University of the Incarnate Word Women's Track

Riedel has seen the Cardinals send athletes to the NCAA Division II National Championships.  The first qualifier came in 2007 when Morgan Moszee competed in the long jump.  Then in 2009 the first relay team qualified and the womens 4x400 went to the championships.  In 2010, another long jumper, Lauren Pratt, went to the elite meet.  Then came 2011 when the 4x100 womens relay team qualified along with Elodie Barre in the long jump where she finished seventh to become an All-American.  The mens 4x100 relay team earned All-America status in 2012. In 2013, Riedel took his largest contingent of athletes to the NCAA Division II national meet.  The mens and womens 4x100 relay teams both qualified as well as athletes in four other individual events.  Unfortunately, no one broke through to earn All-America honors. The 2014 team was headlined by Jasmine Waring and her Southland Conference title in the womens high jump.  It was the first SLC championship for an Incarnate Word athlete.  The 4x100-meter relay team added second team all-conference honors. In 2014-15, the UIW track and cross country teams took a big step forward within the Southland Conference.  The women's cross country team got things started with a strong sixth place finish at the conference meet while the men grabbed eighth place.  During the track season, the women finished fifth and the men seventh at indoors.  During the outdoor season, the men outscored the women for the first time in a conference meet. The men's track program picked up their first all-Southland Conference performers in 2015 when Jamarkese Williams took third in the high jump and the 4x100-meter relay team also finished third. Riedel's largest success at the NCAA Division I level so far has been sprinter Chris DeWitt.  DeWitt was the team's top athlete in 2014 and 2015 and he earned Capital One Academic All-America First Team honors in each season. Riedels teams have always earned more than their fair shar of academic awards.  The USTFCCCA organization has recognized UIW teams as well as individuals on its annual academic all lists including three individuals in 2010 and five more in 2011.  The womens team had a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team member every year from 2006-12 and the men had one every year from 2007-12. The womens cross country team fared quite well within the Lone Star Conference in 2011 and 2012.  Riedel had five all-conference performers over that time.  The team had a school record six All-Academic Team members in 2012 and posted a sixth place finish at the Regional Meet, the best in school history. In addition to coaching the Cardinals in cross country and in track and field, Riedel has been instructor in the Incarnate Word Department of Communications.  Immediately prior to joining the Cardinals staff, he taught communications courses at San Antonios Northwest Vista College.  He also has taught speech communications classes at Cisco Junior College. Before moving to San Antonio, he worked two years as the assistant cross country and track coach at McMurry.  During that time he earned his USA Track and Field Level 1 certification.  During the summer of 2006 he earned his USATF Level II Certification in endurance events.  And, in the summer of 2007, he completed his USATF certification in sprints, hurdles and relays. A native of Castroville and a graduate of Medina Valley High School, Derek ran four years of cross country and two years of track at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. Riedel finished his Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership and Adult Education in 2012.  He did his dissertation in public speaking apprehension and treatment techniques for apprehension.  He holds a bachelors degree in English from McMurry and a masters degree in communications from Abilene Christian University. Riedel and his wife, Mary, reside in San Antonio and have a son, Gavin, and a daughter, Gwyneth.

Dupree works extensively with the sprinters, jumpers and throwers for UIW.  Since coming on full-time in the fall of 2009, she guided over 25 student-athletes to achieving NCAA Division II National Qualification standards in either indoor or outdoor track and field prior to the Cardinals joining the Southland Conference and NCAA Division I in 2014.     In 2011, her athletes accumulated a total of five Lone Star Conference titles and six all-Lone Star Conference honors.  Her star pupil was Elodie Barre who was the Top Female Track and Top Female Field Performer at the 2011 LSC Championships.  Barre also earned NCAA Division II All-America status in the long jump.     The 2012 season saw Dupree coach her first NCAA Division II mens All-Americans.  The UIW 4x100-meter relay team of Chris DeWitt, Tommy Brown, Adan Narvaez and Matthew Harris earned All-America honors and set the school record in the event.  In 2013, the same relay team won the LSC title and Brown was the individual champion in the 200 meters.     Duprees athletes had success in their first year at the NCAA Division I level in 2014.  Jasmine Waring won the schools first conference championship in the high jump and the womens 4x100 relay was second at the Southland meet.  Chris DeWitt took home Capital One Academic All-America® First Team honors in 2014 and 2015.  DeWitt was part of the men's 4x100-meter relay team that earned third team all-conference honors in 2015.      A native of Chicago and a graduate of that citys Thornwood High School, DuPree first ran track at Western Illinois University.  She earned a bachelors degree in kinesiology with a teachers certification at the University of Texas-San Antonio.  She also holds a masters degree from Incarnate Word in sports management and is also an NCAA Womens Coaches Academy graduate.     As a US Army spouse she competed in the long jump and was named All-USA-Europe.     Her coaching resume is extensive.  She has nearly 20 years of South Texas AAU experience with 15 national qualifiers and in 2004 was named AAU Coach of the Year.  She coached three years in Oklahoma middle schools and three years at Oklahomas Midwest City High School where her teams twice won state titles.     Dupree has earned a number of impressive awards in her career.  She won the South Texas AAU Outstanding Service Award in 1993 and 1996.  In 2004, she was the South Texas AAU Volunteer of the Year.  Over the past few years she has added two more awards, the Texas Relays Track & Field 10 Year Service Award in 2010 and the AAU Junior Olympics Bob Oren Excellence in Officiating Award in 2012.     She has been a U.S. Track & Field (USATF) master certified track and field official since 1996.  She earned her Pre-K thru 12th Physical Education/Special Educations certifications in 2008.  The following year she aquired USATF Level I coaching certifications in Sprints, Jumps and Relays.  In 2012, she became track and field Level II coaching certified in Technical/Management Coaching by the United State Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).     In 2012, Dupree was the coach for LaKadron Ivery, a participant in both the 100-meter dash and long jump at the U.S. Olympic Trials.     She and husband, Michael are the parents of Michael Jr., Ryanne, and Marcos.  Michael Jr. played basketball at Kentucky State while Ryanne was a four-time All-American running track at UTSA.