University of Indianapolis Men's Track

UIndy alum and former All-American Matt Royer has helped shaped the UIndy throws program into one of the best in the country. After spending four seasons volunteering his time on the UIndy staff under former mentor Randy Ziraldo, Royer joined the UIndy staff full-time in 2016-17. Sine that time, he has guided UIndy student-athletes to a combined 14 All-America performances, including a 2024 indoor national championship by Zoe Pentecost in the weight throw. Royer compiled an impressive resume as a student-athlete for the Hounds. The Avon, Ind., native is a five-time GLVC champion, a four-time national qualifier, a three-time All-American and a two-time national runner-up. Royer ranks in the top 10 in school history weight throw, hammer throw and shot put. His career-best mark of 21.54m in the weight throw is good for the UIndy record, while his hammer throw PR of 67.15m is good for the GLVC record. Before coming to UIndy, Royer was a four-time NJCAA All-American at Harper College in Illinois, helping the school to back-to-back junior college national championships. He is also the school's record holder in the hammer throw. In addition, one of Royer's biggest accomplishments came away from NCAA competition when he qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trails in the hammer.

Fangman has led the UIndy tracksters to their most success in program history in recent years. Fangman's 2010 and 2011 teams had arguably the best seasons of any UIndy track programs, with the men's squad winning both the GLVC Indoor and Outdoor titles and the women's team taking the GLVC Outdoor championship in 2010.  Fangman earned the GLVC's Coach of the Year nod for all three of those seasons, and was named the Midwest Regon Men's Head Coach of the Year by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. In 2009, Fangman led the Greyhounds to both women's GLVC titles, and was named coach of the year in both seasons. Fangman earned the Indiana Intercollegiate female Coach of the Year honor in 2008, leading the Greyhounds to the 2008 Indiana Intercollegiate Outdoor championship. UIndy also won a women's outdoor title in 2004 and a men's outdoor title in 2003. Fangman was dubbed the GLVC women's coach of the year for the 2004 outdoor season. The GLVC "Coach of the Year" led his 2002 women's team to its first Great Lakes Valley Conference championship in school history. UIndy also took home its first men's outdoor GLVC title, as the school's last men's track conference title had been its Heartland Collegiate Conference crown in 1981. Fangman's 2002 Greyhounds won both the Indiana Intercollegiate Little State and Jerry England Invitational titles for the second consecutive year. Fangman is a nine-time GLVC "Coach of the Year", and works extensively with the hurdlers and horizontal jumpers. Fangman came to UIndy after 14 seasons as head track coach at Southport High School in Indianapolis. At Southport, Fangman's teams were ranked in the state for 12 consecutive years, finishing in the top 10 at the state meet five times. Fangman coached five individual state champions and three state runner-ups. Fangman's Southport teams posted an overall record of 490-152, winning two Marion County titles and a pair of sectional championships. Fangman has a strong coaching staff with working with sprinters, middle distance, relays, and meet management, Greyhound cross country coach directing distance runners and coaching throwers.