, while Redd was the top finisher for the Buckeyes at four of six meets. During the track and field season, Allen coached Neff to a Big Ten title in the 3000-meter steeplechase and Blake Taneff to the fourth-fastest time in school history in the 10000-meter run (29:12.59). In his first season at Ohio State, Allen helped guide Donny Roys to an NCAA-championship appearance during the cross country season and Chris Fallon to the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships in the mile and 1500-meter events, respectively. Under Allen's training and coaching Fallon became just the 390th American to run a sub-four minute mile. He finished with First Team All-America honors in the mile at the indoor championships. Prior to coming to Ohio State, Allen served as distance coach at the University of Louisville for a total of seven years. He held the position of head men's and women's cross country coach from 2008-10 after working as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for both programs for four years. The distance and cross country programs made considerable jumps under Allen. Under his tutelage, the Cardinal men garnered three Top 25 finishes from 2007-10 at the NCAA cross country championships after never having previously reached the event. To top it off, Wesley Korir and Cory Thorne earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America honors under Allen's direction, an accomplishment that had not been attained in program history. The Cardinal women also took leaps forward in cross country under Allen. Most notably, Tarah McKay became the first female in program history to earn an individual bid to the NCAA cross country championships. On the track, numbers alone back up the success of the Cardinal distance program. Allen was instrumental in mentoring eight All-America distance runners, 21 All-Region distance honorees, nine conference champions and 24 national championship qualifiers. Most impressive, though, was Matt Hughes becoming the first male in program history to win a title in an outdoor event, capturing the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Prior to Louisville, Allen assisted at Northern Arizona, where he had a hand in guiding the Lumberjacks' men's cross country team to third at the 2003 NCAA Championships and fourth at the 2001 NCAA Championships. He also helped lead the women's cross country team to a ninth-place finish in 2001 and 15th in 2003. On the track side, Allen worked with 2004 NCAA women's steeplechase champion Ida Nilsson. In addition to his on-the-field duties at NAU, Allen managed the program's budget, travel arrangements and worked extensively with recruiting. A native of Sugar Grove, Pa., Allen competed in cross country and track at Allegheny (Pa.) College, where he was an individual qualifier for the 1999 NCAA Cross Country Championships. Allen earned his bachelor's degree from Allegheny in 2001 and his master's degree from Northern Arizona in 2003. Allen is married to the former Angie Reed, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have two daughters, Sydney and Ren. 2012-Present: Associate Head Coach, Distance and Cross Country, Ohio State 2008-11: Head Cross Country Coach/Assistant Track Coach & Recruiting Coordinator, Louisville 2004-08: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Louisville 2001-03: Assistant Coach, Northern Arizona 11/2/2016 10/26/2016 10/19/2016 10/13/2016 10/10/2016 The one stop for all official buckeye gear

Joseph (Goodwin) is in her fourth season as associate head coach at Ohio State and eighth season overall with the Scarlet and Gray. She returned to coach at her alma mater in July of 2008 after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Auburn University. Joseph was a two-time All-American in the triple jump as a collegiate athlete at Ohio State, placing fifth at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships and sixth at the 2004 championships. A six-time Big Ten champion, Joseph won the Big Ten indoor triple jump and long jump titles in both 2004 and 2005, while also winning the 2004 outdoor triple jump and 2005 outdoor long jump crowns. A 2014 Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, she still holds Ohio State records in the outdoor triple jump (13.50m/44-3.50), the indoor triple jump (13.37m/43-10.50) and the outdoor long jump (6.39m/20-11.75). Joseph was also a 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials triple jump qualifier and the ninth-place finisher in the triple jump at the 2005 USA Track & Field Championships. In seven seasons with the Scarlet and Gray, Joseph has worked closely with the Buckeyes' jumpers and multi-event athletes. Abie Ehimwenman has enjoyed tremendous success under Joseph's guidance the past three indoor seasons, winning the 2015 Big Ten long jump title and breaking her coachs indoor school record in the event on her way to Second Team All-America honors. Ehimwenman was a Big Ten silver medalist in 2014 and a bronze medalist the year prior. Kelcey McKinney won the Big Ten outdoor triple jump title in 2011 and, along with Ashley Galbraith, qualified for the NCAA East preliminaries. Galbraith would go on to compete at the NCAA championships, where she earned Honorable Mention All-America honors with an 18th-place finish in the high jump. A 2006 graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in human ecology, Joseph and her husband, Dexter, reside in Columbus with their daughter, Gabrielle, and son, Harrison. 2013-Present: Associate Head Coach, Ohio State 2008-12: Assistant Coach, Ohio State 2006-08: Assistant Coach, Auburn

Duncans leadership in 2015, setting numerous personal bests throughout the season. J.C. Murasky was the leader of the Buckeye throws team, earning First Team All-America honors in the shot put at the NCAA outdoor championships while capturing a silver medal at the Big Ten outdoor meet. Teammate Aaron Zedella finished in the Top 10 in three events at the Big Ten championships and cracked the Ohio State all-time performers list in the hammer throw. On the womens side, Carly Pendleton collected Honorable Mention All-America honors in the discus at the NCAA outdoor championships, while Allie Missler earned a fifth-place finish in the javelin at the Big Ten finals. Alyssa Gary made huge strides in the shot put as well, improving her career best in the event by nearly four feet. Highly respected in the track and field community, Muffet Duncan spent two seasons as throws coach at Western Kentucky from 2012-14, working with both the WKU men's and women's teams. She was the 2014 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Southeast Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year after guiding the WKU women's throwers to 10 of the Top 25 throwing marks in WKU history, including school records in the indoor and outdoor shot put, weight throw and discus. The Lady Topper throwers combined for 45 of Western Kentucky's 169 points at the 2014 Sun Belt Indoor Championships and scored 53 of 173 points at the SBC outdoor championships as WKU captured both the indoor and outdoor conference crowns. In her first season at Western Kentucky in 2013, every Hilltopper and Lady Topper thrower recorded personal records in his or her respective events. Muffet Duncan was instrumental in the development of student-athletes Jessica Ramsey and Travis Gerding. Ramsey was an All-American and seven-time Sun Belt Conference champion who became the first Lady Topper in school history to qualify for the NCAA outdoor championships in three individual events. Gerding earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors in the shot put and weight throw. Prior to her stint at Western Kentucky, Muffet Duncan spent a year coaching throws at Murray State while working on her master's degree. In her lone season with the Racers, Muffet Duncan coached freshman Tonia Pratt to Ohio Valley Conference titles in the weight and hammer throws, aswell asOVC indoor and outdoor Freshman of the Year honors. A four-time All-American at Kentucky from 2006-2010, Muffet Duncan was an 11-time All-Southeastern Conference selection, an SEC Most Valuable Player and Commissioner's Cup winner, and a runner-up in the shot put at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships. Muffet Duncan participated in the U.S Olympic trials in 2008 and 2012 and holds Kentucky's school records in the shot put and discus. She competed unattached in three meets during the 2012-13 season, winning the shot put on two occasions and placing fourth at the 2013 USA Indoor Championships. A native Ohioan, Muffet Duncan is a graduate of North Canton Hoover High School (2001-2005), where she was a three-time state champion and former Ohio state-record holder in the shot put. Muffet- Duncan earned her bachelor's degree in telecommunications from the University of Kentucky in 2010 and added a master's in human development and leadership from Murray State University in 2012. 2014-Present: Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator, Ohio State 2012-14: Assistant Coach, Western Kentucky 2011-12: Assistant Coach, Murray State 8/9/2016 7/4/2016 7/28/2016 7/7/2016 6/29/2016 The one stop for all official buckeye gear

Brown, a three-time All-American for the Buckeyes from 2001-2004, was a volunteer assistant with the Ohio State women's team for nine seasons prior to becoming a full-time assistant. He was a member of the Buckeye coaching staff for three Big Ten championships and helped a number of student-athletes to new personal bests, including two-time national champion Christina Manning and All-Americans Letecia Wright and Madison McNary. A former professional runner for Adidas, Brown spent nine years ranked among the Top 15 athletes in the world in the 60-meter hurdles. As the U.S. indoor champion in the 60 hurdles in 2005, Brown placed sixth in the event at the 2005 World Championships. He is a two-time U.S. bronze medalist and was a member of a world-record shuttle hurdle relay at the 2008 Penn Relays with Aubrey Herring, David Oliver and Aries Merritt. Brown was the 2004 NCAA Mideast regional champion in the 110-meter hurdles and a three-time Big Ten champion for the Buckeyes. He is the Ohio State-record holder in 110-meter hurdles (13.39) and a former record holder in the indoor 60-meter hurdles (7.77). A native of Baltimore, Brown won three Maryland state titles in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles. He held the Maryland state record in the 300 hurdles at the end of his scholastic career and was a national champion in the 60-meter hurdles. His efforts helped Woodlawn High School to indoor and outdoor state titles in 1998. 2014-Present: Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator, Ohio State 2005-14: Volunteer Coach, Ohio State 11/2/2016 10/26/2016 10/18/2016 9/13/2016 8/25/2016 The one stop for all official buckeye gear