University of Southern Maine Men's Cross Country

Harkleroad has served as the Huskies' head coach for cross country since the 2013 season. During the 2014-15 season, Coach Harkleroad led the Huskies to their second consecutive runner-up finish at the Little East Conference Cross Country Championships and conference titles during the indoor and outdoor season (first time winning both in the same year since 2009-2010) and also earned LEC Indoor and Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year Honors.  The Huskies had a program best fourth-place finish at the NEICAAA Open New England Indoor Championships and a program best sixth-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Indoor National Championships.  The Huskies set school records in five events, qualified six athletes in five events (triple jump, long jump, 4x400m, 400m, 800m) for the NCAA Championships, and earned 6 All-American honors (National Champion in triple jump, runner-up in long jump, and seventh place in 4x400m relay).  The 2015 Outdoor season saw five additional school records (100m, 4x100m, 4x800m, long jump, triple jump) and three LEC Conference records (4x100m, 4x800m, triple jump).  Five athletes in three events (long jump, triple jump, 4x400m) qualified for the 2015 NCAA Outdoor National Championships bringing home two more All-American Honors (National Champ in long jump, runner-up in triple jump) and Jamie Ruginski was named the USTFCCCA National Field Athlete of the Year for the second time. Prior to coming to USM, Harkleroad served as an Academic Support Counselor and Assistant Cross Country and Track Coach for two years at the University of Maine.  On the track, Coach Harkleroad worked primarily with the UMaine male and female distance runners.  During the 2009-10 season, the UMaine womens team earned conference runner-up honors during the cross country and outdoor track season which earned the UMaine Staff Outdoor Track & Field Coaching Staff of the Year Honors.  Harkleroad earned his bachelors degree in political science from the University of Maine in 2003 and his master's in adult and higher education from the University of Southern Maine in 2014.  While a student at UMaine, he earned four varsity letters as a member of the track & field teams, won a conference 800-meter title, numerous conference and New England titles as a member of the 4x800m team, and served as the team captain his senior year. For questions about content in this website, contact . View: | Desktop