Quinnipiac University Men's Cross Country

Dickerson joined the Quinnipiac coaching staff in the fall of 2009 and is now entering his eighth season as an assistant coach for the womens cross country and track and field programs. A graduate of Trinity College, he is the owner of The Woodbridge Running Company LLC, a specialty retail running store with two locations in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Dickerson is tasked with the training and designing of practice routines for the Bobcats' middle distance runners in the track and field season. A landmark achievement for Dickerson and the Quinnipiac staff came in the 2015 womens cross country season as he helped lead the Bobcats to the programs first-ever MAAC Championship, dethroning the 10-time defending conference champs Iona in the process. Four Bobcats earned All-MAAC honors while three placed in the Top 5 overall to lead the way to the dominating victory. In the track and field discipline, the 2015 outdoor season was a major success as the Bobcats' 4x800m relay group posted two straight school records to advance to the finals of the ECAC Championships and then came through with a seventh place finish. The 4x800m relay team became the first Quinnipiac relay team (in any discipline) to place in the ECAC Championships, all the while doing so coming in as the No. 15 seed out of 18 groups.   Over 16 years from 1992 to 2008, Dickerson served as the head coach of the Amity Regional High School's girls' cross country team as well as an assistant coach for the girls' track team. During his time there, he was named the 1999 New Haven Register Cross Country Coach of the Year and the 2002 Amity Coaches Association Coach of the Year. Christopher Dickerson Assistant Coach Christopher Dickerson joined the Quinnipiac coaching staff in the fall of 2009 and is now entering his eighth season as an assistant coach for the womens cross country and track and field programs. A graduate of Trinity College, he is the owner of The Woodbridge Running Company LLC, a specialty retail running store with two locations in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Dickerson is tasked with the training and designing of practice routines for the Bobcats' middle distance runners in the track and field season. A landmark achievement for Dickerson and the Quinnipiac staff came in the 2015 womens cross country season as he helped lead the Bobcats to the programs first-ever MAAC Championship, dethroning the 10-time defending conference champs Iona in the process. Four Bobcats earned All-MAAC honors while three placed in the Top 5 overall to lead the way to the dominating victory. In the track and field discipline, the 2015 outdoor season was a major success as the Bobcats' 4x800m relay group posted two straight school records to advance to the finals of the ECAC Championships and then came through with a seventh place finish. The 4x800m relay team became the first Quinnipiac relay team (in any discipline) to place in the ECAC Championships, all the while doing so coming in as the No. 15 seed out of 18 groups.   Over 16 years from 1992 to 2008, Dickerson served as the head coach of the Amity Regional High School's girls' cross country team as well as an assistant coach for the girls' track team. During his time there, he was named the 1999 New Haven Register Cross Country Coach of the Year and the 2002 Amity Coaches Association Coach of the Year.

Martin took over as the new head coach for men's and women's cross country as well as the women's indoor track and outdoor track teams. Martin is entering her eighth year at the helm of the programs, after serving as an assistant coach for the Bobcats since 2004. The most-recent 2015-16 campaign proved to be the most successful season in program history as she guided the cross country and track and field programs into unrivaled success. Martin won her first MAAC Coach of the Year honor after leading the womens cross country team to the programs first MAAC Championship, dethroning the 10-time defending conference champs Iona in the process. Four Bobcats received All-MAAC honors while three finished in the Top 5 overall as Quinnipiac dominated the traditional power. Prior to the victory in the MAAC Championships, the womens cross country team also scored their highest finish at the Paul Short Run (10th) in program history while they also finished as the New England runner-up, marking their highest finish at the meet since taking the title in 2007. Fast forward to the track and field season and the Bobcats continued their impressive run with second place finishes at the MAAC indoor and outdoor championships. This gives Quinnipiac three straight runner-up finishes in the track and field conference championship meets. In 2015-16, Quinnipiac scored seven individual and team event victories in both seasons of the MAAC Championships. In total, the Bobcats again posted new program records for most points scored at a conference championship meet in both the indoor (133) and outdoor (158) season. The Bobcats capped their season with a program-best 13th place finish (23 points) out of 105 teams at the ECAC Outdoor Championships. Among the individual track and field performers, Martin helped lead Shameal Samuels to a second straight NCAA Regional in the 400m during the outdoor season. Samuels also became the schools first ECAC Champion, taking the 400m victory in the outdoor season. Martin also guided Jessica Lee to a victory in the 60m hurdles at the New England Championships, becoming the first Bobcat hurdler to win a New England title in program history. Carly Timpson (2016 MAAC Indoor Co-Most Outstanding Field Performer) also became the first field performer to win the highest individual conference honor. All of the recent success comes on the heels of the 2014-15 season which was one of the most successful all-around seasons for Martin as she helped lift all four programs to productive years. Samuels advanced to the NCAA East Regionals, becoming just the second Bobcat in program history and first in Martin's tenure as head coach to advance to an NCAA Regional event. The women's cross country team has continued its traditional dominance despite changing conferences, taking second place at the MAAC Championships for two straight seasons (2013-14). The men's cross country team returned to form in 2014 as the Bobcats moved up four spots on their 2013 finish to place third overall at the 2014 MAAC Championships. In addition, the men's cross country team claimed a program record third place (out of 40 teams) at the Paul Short Run while also placing 13th at the New England Championships (best since 2008) and 18th at the NCAA Northeast Regional (best since 2009). Samuels' breakout season certainly drew headlines as Martin helped guide the standout sprinter to the 2015 MAAC Indoor Most Outstanding Women's Track Performer award, the highest individual honor handed out by the conference and the program's first student-athlete to earn the recognition. Martin's teams continued an all-around improvement as the Bobcats placed third with at the 2015 MAAC Indoor Championships. Perhaps the greatest triumph of the campaign came at the 2015 MAAC Outdoor Championships as her team tallied 127 points on the way to finishing a program-best second place. Samuels went on to compete at the 2015 NCAA East Regional in the 400m where she also became the first sprinter in program history to advance to an NCAA Regional event.  Martin is a four-time Coach of the Year, three of which coming while Quinnipiac was a member of the Northeast Conference (2009-12). Among those four Coach of the Year distinctions, three came as the women's cross country head coach (2009, 2011 and 2015) and once with the women's indoor track and field program (2012-13). With a passion to coach and participate in distance running, Martin has made an enormous impact in her first seven years, continuing the long-term success of the cross country programs and the newfound emergence of the track and field teams. Under Martins tutelage, the womens team extended its streak to eight straight Northeast Conference Titles, after running away with the championship in 2012. Since taking over in 2009, has named 28 student-athletes to the All-Conference team and guided Becca White to an Outstanding Performer Award in 2010. As an assistant at Quinnipiac for five seasons, Martin helped inaugurate the cross country program into a perennial power in the NEC, winning four straight league championships from 2005-08. Martin's responsibilities included recruiting student-athletes, as well as coordinating the teams' travel arrangements and official statistics. She also assisted in the coaching and training of Quinnipiac's first All-American Division I athlete, Katie Gwyther. Gwyther competed in three NCAA Championships during her time with the Bobcats. On the mens side, Martin has helped the Bobcats to four NEC titles dating back to her first season as an assistant in 2004. During that eight year span, she has named three student-athletes as Outstanding Performer, Thomas Martin, Jacob Gurzler and Richard Klauber, and landed 31 student-athletes to the All-Conference Team. The Bobcats collected three straight NEC Championships from 2006-08 and most recently finished 3rd place in the 2014 MAAC Championships.  Martin continues to make significant strides with the womens indoor and outdoor track and field teams as well, highlighted by her recent honor as the 2012-13 Women's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year, her third overall and first in the track and field program. Martin led an inspired group of Bobcats to a sixth place finish, their highest team finish in the NEC Championship since 2007. The progression of the track and field programs continued into the 2013-14 season wherein Martin guided the program's first individual MAAC Champion (Shameal Samuels, 400m) in addition to the first individual New England Champion (Shameal Samuels, 400m) and New England Relay Championship (Becca Stabile, Nia Baker, Shameal Samuels, Kristen Ulrich, 4x400m). Off the track, Martin's teams are consistently among the highest regarded student-athletes among all of Quinnipiac's 21 varsity programs. In 2015-16, Quinnipiac women's cross country earned its seventh NCAA Public Recognition Award (based on multiple-year Academic Program Rates), including the program's sixth consecutive, while the mens cross country team earned their first mark in program history. The Public Recognition Award, given to teams that have an APR among the Top 10 percent in their respective sport, measures eligibility, graduation and retention each semester or quarter and provides a clear picture of the academic performance for each team in each sport.  Martin earned a Bachelor's degree from Quinnipiac in 2003, before receiving a Masters of Teaching in the spring of 2004. Along with coaching the Bobcats, Martin was a science teacher at Hamden High School for nearly 10 years. During her final collegiate season, Martin was the NEC Champion in the 10,000 meters during the outdoor track season, following an indoor season that saw her claim two individual conference titles in the 5,000 and 3,000 meter races. In cross country, she led the way for the Bobcats and captured fourth overall in the NEC Championships. She was first named to the All-Conference team, and then followed with an All-New England accolade at NCAA Regionals. Her leadership on and off the course led her to being named team captain for her final two seasons with the Bobcats. As a student-athlete, Martin also served on the on the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) from 2000 through 2002. She currently resides in Northford, Connecticut, with her husband and fellow former Quinnipiac runner, Tom Martin, her daughter Jacquelyn and son Liam. Carolyn Martin Director of Cross Country and Track & Field A new era began in 2009 when Carolyn Martin took over as the new head coach for men's and women's cross country as well as the women's indoor track and outdoor track teams. Martin is entering her eighth year at the helm of the programs, after serving as an assistant coach for the Bobcats since 2004. The most-recent 2015-16 campaign proved to be the most successful season in program history as she guided the cross country and track and field programs into unrivaled success. Martin won her first MAAC Coach of the Year honor after leading the womens cross country team to the programs first MAAC Championship, dethroning the 10-time defending conference champs Iona in the process. Four Bobcats received All-MAAC honors while three finished in the Top 5 overall as Quinnipiac dominated the traditional power. Prior to the victory in the MAAC Championships, the womens cross country team also scored their highest finish at the Paul Short Run (10th) in program history while they also finished as the New England runner-up, marking their highest finish at the meet since taking the title in 2007. Fast forward to the track and field season and the Bobcats continued their impressive run with second place finishes at the MAAC indoor and outdoor championships. This gives Quinnipiac three straight runner-up finishes in the track and field conference championship meets. In 2015-16, Quinnipiac scored seven individual and team event victories in both seasons of the MAAC Championships. In total, the Bobcats again posted new program records for most points scored at a conference championship meet in both the indoor (133) and outdoor (158) season. The Bobcats capped their season with a program-best 13th place finish (23 points) out of 105 teams at the ECAC Outdoor Championships. Among the individual track and field performers, Martin helped lead Shameal Samuels to a second straight NCAA Regional in the 400m during the outdoor season. Samuels also became the schools first ECAC Champion, taking the 400m victory in the outdoor season. Martin also guided Jessica Lee to a victory in the 60m hurdles at the New England Championships, becoming the first Bobcat hurdler to win a New England title in program history. Carly Timpson (2016 MAAC Indoor Co-Most Outstanding Field Performer) also became the first field performer to win the highest individual conference honor. All of the recent success comes on the heels of the 2014-15 season which was one of the most successful all-around seasons for Martin as she helped lift all four programs to productive years. Samuels advanced to the NCAA East Regionals, becoming just the second Bobcat in program history and first in Martin's tenure as head coach to advance to an NCAA Regional event. The women's cross country team has continued its traditional dominance despite changing conferences, taking second place at the MAAC Championships for two straight seasons (2013-14). The men's cross country team returned to form in 2014 as the Bobcats moved up four spots on their 2013 finish to place third overall at the 2014 MAAC Championships. In addition, the men's cross country team claimed a program record third place (out of 40 teams) at the Paul Short Run while also placing 13th at the New England Championships (best since 2008) and 18th at the NCAA Northeast Regional (best since 2009). Samuels' breakout season certainly drew headlines as Martin helped guide the standout sprinter to the 2015 MAAC Indoor Most Outstanding Women's Track Performer award, the highest individual honor handed out by the conference and the program's first student-athlete to earn the recognition. Martin's teams continued an all-around improvement as the Bobcats placed third with at the 2015 MAAC Indoor Championships. Perhaps the greatest triumph of the campaign came at the 2015 MAAC Outdoor Championships as her team tallied 127 points on the way to finishing a program-best second place. Samuels went on to compete at the 2015 NCAA East Regional in the 400m where she also became the first sprinter in program history to advance to an NCAA Regional event.  Martin is a four-time Coach of the Year, three of which coming while Quinnipiac was a member of the Northeast Conference (2009-12). Among those four Coach of the Year distinctions, three came as the women's cross country head coach (2009, 2011 and 2015) and once with the women's indoor track and field program (2012-13). With a passion to coach and participate in distance running, Martin has made an enormous impact in her first seven years, continuing the long-term success of the cross country programs and the newfound emergence of the track and field teams. Under Martins tutelage, the womens team extended its streak to eight straight Northeast Conference Titles, after running away with the championship in 2012. Since taking over in 2009, has named 28 student-athletes to the All-Conference team and guided Becca White to an Outstanding Performer Award in 2010. As an assistant at Quinnipiac for five seasons, Martin helped inaugurate the cross country program into a perennial power in the NEC, winning four straight league championships from 2005-08. Martin's responsibilities included recruiting student-athletes, as well as coordinating the teams' travel arrangements and official statistics. She also assisted in the coaching and training of Quinnipiac's first All-American Division I athlete, Katie Gwyther. Gwyther competed in three NCAA Championships during her time with the Bobcats. On the mens side, Martin has helped the Bobcats to four NEC titles dating back to her first season as an assistant in 2004. During that eight year span, she has named three student-athletes as Outstanding Performer, Thomas Martin, Jacob Gurzler and Richard Klauber, and landed 31 student-athletes to the All-Conference Team. The Bobcats collected three straight NEC Championships from 2006-08 and most recently finished 3rd place in the 2014 MAAC Championships.  Martin continues to make significant strides with the womens indoor and outdoor track and field teams as well, highlighted by her recent honor as the 2012-13 Women's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year, her third overall and first in the track and field program. Martin led an inspired group of Bobcats to a sixth place finish, their highest team finish in the NEC Championship since 2007. The progression of the track and field programs continued into the 2013-14 season wherein Martin guided the program's first individual MAAC Champion (Shameal Samuels, 400m) in addition to the first individual New England Champion (Shameal Samuels, 400m) and New England Relay Championship (Becca Stabile, Nia Baker, Shameal Samuels, Kristen Ulrich, 4x400m). Off the track, Martin's teams are consistently among the highest regarded student-athletes among all of Quinnipiac's 21 varsity programs. In 2015-16, Quinnipiac women's cross country earned its seventh NCAA Public Recognition Award (based on multiple-year Academic Program Rates), including the program's sixth consecutive, while the mens cross country team earned their first mark in program history. The Public Recognition Award, given to teams that have an APR among the Top 10 percent in their respective sport, measures eligibility, graduation and retention each semester or quarter and provides a clear picture of the academic performance for each team in each sport.  Martin earned a Bachelor's degree from Quinnipiac in 2003, before receiving a Masters of Teaching in the spring of 2004. Along with coaching the Bobcats, Martin was a science teacher at Hamden High School for nearly 10 years. During her final collegiate season, Martin was the NEC Champion in the 10,000 meters during the outdoor track season, following an indoor season that saw her claim two individual conference titles in the 5,000 and 3,000 meter races. In cross country, she led the way for the Bobcats and captured fourth overall in the NEC Championships. She was first named to the All-Conference team, and then followed with an All-New England accolade at NCAA Regionals. Her leadership on and off the course led her to being named team captain for her final two seasons with the Bobcats. As a student-athlete, Martin also served on the on the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) from 2000 through 2002. She currently resides in Northford, Connecticut, with her husband and fellow former Quinnipiac runner, Tom Martin, her daughter Jacquelyn and son Liam.

Wasiolek joined the Quinnipiac mens cross country coaching staff as an assistant coach in 2011 and is now entering his sixth season with the Bobcats. Wasiolek comes to Quinnipiac with 17 years of coaching experience and a background in teaching. Wasiolek has successfully guided the Quinnipiac men's cross country program into the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) since 2013. In the 2014 season, Quinnipiac produced some of the best team results in program history. At the Paul Short Run, the Bobcats placed a program-best third out of 40 teams to help start a run that included 13th place at the New England Championships (best finish since 2008), third at the MAAC Championships and 18th out of 39 teams at the NCAA Northeast Regional (best finish since 2009). In addition to coaching, Wasiolek currently works as a special education teacher at Shelton High School, where he has been the girls cross country teams head coach since 2005 and the assistant girls track coach since 2003. Besides coaching, he has worked with high school students as a special education teacher since 1998. Wasiolek also worked as an assistant coach for Shelton High Schools boys distance team from 2003-2009. Prior to working at Shelton High School, he coached cross country and track at Pottsgrove High School and Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania. In 2008, Wasiolek was named New Haven Register Girls Cross Country Coach of the Year after leading the 2008 Connecticut Class LL and State runner-up boys cross country team. In addition, he has coached numerous All-State runners throughout Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Wasiolek attended Kutztown University, where he graduated with a bachelors degree in special education and elementary education in 1997. As an undergraduate, he was named Kutztown University Male Athlete of the year in 1990. He was also an NCAA Division II All-American in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 1990 and 1992, as well as the PSAC Conference Steeplechase Champion in 1990 and 1992. Wasiolek is a member of Kutztowns athletic hall of fame. In 2007, Wasiolek received a masters degree in health and physical education from Emporia State University. He currently resides in Hamden with his wife, Anna. Bart Wasiolek Men's Cross Country Assistant Coach Bart Wasiolek joined the Quinnipiac mens cross country coaching staff as an assistant coach in 2011 and is now entering his sixth season with the Bobcats. Wasiolek comes to Quinnipiac with 17 years of coaching experience and a background in teaching. Wasiolek has successfully guided the Quinnipiac men's cross country program into the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) since 2013. In the 2014 season, Quinnipiac produced some of the best team results in program history. At the Paul Short Run, the Bobcats placed a program-best third out of 40 teams to help start a run that included 13th place at the New England Championships (best finish since 2008), third at the MAAC Championships and 18th out of 39 teams at the NCAA Northeast Regional (best finish since 2009). In addition to coaching, Wasiolek currently works as a special education teacher at Shelton High School, where he has been the girls cross country teams head coach since 2005 and the assistant girls track coach since 2003. Besides coaching, he has worked with high school students as a special education teacher since 1998. Wasiolek also worked as an assistant coach for Shelton High Schools boys distance team from 2003-2009. Prior to working at Shelton High School, he coached cross country and track at Pottsgrove High School and Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania. In 2008, Wasiolek was named New Haven Register Girls Cross Country Coach of the Year after leading the 2008 Connecticut Class LL and State runner-up boys cross country team. In addition, he has coached numerous All-State runners throughout Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Wasiolek attended Kutztown University, where he graduated with a bachelors degree in special education and elementary education in 1997. As an undergraduate, he was named Kutztown University Male Athlete of the year in 1990. He was also an NCAA Division II All-American in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 1990 and 1992, as well as the PSAC Conference Steeplechase Champion in 1990 and 1992. Wasiolek is a member of Kutztowns athletic hall of fame. In 2007, Wasiolek received a masters degree in health and physical education from Emporia State University. He currently resides in Hamden with his wife, Anna.