University of Puget Sound Women's Track

Boitano is entering his second year as an assistant coach for Puget Sound cross country and his 19th year as a track and field assistant in 2014. 

Mendenhall is the men and women's jumps coach. She has 30 years experience in coaching and has her USATF Level 3 & IAAF Level 5 Certification in jumps. This is her second season with the Loggers.

Reynolds joined the University of Puget Sound coaching staff in the fall of 2010, following a four-year career as a Logger. Hailing from Palo Alto, California, Reynolds was quick to make an impact on both the mens cross country and track and field teams.  In his cross country career, he was a two time NWC Champion, and earned three trips to the NCAA Championships. Reynolds earned All-American honors both his junior and senior year, making him only the second Logger to accomplish such a feat.  On the track, he was runner up twice in the 10,000 meter run at the NWC Championships, before finally winning his senior year. His 30:41 ranks No. 3 on the UPS all time list in the event. Reynolds is also the school record holder in the indoor 5,000 meter run with a time of 14:42. His junior year, Reynolds was awarded the Dill Howell Award for Most Improved Male Athlete amongst Puget Sound student-athletes. Reynolds graduated with a degree in music with an emphasis in business and is currently pursuing a Masters in Arts and Teaching from the Puget Sound graduate school. In his spare time, he enjoys a-cappella music, running local road races and watching San Francisco Giants baseball.

Orechia with West Region Men's Coach of the Year for the indoor track & field season, as sophomore Geremia Lizier-Zmudzinski earned USTFCCCA Male Track Athlete of the Year. The Loggers earned three All-Americans during the indoor season, and received two more All-American nods during the 2016 outdoor season. Orechia became the Director of Cross Country/Track & Field at the University of Puget Sound in 1997. Orechia had spent the previous ten years as Head Cross Country and Track & Field Coach at the University of Chicago where he led his Women's Cross Country team to the UAA Championships in 1992 & 1993, earning himself the Coaching Staff of the Year award and the Indoor Coaching Staff of the Year award. It was through his leadership that the women's team qualified for the first time in the school's history to compete in a NCAA championship where they placed fourteenth in 1993. During his time at the University of Chicago, Orechia coached ten All-Americans. His other coaching experience includes coaching Stella Edwinson who participated in the 1984 Olympic trials in the 400m hurdles, Assistant Track & Field/ Cross Country coach at San Francisco State University (1983-1987), and Head Girls Track Coach at Danvers High School (1979-1981). While coaching at Danvers High School in 1979, his team won the Class B Championship, as well as the All-State Championship and the New England championship. Since joining the Logger staff, Orechia has been selected Men's USTCA Indoor Track West Region Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2004, Men's XC Coach of the Year in 2002 and Women's XC Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2006, coached three Men's NWC XC Championship teams and three Women's NWC XC Championship teams, and led the Women's Track & Field team to a 9th place NAIA finish in 1998 and a 5th place finish in 1999. As a Logger, he has also helped produce four National Champions (2 XC, 2 track), 18 track All-Americans, 12 XC All-Americans, 29 XC All-Academic individuals, 25 XC All-Academic teams, 24 track All-Academic individuals and 20 track All-Academics teams. Orechia earned his B.S. degree in Education from Springfield College in 1978 and his M.A. degree in Education from San Francisco State University in 1985. Orechia and his wife, Stella, live in Bothell, Washington. They have two sons, Christopher and Ryne.