Santa Clara University Men's Track

Montoro, a native of Glendale, Calif., is in his 11th season with the Broncos in 2015-16 and his sixth as the head coach for the combined cross country/track program. He is responsible for all coaching, administrative and recruiting aspects of Santa Clara's cross country and track programs. Santa Clara set a pair of school records and nine PRs between the men's and women's teams at the 2014 West Coast Conference Cross Country Championships. In his only year with the Broncos, Harvard graduate Kurt Ruegg set a school record by running 23:53 at Baylands Park, while the Bronco men's team (Ruegg, Bryan Crook, Adrian Hinojosa, Joey Berriatua and Ryan Greenough) set a school record with an average time of 24:30 in the 8k race. Four of the men set personal best 8k marks and all of Santa Clara's top five finishers in the women's 6k Grayson Murphy, Kelly Ryan, Hannah Wood, Kaitlyn Kuehn and Amia Nash set personal best marks as well. Ruegg built off a strong performance earlier in the year at Baylands, when he took second place at the Bronco Invitational. In 2014-15, the Broncos had Berriatua, Murphy, Ruegg and Mary Kriege combine to set six school records between the fall cross country and spring track seasons. In 2013 the men's and women's cross country teams both finished sixth at the West Coast Conference Championships. In addition, Ben Demaree was named the WCC Post-Graduate Scholarship winner and Allie Sibole won the 2014 St. Clarie Medal at SCU. For the 10th straight quarter, the men's cross country team had the highest term GPA after the Spring 2014 quarter.  The men's cross country team posted a 3.443 GPA in the Spring quarter and they also have the highest cumulative GPA among men's teams at 3.405. Women's cross country has the highest cumulative GPA on the women's side at 3.386. Led by Summa Cum Laude graduate Kevin Oliver's selection to the national individual Academic Award list, the Bronco track programs were honored among all Division I teams in July 2013 as the Bronco men posted a 3.506 GPA the second-highest in the country and were named as a U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's (USTFCCCA) All-Academic team.  Posting a 3.57 grade point average, the sixth-best nationally and tops in the West Coast Conference, Santa Clara's women's track was named an All-Academic team as well. Oliver was just the second Bronco in school history to receive USTFCCCA Academic individual honors.  The Tualatin, Ore. native finished his senior year with a 3.98 GPA in Political Science and Economics to earn the award, the program's fourth in a seven-year span.  Oliver was also named to the Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team in late June. He was the only student-athlete from the West Coast Conference selected for the national academic honor and the only male in the state of California named to the team. "We're once again very proud of our teams efforts in the classroom," Montoro said.  "Our student-athletes exemplify the SCU mission of educating the whole person.  They are successful in so many ways." Working primarily with the men's distance runners, Montoro coached Mike Delaurenti to the 2008 NCAA Division I Regional Track and Field Championships in the steeplechase, a first for Santa Clara. In 2009, Montoro saw Robbie Reid finish as the runner-up at the West Coast Conference Cross Country Championships the best finish for a Santa Clara runner at the event. Reid was also the Bronco Invitational champion, had the highest finish ever for a Bronco male at the NCAA West Region Championship and finished 10th at the Stanford Invitational while setting the school record in the 8k. In addition, Chris Sampson finished in the top 10 to receive all-conference honors. Before coming to Santa Clara, Montoro was an assistant coach for Cal State Fullerton's men's and women's cross country programs for two seasons, along with the track and field programs for three seasons. At Fullerton, Montoro headed the recruiting efforts for the Titan men's distance runners and helped to lead two Titans to NCAA Regional qualifying times. Prior to working with the Titans, Montoro was an assistant with the combined cross country program at UC Santa Barbara during the 2001 campaign. During his time with the Gauchos, Montoro assisted head coach Pete Dolan in recruiting and traveled with the B squad. Montoro began his collegiate career at the University of Oregon before transferring to UC Santa Barbara in 1998. He competed under Dolan for three seasons and earned his bachelor's degree in History and Spanish. While assisting at Cal State Fullerton for head coach John Elders, Montoro earned his master's degree in Kinesiology and Health Promotion. Montoro and his wife Amanda live in Willow Glen; and welcomed their first child, Mirabel Elena, on July 16, 2010. CROSS COUNTRY FINISHES SINCE 2004 2004 Team Finish 3rd (M) & 4th (W) 2005 Team Finish 4th (M) & 3rd (W) 2006 Team Finish 3rd (M) & 4th (W) 2007 Team Finish 3rd (M) & 4th (W) 2008 Team Finish 4th (M) & 3rd (W) 2009 Team Finish 4th (M) & 4th (W) 2010 Team Finish 3rd (M) & 4th (W)   2011 Team Finish 4th (M) & 7th (W) 2012 Team Finish  7th (M) & 6th (W) 2013 Team Finish - 6th (M) & 6th (W) 2014 Team Finish - 5th (M) & 7th (W) SCU RECORDS Individual 8k 23:53, Kurt Ruegg at the 2014 West Coast Conference Championships Team Time Average 8k 24:30, Kurt Ruegg, Bryan Crook, Adrian Hinojosa, Joey Berriatua and Ryan Greenough at the 2014 West Coast Conference Championships Individual 10k 31:14, Robbie Reid at the 2008 NCAA West Regional Championships TRACK HIGHLIGHTS 2008 Mike Delaurenti ran 9:06.84 to be the schools first-ever D1 NCAA Regional Qualifier.

Cushman is in his fourth season with Santa Clara cross country & track in 2015-16. Cushman joined the Bronco coaching staff in August 2012 as an assistant coach for hsi second stint with the team he was a volunteer assistant coach from 2004-06.  Santa Clara set a pair of school records and nine PRs between the men's and women's teams at the 2014 West Coast Conference Cross Country Championships. In his only year with the Broncos, Harvard graduate Kurt Ruegg set a school record by running 23:53 at Baylands Park, while the Bronco men's team (Ruegg, Bryan Crook, Adrian Hinojosa, Joey Berriatua and Ryan Greenough) set a school record with an average time of 24:30 in the 8k race. Four of the men set personal best 8k marks and all of Santa Clara's top five finishers in the women's 6k Grayson Murphy, Kelly Ryan, Hannah Wood, Kaitlyn Kuehn and Amia Nash set personal best marks as well. Ruegg built off a strong performance earlier in the year at Baylands, when he took second place at the Bronco Invitational. In 2014-15, the Broncos had Berriatua, Murphy, Ruegg and Mary Kriege combine to set six school records between the fall cross country and spring track seasons. In 2013 the men's and women's cross country teams both finished sixth at the West Coast Conference Championships. In addition, Ben Demaree was named the WCC Post-Graduate Scholarship winner and Allie Sibole won the 2014 St. Clarie Medal at SCU. For the 10th straight quarter, the men's cross country team had the highest term GPA after the Spring 2014 quarter.  The men's cross country team posted a 3.443 GPA in the Spring quarter and they also have the highest cumulative GPA among men's teams at 3.405. Women's cross country has the highest cumulative GPA on the women's side at 3.386. Cushman, a Boise, Idaho native, spent six years working as an assistant track and field and cross country coach for San Francisco State prior to rejoining the staff at Santa Clara. While at SFSU, he assisted in coaching the schools second-ever Division II All-American, as well as helping both the mens and womens teams achieve their highest finishes in school history at the conference and regional levels in 2011. Cushman is also a coach for the Impala womens running club in San Francisco. The Impalas had six women qualify for the US Olympic trials in the marathon in 2008 while 14 qualified in 2012.  Cushman attended Gonzaga University from 2000-04 and competed in cross country and track while an undergrad. He was the team captain from 2002-04. He earned his MA in Health, Physical Education and Recreation from Saint Marys in 2006.