University of Mary Men's Cross Country

After continuing and building on the Marauders successes at both the conference and national levels as both an assistant and interim head coach, Cale Korbelik was named the University of Mary Head Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Coach in July 2022. Korbelik joined the University of Mary as the Marauders Assistant Track & Field coach in 2020 with a primary focus on Sprints, Hurdles, Javelin, High jump, and Relays while also serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator. In his first season he helped coach the Women’s team to the 2021 NSIC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship. In August 2021 Korbelik was elevated to Interim Head Track and Field Coach. “The legacy of this program is success on the conference and national level. Keeping that standard of excellence is what this staff is all about. We will work tirelessly to stay on top and excel to new heights on the national stage.” After serving as the interim coach for the 2021-2022 season, Coach Korbelik was named the permanent head track & field coach on July 1, 2022. In the 2022 Indoor Track and Field Season Korbelik coached the Women’s team to a runner-up finish at the NSIC Championships with the men claiming 4th place. The women’s team was highlighted by conference champions in the 600m, 800m and Triple Jump and the team totaled six All-Conference performers. The NCAA Indoor National Championships was highlighted by D’Andra Morris winning her first national title in the triple jump and earning USTFCCCA Indoor Scholar Field Athlete of the Year honors. Overall UMary finished 21st in the nation. The men’s team indoor finish was the program’s best since 2019 and was highlighted by a conference championship in the 200m by Brendon Hoyte, who also finished as the runner-up in the 60m Dash. In the 2022 Outdoor Track and Field season Korbelik coached the women’s team to a 3rd place finish in the NSIC and 6th place for the men’s team. The women were highlighted by D’Andra Morris winning the NSIC Triple Jump title for the 6th time in her career and claiming five All-Conference honors in the 800m, 400m hurdles, 4x100m Relay, Long Jump and Triple Jump. Morris went on to win her 2nd National Title in the Triple Jump along with being named the Outdoor National Scholar Field Athlete of the Year. As a team UMary finished 16th at the NCAA championships. The men’s team was highlighted by the conference long jump champion Astley Davis and strong finishes in the 400m & Relay events. Davis went on to compete at the NCAA championships.   In the 2021 Indoor track and field season Korbelik coached Ava Grimm to an All-Conference Performance with a 2nd place finish in the 600m. In the 100-meter hurdles Tereza Bolibruch placed 2nd in the NSIC to earn All-Conference honors as she punched her ticket to the NCAA DII Indoor Track and Field National Championship. At nationals she missed first team All-American honors by one place as she finished 9th. In the 2021 Outdoor track and field season Korbelik coached three Conference Champions. Isaac Huntington won the 400m (48.11). Faith Dockter claimed the Javelin title (142 feet) and ranked 25th nationally. Chriss-Ann Thomas took the 400m (54.75) crown and ranked 5th nationally to punch her ticket to the national meet. Thomas finished 12th nationally to earn 2nd-team All-American honors. All-Conference performers included  Tereza Bolibruch, who placed 2nd in the 100-meter hurdles and qualifying for nationals, and Nicole Kramchynsky, the runner-up in the Javelin (139 feet). Going into the 2022-2023 season Korbelik is looking to keep the Marauders on top. In the last five years the Women’s track & field team has won seven conference titles in ten attempts. In the last 15 seasons the Women’s team has won 19 conference titles, most recently the 2021 Outdoor championship.   Korbelik coached the 2019-20 season at Buena Vista University. His coaching career started at Whitworth University, where he helped the Pirates win the 2018 Northwest cross country conference championship and finish ninth at the 2019 NCAA Division III women’s outdoor championships.   While an assistant coach at Buena Vista for the cross country and track & field teams during the 2019-20 season, Korbelik was responsible for coaching the pole vault, horizontal and vertical jumps and multi-event athletes while also handling strength and conditioning and recruiting. He coached the ARC conference pole vault runner-up.   Korbelik began his professional coaching career at Whitworth, where he was a graduate assistant coach for two seasons (2017-19). His responsibilities with the Pirates included the sprints, relays, strength & conditioning and recruiting coordinator.   A dual sport collegiate athlete at Northwest Missouri State University, Korbelik was a sprinter for the Bearcats and ran on the school’s record-setting Distance Medley Relay team. He also played football on the 2013 Bearcats NCAA Division II championship team.   Named the PE/ Health Major of the Year award in 2015, Korbelik graduated from NWMSU in 2017 with a degree in Physical Education and minors in Sports Psychology and Coaching. He completed his Master’s degree in Administrative and Nonprofit Leadership at Whitworth University in 2019.   EDUCATION M.S. Administrative and Nonprofit Leadership Whitworth University, Spokane, WA B.S. Health & Physical Education Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO Minor in Sports Psychology & Coaching   CERTIFICATIONS USTFCCCA Track and Field Academy Events Specialist (Sprints, Hurdles, Relays) USTFCCCA Track and Field Academy Masters Endorsement (Sports Psychology) USTFCCCA Track and Field Academy Events Specialist (Jumping Events) USTFCCCA Track and Field Academy Masters Endorsement (Strength and Conditioning) USTFCCCA Track and Field Academy (Track and Field Technical Coaching)   ACCOMPLISHMENTS As a Coach 2021 Women’s Outdoor Northern Sun Conference Champions 2 DII National Champions (D’Andra Morris-Triple Jump) Indoor and Outdoor 2022 2 DII National Runner-ups (D’Andra Morris-Triple Jump) Indoor and Outdoor 2021 Women’s Indoor National Finishes (15th -2021) (21st – 2022) Women’s Outdoor National Finishes (8th - 2021) (16th – 2022) 8 NSIC Conference Champions (2021-2022) 12 NSIC All-Conference Performers (2021-2022) 7 DII All-Central Region Performers 4 DIII All-American Performers 5 DIII National Qualifier Performers 9 NWC All-Conference Performers 1 ARC All-Conference Performer 29 DIII All-West Region Performers 4 DIII Academic All-American Performers 10 DIII USTFCCCA All-Academic Individuals 2018    Women’s Track and field 9th place at the DIII Outdoor National Championship 2017    Women’s Northwest Conference Cross Country Champions   As an athlete 2016    NWMSU Distance Medley Relay School Record (400m) 2015    Awarded the PE/Health Major of the Year 2013    DII Football National Champion Member with Northwest Missouri State University 2012    Runner-up in the 100m & 200m Nebraska Class A State Championship  

Newell enters his 10 th season at the helm of the University of Mary mens and womens cross country programs. Since joining the nationally-ranked Marauders to guide the U-Mary cross country, middle distance and distance athletes in 2006, Newell has helped lead the Marauders to 14 Northern Sun Conference Track & Field titles. Along the way, Newell has coached five NCAA National Champions, 153 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-Conference honors, 54 NSIC champions, seven NSIC records, 47 NCAA individual Academic All-Americans, 24 NCAA team Academic All-Americans, five NCAA Womens Cross Country Championship Qualifying Teams (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015) and 33 NCAA All-Americans in cross country and track events, ranging from the 800 meters to 10,000 meters and cross country. Newell led the Marauders to the NCAA Division II womens cross country national championships for the first time in 2009, placing 18 th in the country. The squad improved to 11 th in 2010 before jumping to fifth in 2011. Despite injury issues in 2012 U-Mary claimed 13 th place. Most recently, Newell led the Marauders back to the NCAA Division II womens cross country national championships again in 2015 and a 12th place finish in the nation. While the string of women's cross country teams advancing to the NCAA national championships was snapped in 2013, the season produced the Marauders first national championship when Jennifer Agnew dominated the field. In 2014, Alexis Zeis became the first U-Mary freshman to earn All-American honors in cross country when she placed 21st in the nation. Again, showing no let up, Newell led Zeis to the 2015 NCAA Division II cross country national championships title!  This is the second NCAA Division II cross country title in three years for the Marauders and Newell. In ten years at U-Mary coaching the mens and womens cross country teams, Newell has coached nine All-Americans, 23 all-region performers, 53 all-Northern Sun selections, and four conference champions.  Most recently Newell coached Jennifer Agnew to the 2013 NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championship crown and Alexis Zeis to the 2015 NCAA Division II women's cross country individual championship title. He was named the 2010 NSIC Coach of the Year. In addition to success in cross country, Newell played an integral role in U-Mary winning six womens Northern Sun indoor and seven outdoor conference championships and a mens indoor conference title. The nationally ranked womens track & field program also has placed among the top 10 several times at the NCAA championships. A three time regional assistant track coach of the year, Newell earned 2013 US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Womens Indoor Coach of the Year honors after coaching two event champions at the NCAA championships. 12-time All-American Melissa Agnew won the mile run and anchored a championship Distance Medley Relay team, the first two U-Mary NCAA championships in any program. His student-athletes accounted for all but one of the teams 25 points that earned the Marauders a ninth-place finish. Agnew captured another NCAA title in the 1,500 meter run at the 2013 outdoor championships. Previously Newell was selected as the 2008, 2012 and 2013 NCAA Division II Indoor/ Outdoor Track & Field Central Region Womens Assistant Coach of the Year of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, a recognition voted upon by his colleagues and peers. Newell, who joined the U-Mary coaching staff in 2006, was a 10-time All-American and 2-Time National Runner-Up at Black Hills State University, SD, and a 14-Time All-Conference and 6-Time Conference Champion before graduating from BHSU in 2004. He received his masters degree from the University of North Dakota in 2005. The 2003 and 2004 DAC-10 cross country champion and most valuable runner, Newell is a USATF Level I and II, and III (Endurance) Certified Coach and takes every opportunity to continually learn through cross country and track & field educational programs, seminars, and instructional clinics. A native of Williston, N.D., Newell spent the first ten years of his life growing up in North Dakota.  His family then moved to Billings, Mont., in 1986 and Newell graduated from Skyview High School in 1995. He is married to the former Catelin Hoffman of Parshall, N.D. They have three children, Piper Lynn, Christian Joseph, and Crosby Ray. EDUCATION M.S. Kinesiology University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND B.S. Exercise Science Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD CERTIFICATIONS/ MEMBERSHIPS Red Cross AED, CPR, & First Aid United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association USTFCCCA Cross Country Master Coach Endorsement (In Progress) United States Track & Field United States Track & Field Level I, II, III Coaching Certification (Endurance) HALL OF FAME 2013 Black Hills State University- Cross Country Team Induction 2015 Black Hills State University- Individual Induction   PUBLICATIONS Newell, Dennis, R.  (2014).  Increasing Self-Efficacy in Sea-Level Athletes Racing at Altitude .  , (208), 6627-6631.   SPEAKING APPEARANCES 2013 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Featured Convention Speaker DENNIS NEWELL ACCOMPLISHMENTS As a Coach:    14 NSIC Team Track & Field Championships 153 NSIC All-Conference (53 Cross Country/ 56 Indoor Track/ 44 Outdoor Track)   54 NSIC Champions (4 Cross Country/ 32 Indoor Track/ 18 Outdoor Track)     7 NSIC Records (4 Indoor Track/ 3 Outdoor Track)   65 NCAA All-Region Individuals (23 Cross Country/ 24 Indoor Track/ 18 Outdoor Track)     2 NCAA All-Region Champions (2 Cross Country)     5 NCAA Womens Cross Country Championships Qualifying Teams (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)   33 NCAA All-Americans (9 Cross Country/ 18 Indoor Track/ 6 Outdoor Track)     5 NCAA National Champions (Womens DMR, Womens Mile, Womens 1500 meters,         2x Womens Cross Country)   24 NCAA All-Academic Teams (14 Cross Country/ 12 Track & Field)   47 NCAA All-Academic Individuals (27 Cross Country/ 20 Track & Field)   2015 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2015 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2014 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2013 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2013 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Women's Assistant Coach of the Year 2013 NCAA Division II Indoor/ Outdoor Track & Field Central Region Womens Assistant Coach of the Year 2013 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2012 NCAA Division II Indoor/ Outdoor Track & Field Central Region Womens Assistant Coach of the Year 2012 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2012 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2011 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2011 Womens Roy Griak Team Champions 2010 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Cross Country Coach of the Year 2010 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2010 Womens Roy Griak Team Runner Up 2008 NCAA Division II Indoor/ Outdoor Track & Field Central Region Womens Assistant Coach of the Year 2008 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2008 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2008 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Mens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2007 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2007 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions As a Student/ Athlete: 10-time NAIA Athletic All-American (3 Cross Country / 2 Indoor/ 5 Outdoor Track)   2-time NAIA Cross Country National Team Runner-Up (2000, 2003)   1-time NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Individual Runner-Up (2003)   1-time NAIA Cross Country National Individual Runner-Up (2002)   Dennis Newell Head Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach / Assoc. Head Coach Track & Field Mobile Twitter: @UMaryXCTF USTFCCCA National Coach of the Year recipient Dennis Newell enters his 10 th season at the helm of the University of Mary mens and womens cross country programs. Since joining the nationally-ranked Marauders to guide the U-Mary cross country, middle distance and distance athletes in 2006, Newell has helped lead the Marauders to 14 Northern Sun Conference Track & Field titles. Along the way, Newell has coached five NCAA National Champions, 153 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-Conference honors, 54 NSIC champions, seven NSIC records, 47 NCAA individual Academic All-Americans, 24 NCAA team Academic All-Americans, five NCAA Womens Cross Country Championship Qualifying Teams (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015) and 33 NCAA All-Americans in cross country and track events, ranging from the 800 meters to 10,000 meters and cross country. Newell led the Marauders to the NCAA Division II womens cross country national championships for the first time in 2009, placing 18 th in the country. The squad improved to 11 th in 2010 before jumping to fifth in 2011. Despite injury issues in 2012 U-Mary claimed 13 th place. Most recently, Newell led the Marauders back to the NCAA Division II womens cross country national championships again in 2015 and a 12th place finish in the nation. While the string of women's cross country teams advancing to the NCAA national championships was snapped in 2013, the season produced the Marauders first national championship when Jennifer Agnew dominated the field. In 2014, Alexis Zeis became the first U-Mary freshman to earn All-American honors in cross country when she placed 21st in the nation. Again, showing no let up, Newell led Zeis to the 2015 NCAA Division II cross country national championships title!  This is the second NCAA Division II cross country title in three years for the Marauders and Newell. In ten years at U-Mary coaching the mens and womens cross country teams, Newell has coached nine All-Americans, 23 all-region performers, 53 all-Northern Sun selections, and four conference champions.  Most recently Newell coached Jennifer Agnew to the 2013 NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championship crown and Alexis Zeis to the 2015 NCAA Division II women's cross country individual championship title. He was named the 2010 NSIC Coach of the Year. In addition to success in cross country, Newell played an integral role in U-Mary winning six womens Northern Sun indoor and seven outdoor conference championships and a mens indoor conference title. The nationally ranked womens track & field program also has placed among the top 10 several times at the NCAA championships. A three time regional assistant track coach of the year, Newell earned 2013 US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Womens Indoor Coach of the Year honors after coaching two event champions at the NCAA championships. 12-time All-American Melissa Agnew won the mile run and anchored a championship Distance Medley Relay team, the first two U-Mary NCAA championships in any program. His student-athletes accounted for all but one of the teams 25 points that earned the Marauders a ninth-place finish. Agnew captured another NCAA title in the 1,500 meter run at the 2013 outdoor championships. Previously Newell was selected as the 2008, 2012 and 2013 NCAA Division II Indoor/ Outdoor Track & Field Central Region Womens Assistant Coach of the Year of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, a recognition voted upon by his colleagues and peers. Newell, who joined the U-Mary coaching staff in 2006, was a 10-time All-American and 2-Time National Runner-Up at Black Hills State University, SD, and a 14-Time All-Conference and 6-Time Conference Champion before graduating from BHSU in 2004. He received his masters degree from the University of North Dakota in 2005. The 2003 and 2004 DAC-10 cross country champion and most valuable runner, Newell is a USATF Level I and II, and III (Endurance) Certified Coach and takes every opportunity to continually learn through cross country and track & field educational programs, seminars, and instructional clinics. A native of Williston, N.D., Newell spent the first ten years of his life growing up in North Dakota.  His family then moved to Billings, Mont., in 1986 and Newell graduated from Skyview High School in 1995. He is married to the former Catelin Hoffman of Parshall, N.D. They have three children, Piper Lynn, Christian Joseph, and Crosby Ray. EDUCATION M.S. Kinesiology University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND B.S. Exercise Science Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD CERTIFICATIONS/ MEMBERSHIPS Red Cross AED, CPR, & First Aid United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association USTFCCCA Cross Country Master Coach Endorsement (In Progress) United States Track & Field United States Track & Field Level I, II, III Coaching Certification (Endurance) HALL OF FAME 2013 Black Hills State University- Cross Country Team Induction 2015 Black Hills State University- Individual Induction   PUBLICATIONS Newell, Dennis, R.  (2014).  Increasing Self-Efficacy in Sea-Level Athletes Racing at Altitude .  , (208), 6627-6631.   SPEAKING APPEARANCES 2013 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Featured Convention Speaker DENNIS NEWELL ACCOMPLISHMENTS As a Coach:    14 NSIC Team Track & Field Championships 153 NSIC All-Conference (53 Cross Country/ 56 Indoor Track/ 44 Outdoor Track)   54 NSIC Champions (4 Cross Country/ 32 Indoor Track/ 18 Outdoor Track)     7 NSIC Records (4 Indoor Track/ 3 Outdoor Track)   65 NCAA All-Region Individuals (23 Cross Country/ 24 Indoor Track/ 18 Outdoor Track)     2 NCAA All-Region Champions (2 Cross Country)     5 NCAA Womens Cross Country Championships Qualifying Teams (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)   33 NCAA All-Americans (9 Cross Country/ 18 Indoor Track/ 6 Outdoor Track)     5 NCAA National Champions (Womens DMR, Womens Mile, Womens 1500 meters,         2x Womens Cross Country)   24 NCAA All-Academic Teams (14 Cross Country/ 12 Track & Field)   47 NCAA All-Academic Individuals (27 Cross Country/ 20 Track & Field)   2015 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2015 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2014 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2013 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2013 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Women's Assistant Coach of the Year 2013 NCAA Division II Indoor/ Outdoor Track & Field Central Region Womens Assistant Coach of the Year 2013 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2012 NCAA Division II Indoor/ Outdoor Track & Field Central Region Womens Assistant Coach of the Year 2012 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2012 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2011 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2011 Womens Roy Griak Team Champions 2010 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Cross Country Coach of the Year 2010 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2010 Womens Roy Griak Team Runner Up 2008 NCAA Division II Indoor/ Outdoor Track & Field Central Region Womens Assistant Coach of the Year 2008 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2008 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2008 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Mens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions 2007 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Outdoor Track & Field Team Champions 2007 Northern Sun Athletic Conference Womens Indoor Track & Field Team Champions As a Student/ Athlete: 10-time NAIA Athletic All-American (3 Cross Country / 2 Indoor/ 5 Outdoor Track)   2-time NAIA Cross Country National Team Runner-Up (2000, 2003)   1-time NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Individual Runner-Up (2003)   1-time NAIA Cross Country National Individual Runner-Up (2002)  

Bennett enters his first year as a Marauders assistant cross country and track & field coach for both the mens and womens programs. A native of Kalispell, Mont., Bennett returns to his alma mater after graduating from U-Mary with a with a bachelors degree in exercise science in 2014. After graduation he was a Parisi Speed School Lead Performance Coach in n2014-15.   Bennett currently holds the schools indoor and outdoor 800 meter record along with the outdoor 1500 meter record.  He earned NCAA All-Academic honors seven times (3 cross country, 2 indoor track & field, 2 outdoor track & field). He also was a three-time all-Northern Sun performer in cross country and was also honored three times in outdoor track & field.

Sherve enters his third season assisting Marauders Head Track and Field Coach Mike Thorson and Head Cross Country Coach Dennis Newell. Sherve, from Blaine MN, moved back to the Midwest and joined the University of Mary staff in Fall 2013 after spending four years at Slippery Rock University (PA) as a Graduate Assistant and Assistant Coach with cross country and the distance events in track and field.   Sherve competed at Minnesota State University Moorhead as a cross country and distance runner where his primary events were the 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs in track and field.   Education Master of Science, Emporia State University (December 2011) Health, Physical Education and Recreation   Bachelor of Science , Minnesota State University Moorhead (May 2008) Exercise Science   Professional Experience University of Mary, Intercollegiate Athletics Assistant Mens and Womens Cross Country/Track and Field                                   2013-Present   Slippery Rock University, Intercollegiate Athletics Assistant Mens and Womens Cross Country/Track and Field                                   2008 2012     Leadership/Campus Involvement/Community Service   Skills and Certifications   Accomplishments (assisted with)

Thorson is in his 23rd season at the helm of the University of Mary track & field and cross country program. In 22 years under Thorsons direction, the Marauders have achieved unparalleled success, winning 46 conference championships, five regional cross country titles, crowned 380 All-Americans, 160 Academic All-Americans and 37 National Track & Field Champions (Individual & Relay). After creating one of the nation's top programs in the NAIA, Thorson only added to his legacy when U-Mary moved to NCAA Division II. The women won back-to-back indoor and outdoor NSIC conference titles in 2007 and 2008 and claimed a third title in four years in 2010. The men surprised many people by winning the NSIC Indoor title in 2008. These results earned Thorson NSIC indoor and outdoor Coach of the Year honors. He also was named the North Dakota AP Sportswriters and Sportscasters College Female Coach of the Year and the USTFCCCA Central Region Women's Outdoor Coach of the Year in 2010. It was really exciting to move into the Northern Sun and experience the type of success we enjoyed, said Thorson. It was especially satisfying to enjoy the success we did in seasons that can only be termed as rebuilding years. In 2006, Thorson added another remarkable chapter to his already brilliant career as he guided the Marauders into NCAA Division II competition and was named to the NAIA Hall of Fame. Thorson and Hall of Famers go hand in hand. Two of Thorsons athletes, Jamey Mulske and Mandy (Schroeder) Sheldon, also are enshrined in the NAIA Hall of Fame. So has former U-Mary athletic director Al Bortke, who Thorson always says has been instrumental in the success of the Marauders program. Thorson is also a member of the Minot State University and the U-Mary Halls of Fame. A 1978 graduate of Minot State, Thorson is a four-time NAIA National Coach of the Year, earning the accolades in 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2002. Named many times as the conference coach of the year, Thorson has guided the Marauders to 41 of the 42 conference titles U-Mary has collected in track and field/ cross country in school history. Despite the personal accolades, Thorson prefers to emphasize the team aspect of his program while always stating that he receives too much credit for the Marauders success. We are very fortunate that the University of Mary cares about our sport, said Thorson. They care whether we win or lose. For me, as a coach, that is the kind of environment that I want to be part of. The athletics departments philosophy and demands are very similar to my own personal philosophy. They hired me to do a job. They continue to have the confidence in me that I can lead our program. Of course, that means that winning is part of the mentality and for me, that keeps me at the University of Mary. Thorson, who received his masters degree in educational administration from the University of North Dakota in 1992, coached at both UND and North Dakota State University. In 1993, the University of Mary brought Thorson aboard as the womens track and field coach. After becoming head coach of both the mens and womens track & field programs in 1999, Thorson was named U-Marys Track & Field Coordinator. Before moving to the college ranks, Thorson honed his coaching talents in North Dakota high schools at St. John, Minot Ryan and Grafton. A native of Minot, ND, Thorson graduated from Minot High School in 1973. He is marred to the former Ann Dunnigan of Bismarck. They have five children, Troy, Andrea, Marisa, Niki and Bryan. THE THORSON FILE 1978- B.S., Minot State University 1979- St. John (ND) High School, Head Coach 1981-1990 Minot (ND) Ryan High School, Head Coach 1991- University of North Dakota, Assistant Coach 1992- North Dakota State University, Assistant Coach 1992- M.Ed., University of North Dakota 1993- University of North Dakota, Assistant Coach 1994-PRESENT University of Mary, Head Mens & Womens Track & Field Coach / Head Cross Country Coach 1997- NAIA Track & Field Coach of the Year 1999- NAIA Track & Field Coach of the Year / NAIA Great Plains Regional Track & Field Coach of the Year / NAIA Great Plains Regional Cross Country Coach of the Year 2000- NAIA Regional Track & Field Coach of the Year / NAIA National Track & Field Coach of the Year 2002- NAIA Regional Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year / NAIA National Track & Field Coach of the Year / NAIA Regional Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year 2003- DAC- 10 Mens & Womens Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year / DAC- 10 Mens Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year 2004- DAC- 10 Mens & Womens Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year / DAC- 10 Womens Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year 2005- DAC- 10 Womens Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year / Region 3- 4 Womens Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year / DAC- 10 Womens Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year 2006- Named to the NAIA Hall of Fame Coaches Division 2007- Named NSIC Coach of the Year Indoors & Outdoors 2008- Named NSIC Mens & Womens Indoor Coach of the Year 2008- Named NSIC Womens Outdoor Coach of the Year 2010- Named NSIC and Central Region Womens Coach of the Year 2010- Named NDAPSSA Female College Coach of the Year 2011 - Named NSIC and USTFCCCA Regional Indoor Women's Coach of the Year 2012 - Named NSIC and USTFCCCA Regional Indoor and Outdoor Women's Coach of the Year 2012- Named NDAPSSA Female College Coach of the Year 2013 - Named NSIC Women's Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year, USTFCCCA Women's Outdoor Regional Coach of the Year 2014 - Named NSIC Women's Outdoor Coach of the Year, USTFCCCA Women's Outdoor Regional Coach of the Year 2015 - Named NSIC Women's Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year, USTFCCCA Women's Indoor Regional Coach of the Year CAREER COACHING TOTALS (22 years)  37- Individual National Track & Field Champions    5- Great Plains Regional Cross Country Titles 160- Academic All- Americans   46- Conference Championships 380- All- Americans (NAIA & NCAA) Mike Thorson Head Men's and Women's Track & Field Coach Mobile Twitter: University of Mary 7500 University Drive Bismarck, ND 58504 Recognized as one of the nations leading coaches, Mike Thorson is in his 23rd season at the helm of the University of Mary track & field and cross country program. In 22 years under Thorsons direction, the Marauders have achieved unparalleled success, winning 46 conference championships, five regional cross country titles, crowned 380 All-Americans, 160 Academic All-Americans and 37 National Track & Field Champions (Individual & Relay). After creating one of the nation's top programs in the NAIA, Thorson only added to his legacy when U-Mary moved to NCAA Division II. The women won back-to-back indoor and outdoor NSIC conference titles in 2007 and 2008 and claimed a third title in four years in 2010. The men surprised many people by winning the NSIC Indoor title in 2008. These results earned Thorson NSIC indoor and outdoor Coach of the Year honors. He also was named the North Dakota AP Sportswriters and Sportscasters College Female Coach of the Year and the USTFCCCA Central Region Women's Outdoor Coach of the Year in 2010. It was really exciting to move into the Northern Sun and experience the type of success we enjoyed, said Thorson. It was especially satisfying to enjoy the success we did in seasons that can only be termed as rebuilding years. In 2006, Thorson added another remarkable chapter to his already brilliant career as he guided the Marauders into NCAA Division II competition and was named to the NAIA Hall of Fame. Thorson and Hall of Famers go hand in hand. Two of Thorsons athletes, Jamey Mulske and Mandy (Schroeder) Sheldon, also are enshrined in the NAIA Hall of Fame. So has former U-Mary athletic director Al Bortke, who Thorson always says has been instrumental in the success of the Marauders program. Thorson is also a member of the Minot State University and the U-Mary Halls of Fame. A 1978 graduate of Minot State, Thorson is a four-time NAIA National Coach of the Year, earning the accolades in 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2002. Named many times as the conference coach of the year, Thorson has guided the Marauders to 41 of the 42 conference titles U-Mary has collected in track and field/ cross country in school history. Despite the personal accolades, Thorson prefers to emphasize the team aspect of his program while always stating that he receives too much credit for the Marauders success. We are very fortunate that the University of Mary cares about our sport, said Thorson. They care whether we win or lose. For me, as a coach, that is the kind of environment that I want to be part of. The athletics departments philosophy and demands are very similar to my own personal philosophy. They hired me to do a job. They continue to have the confidence in me that I can lead our program. Of course, that means that winning is part of the mentality and for me, that keeps me at the University of Mary. Thorson, who received his masters degree in educational administration from the University of North Dakota in 1992, coached at both UND and North Dakota State University. In 1993, the University of Mary brought Thorson aboard as the womens track and field coach. After becoming head coach of both the mens and womens track & field programs in 1999, Thorson was named U-Marys Track & Field Coordinator. Before moving to the college ranks, Thorson honed his coaching talents in North Dakota high schools at St. John, Minot Ryan and Grafton. A native of Minot, ND, Thorson graduated from Minot High School in 1973. He is marred to the former Ann Dunnigan of Bismarck. They have five children, Troy, Andrea, Marisa, Niki and Bryan. THE THORSON FILE 1978- B.S., Minot State University 1979- St. John (ND) High School, Head Coach 1981-1990 Minot (ND) Ryan High School, Head Coach 1991- University of North Dakota, Assistant Coach 1992- North Dakota State University, Assistant Coach 1992- M.Ed., University of North Dakota 1993- University of North Dakota, Assistant Coach 1994-PRESENT University of Mary, Head Mens & Womens Track & Field Coach / Head Cross Country Coach 1997- NAIA Track & Field Coach of the Year 1999- NAIA Track & Field Coach of the Year / NAIA Great Plains Regional Track & Field Coach of the Year / NAIA Great Plains Regional Cross Country Coach of the Year 2000- NAIA Regional Track & Field Coach of the Year / NAIA National Track & Field Coach of the Year 2002- NAIA Regional Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year / NAIA National Track & Field Coach of the Year / NAIA Regional Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year 2003- DAC- 10 Mens & Womens Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year / DAC- 10 Mens Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year 2004- DAC- 10 Mens & Womens Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year / DAC- 10 Womens Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year 2005- DAC- 10 Womens Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year / Region 3- 4 Womens Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year / DAC- 10 Womens Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year 2006- Named to the NAIA Hall of Fame Coaches Division 2007- Named NSIC Coach of the Year Indoors & Outdoors 2008- Named NSIC Mens & Womens Indoor Coach of the Year 2008- Named NSIC Womens Outdoor Coach of the Year 2010- Named NSIC and Central Region Womens Coach of the Year 2010- Named NDAPSSA Female College Coach of the Year 2011 - Named NSIC and USTFCCCA Regional Indoor Women's Coach of the Year 2012 - Named NSIC and USTFCCCA Regional Indoor and Outdoor Women's Coach of the Year 2012- Named NDAPSSA Female College Coach of the Year 2013 - Named NSIC Women's Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year, USTFCCCA Women's Outdoor Regional Coach of the Year 2014 - Named NSIC Women's Outdoor Coach of the Year, USTFCCCA Women's Outdoor Regional Coach of the Year 2015 - Named NSIC Women's Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year, USTFCCCA Women's Indoor Regional Coach of the Year CAREER COACHING TOTALS (22 years)  37- Individual National Track & Field Champions    5- Great Plains Regional Cross Country Titles 160- Academic All- Americans   46- Conference Championships 380- All- Americans (NAIA & NCAA)

Maher will work primarily with the multi events and high jump.   A former captain for the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, Maher was a four time Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference champion (three times in the high jump and once in the pentathlon), numerous time All-Conference athlete, and the 2015 NSIC Outdoor Conference top point scorer. She qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2014 (distance medley relay and pentathlon) and NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2015 (heptathlon and high jump).    Maher also earned recognition for her accomplishments off the track. She was named a Capital One Academic All-American in 2015, selected USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2014 and 2015, and was named the Northern Sun Conferences honoree for the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year award.     The native of Sauk Centre, Minn., earned a bachelors degree in Psychology with a minor in Biology from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2015 and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Sports and Physical Education Administration.  

Aaron Teigen is entering his 3rd year coaching long and triple jump at the University of Mary.   In the 2021 Indoor Season Aaron coached D’Andra Morris to a Conference Championship in the triple jump and Arianna Passeri to an All-Conference performance (3rd). At the DII Indoor Track and Field National Championship Aaron coached D’Andra Morris to a National Runner-up in the long jump. The best finish in that event in program history. Her Jump was a school record of (41’6”).   In the 2021 outdoor season Aaron’s group elevated its performance by claiming two conference titles in the long jump and triple jump for the women’s team. Lexus Lovan won the long jump while D’Andra Morris won the triple jump and placed 3rd in the long jump earning All-Conference performer. D’Andra was later named Women’s Field Athlete of the Meet for NSIC. Also earning All-Conference performer was Cali Modglin who finished 3rd in the triple jump. On the men’s side Astley Davis finished runner-up in the Men’s triple jump earning him All-conference performer. At the DII Outdoor Track and Field National Championship Aaron coached D’Andra Morris to another National Runner-up performance in the triple jump. Her jump was a school record of (43’1”).   Aaron previously attended the University of Mary, earning his undergraduate degree in Exercise Science in 2014 and his Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2017.   Aaron competed in long and triple jump at the University of Mary from 2011 to 2015. Aaron placed at several conference meets with his biggest accomplishment being a Conference Championship in the long jump during his 4th season.   Aaron understands the commitment and hard work it takes to be a student-athlete. In high school, he only competed in long jump for three weeks before earning 2nd place at the state meet. When he came to the University of Mary for school, he decided to give long and triple jump a little more effort than he did in high school. With hard work, determination, and great coaching, Aaron was able to become a top jumper in both the long and triple jump throughout the NSIC while also earning honors and academic awards in the classroom during his career at the University of Mary.   Aaron is originally from Rugby, ND.  

Coach Herrera is returning to the Track and Field program at the University of Mary as an Assistant Coach for his second year after completing his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science—Business Concentration from Whitworth University in 2021.   While attending school, Herrera participated in track and field where he competed in the pole vault, 400 meter hurdles, 4x400 meter relay, and decathlon.   With experience in a multitude of events, Herrera will assist in coaching the decathlon/heptathlon, high jump, pole vault, 400mH, and javelin. Herrera is passionate about the technical side of the sport and strives to learn as much as possible about coaching to help the Marauders excel both on and off the track.   Education: B.A. Computer Science—Business Concentration Whitworth University, Spokane, WA.   Accomplishments:  As an Athlete  2021 NWC Champion in the 400 meter hurdles 2021 NWC Runner-up in the 4x400 meter relay 2021 NWC 3rd Place in the Decathlon 2021 NWC 3rd Place in the Pole Vault