Rockhurst University Women's Cross Country

Strecker also serves as the assistant director of athletics and senior woman administrator. The 2013-14 academic year was the first year that Rockhurst competed in NCAA Division II women's cross country as a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Strecker has spent the past 23 years as the head girls' cross country coach at Hayden Catholic High School in Topeka, Kan. She guided the Wildcats to six state championships and three state runner-up finishes. She was named the Class 4A Girls Cross Country Coach of the Year by the Kansas Track and Cross Country Coaches Association in 2009 and 2012. Previously, she was named the Kansas Girls Cross Country Coach of the Year four times (1989, 1993, 1994 and 1995). Along with coaching the girls, Strecker has also served as the head boys' cross country coach at Hayden since 1996. She has been the head coach for the boys' and girls' track teams at Hayden since 1998. The Wildcats won two state championships in girls' track when Strecker was the assistant coach from 1986-1998. Strecker has taught middle school science at Most Pure Heart Grade School for the past 11 years. She also spent 17 years teaching biology, psychology, child development and theology at Hayden. Strecker graduated from Kansas State University with a B.S. in secondary education. Strecker and her husband, Rick, have four children: Jordan, Kristin, Shannon and Mary.