University of Maryland - Baltimore County Women's Track

Gittermanns UMBC student-athletes have won individual America East titles, 26 individuals and nine relay teams qualified for the IC4A/ECAC Championships, two individuals have qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds and 13 have broken school records. Academically, Gittermanns cross country teams have led the university on numerous occasions in Team GPA, placed eleven members on  All-America East Academic Teams, and his womens team received Special National Recognition for Womens Team APR from the NCAA in 2012. In 2012, Gittermanns mens and womens cross country teams had some of their strongest years in the recent history of UMBC. The mens team finished third in the conference cross country championships, the second-highest placing for them since entering the America East. They were led by All-Conference runner Brandan McGee who finished seventh overall and was quickly followed by the rest of the varsity squad which placed seven runners in the top 26. In addition, the mens team blitzed the record books running a majority of the Top 10 fastest times in school history in cross country across all distances. Indoor track saw Andrew Smith win the 800 meter dash and anchor the Conference winning 4x800 meter relay while the women would shatter the Distance Medley Relay school record. At the Outdoor Conference Championship Hassan Omar won the 10,000 meters, Andrew Keresztes won the 800 meters, and Jake Albino would break the school record in the 1,500 meters. Omar and Albino would go on to win All-IC4A honors at the IC4A Championships. Gittermann was also honored as part of the America East Womens Indoor and Mens Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year. In 2011, the mens cross country team built on the success of the previous year and spent most of the season ranked in the Mid-Atlantic Region. The indoor track season saw three athletes qualify in the 800 meters for the IC4A Championships. Outdoors brought with it a new school record in the womens steeplechase by Keri Wilson, in addition to a conference championship and new school record in the mens steeplechase by Brandan McGee. McGee would then advance to the NCAA Preliminary rounds in the steeple chase, the first distance runner since 2008 to advance. In his third season, the cross country teams rebounded after a tough second year to move up in conference standings, led by the mens fifth-place finish at the conference meet and a 13th-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region meet. In the track seasons, Gittermanns teams began to reset the record books. During the indoor track season, his distance medley relay team of Michael Christmas, Andrew Smith, Roy Jones, and Chris Snyder finished second at the conference meet, but shattered the old school record to the tune of 9:49. Christmas would also take over control of the 800-meter school record during the indoor and outdoor seasons, while Snyder would break the record in the outdoor 3,000 meters. Sara Parkinson would add the 3,000-meter school record to her list of accomplishments during the indoor season, and would break the 1,500-meter, 3,000-meter, and 5,000-meter records during the outdoor campaign. In 2009, Gittermanns second season, Sara Parkinson earned All-Conference honors for the second consecutive season at the America East Conference Cross Country Championships and was named to the Academic All-District II First Team. Her performances helped lead the womens cross country team to their first team ranking in the Mid-Atlantic polls in quite some time. She would continue her strong year into indoor where she would break the school record in the 5,000-meters en route to a conference championship title. In his first season at UMBC, Gittermanns mens team won the Towson Invite in only his third meet at the helm, which in turn led to a UMBCs entrance into the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings. Gittermann finished out the season producing two America East All-Conference honorees in Sara Parkinson and Anthony Kelhower as the men finished fifth and the women eighth at the America East Conference Championship meet. All four of his boys cross country teams at Mount Hebron (2A/3A) had finished among the top eight in the state championships, peaking with a fourth-place finish in 2007. The Mount Hebron girls program also rose to prominence, finishing third at the state championships in 2007. The track programs were also extremely strong under Gittermanns leadership. His 2005 boys indoor team and 2007 girls outdoor squad both finished as runners-up at the state championships. Overall, Mount Hebron broke more than 80 school records, produced 15 individual state champions and one All-American during Gittermanns tenure.  Gittermann started his coaching career as head track and field coach at neighboring Hammond High School in the fall of 2003. The January 2003 graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, earned four letters in cross country and three in track and field.  The Lewiston, N.Y., native earned his bachelors degree in middle childhood education from Baldwin-Wallace and completed his masters degree in curriculum and instruction with administrative focus from McDaniel College in May 2008.  Gittermann currently teaches science in the Howard County Public School System. He has a USATF Level II Certification in sprints, hurdles, relays and endurance. Additionally, he was one of 20 collegiate and high school coaches selected to attend the USATF/United States Olympic Committee Emerging Elite Endurance Coaching Clinic at the Olympic Training Facility at Chula Vista, Calif.  Gittermann resides in Columbia, Md. with his wife, Megan, and their daughters, Ryleigh and McKena.

Koumlelis' guidance, Amanda Deller successfully retained her crown in the shot put at both conference meets to complete her career sweep of the event, and was named the Most Outstanding Field Athlete at both America East meets. In addition, freshman Vincent Rentzsch advanced to the NCAA Championships for the javelin.  Rentzsch broke the UMBC school record in the event six times during the season, including his final toss of 70.88m (2326) at the NCAA East Preliminary to earn a spot at the national meet at Oregon. While Koumlelis primarily works with UMBCs throwers, but also has experience coaching horizontal jumpers and pole vaulters. Before joining the Hawks in September 2008, Koumlelis was an assistant at the Springfield College for four years. During his four-year tenure at Springfield, Koumlelis coached numerous conference champions in the mens programs, as well as multiple All-Division III New England, All-Division III ECAC and All-New England honorees. Additionally, he coached several national qualifiers and three Division III All-Americans. Koumlelis graduated from the University of Connecticut in August 2003 with a degree in psychology and earned his Masters of education in psychology in May 2006.