University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Women's Track

Healy retired after his 25th season as head coach of the women's track & field squad at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2015-16.  He completed his 21st year as the Eagles' head women's cross country coach in 2011. In his 25 seasons (1991-2016) as UW-La Crosse's head women's track & field coach, Healy led the Eagles to 22 team trophies (top-four finishes) at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships. The Eagles finished in the top-10 in 41 of a possible 50 national championships under Healy, who led UW-La Crosse to a sweep of the 2015 NCAA III indoor and outdoor titles.     For his efforts, Healy was selected the 2015 USTFCCCA National Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year.  He became the third coach in USTFCCCA history to earn the indoor and outdoor coach of the year honors in the same season.  It marked Healy's fourth indoor (1997, 2000, 2001, 2015) and second outdoor (1998, 2015) national coach of the year honors.     Along with the two national titles, Healy led UW-La Crosse to five (1993, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2014) second-place finishes at the indoor NCAA III championships and two (1993, 1997) second-place finishes at the outdoor championships during his tenure.  The Eagles recorded 26 top-five finishes at the NCAA III Championships under Healy.  He was selected the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Indoor Coach of the Year three times (1997, 2000, 2001) and Outdoor Coach of the Year once (2014).   UW-La Crosse won 16 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) indoor titles under Healy, including 14 of the last 17.  He was named the WIAC Indoor Coach of the Year 13 times.  The Eagles won 18 outdoor conference titles under Healy, including 16 of the last 19. He was named the WIAC Outdoor Coach of the Year 11 times in his career, including the last five seasons.     A total of 463 NCAA Division III All-America honors (198 indoor; 265 outdoor) were earned under Healy.  UW-La Crosse had 18 individual and nine relay national championships in Healy's tenure.  The Eagles set 24 of 26 indoor school records under Healy and 18 of 27 outdoor records. Healy will be inducted into the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame December 14, 2016, at the USTFCCCA Convention in Orlando, Florida.  He will be the fourth UW-La Crosse coach to be inducted into the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame, joining Mark Guthire (2008), Phil Esten (2011) and Gary Wilson(2015). Healy was inducted into the UWL Wall of Fame in 2016.   The success continued on the academic side under Healy as UW-La Crosse has earned the USTFCCCA All-Academic Award all 19 seasons it has been awarded. UW-La Crosse was named the 2014-15 Scholar Team of the Year in NCAA Division III for both the indoor and outdoor seasons by the USTFCCCA.  The Eagles also won the indoor scholar team award in 2007.  The women's track & field program has averaged over a 3.30 grade point average since 1992.  The 2015-16 season marked Healy's 40th year as a track & field coach. Prior to arriving at UW-La Crosse, he coached at Southern Oregon University, serving as an assistant coach from 1986-90 and as head coach in 1990-91.  A native of Sweet Home, Oregon, Healy was an assistant coach at Western Oregon University from 1983-86 and began his coaching career at Dallas (Ore.) High School from 1976-83.  He served as UW-La Crosse's head cross country coach from 1991-2011, guiding the Eagles to 13 top-10 finishes at the NCAA III Championships.  UW-La Crosse captured four WIAC cross country titles under Healy as he was named the WIAC Coach of the Year each season.  During the 2001-02 campaign, UW-La Crosse earned top-four national trophies in the "triple crown" (cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field) for the first time since 1983-84.  The Eagles placed fourth at the NCAA III cross country championships in 2001 while finishing third at the 2002 indoor track & field championships and fourth outdoors. Healy is a 1977 graduate of Western Oregon State.  He and his wife, Melanie, and children Caitlyn, Carson and Allison reside in La Crescent, Minnesota. Pat Healy retired after his 25th season as head coach of the women's track & field squad at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2015-16.  He completed his 21st year as the Eagles' head women's cross country coach in 2011.

Nickolas Davis starts his ninth season as the UW-La Crosse head women's track & field coach in 2025-26.  He was named the 2025 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) North Region Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year after UWL swept the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles.  UWL finished third at the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships. The Eagles earned 16 All-America honors at the indoor championships, including Lauren Jarrett sweeping the 60 and 200-meter dash titles. UWL picked up 17 All-America accolades at the outdoor national meet. Jarrett won the 100 and 200-meter dash and was a member of the Eagles' national champion 4x100-meter relay with Anika Reiland, Macy Reybrock and Julie Yang.  At the 2025 WIAC Indoor Championships, UWL secured the league title as the team scored at least 10 points in 15 of 17 events. The Eagles earned at least 20 points in five events as they captured nine individual and two relay titles. UWL scored at least 10 points in 16 of 21 events in winning the 2025 WIAC outdoor championship. The Eagles scored points in all 21 events, winning nine individual and two relay titles.  UWL earned the 2025 WIAC Indoor and Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year awards. It was the Eagles' fifth straight indoor league crown and 13th consecutive outdoor championship. Davis was named the 2024 USTFCCCA North Region Indoor Coach of the Year after helping lead UWL to the WIAC title. The Eagles placed 12th at the 2024 NCAA Division III Indoor Championship. Jarrett captured the national title in the 60-meter dash while placing sixth in the 200-meter dash. Macie Todd earned All-America accolades with a fifth-place finish in the high jump.  During the 2024 outdoor season, UWL captured the WIAC title and were second at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships. The Eagles garnered 11 All-America awards at the outdoor national championships, including Jarrett who won the 100 and 200-meter dash titles. Jarrett, Taylor Molling, Reiland and Makenna Zak won the 4x100-meter relay.  Davis led UWL to a sweep of the 2023 NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships. The Eagles won the indoor championship with 59.5 team points, capturing their second (2015, 2023) indoor title in school history. UWL earned 18 NCAA III All-America honors in winning the title, including Skye Digman who captured the weight throw.  The Eagles earned their fourth (1983, 1984, 2015, 2023) NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship in 2023 with 67.5 points. UWL picked up 20 All-America accolades at the outdoor championships with Digman taking the shot put crown.  For his efforts, Davis was selected 2023 USTFCCCA National Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year and North Region Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year. Davis guided UWL to the 2023 WIAC Indoor and Outdoor titles. UWL scored a conference record 324.0 points in securing the indoor conference title, breaking the previous record of 261.0 points by UW-Oshkosh in 1996. UWL scored at least 10 points in 16 of 17 events, including over 20 points in seven events.  The team won 10 individual and one relay title.  At the 2023 WIAC Outdoor Championships, UWL finished with another league record with 363.5 points, breaking UW-Oshkosh's mark of 313.0 in 1996.  UWL scored at least 10 points in 19 of 21 events.  The Eagles secured 11 individual and two relay titles. UWL was named the 2023 WIAC Indoor and Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year.  He led UWL to a second-place finish at the 2022 NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships. The Eagles earned 16 All-America honors at each of the championships. Davis was named the 2022 USTFCCCA North Region Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year. UWL won its second consecutive WIAC indoor crown and 28th in school history. UWL finished with 244.0 team points, the most at a league championship since 1996. The Eagles won five individual and one relay title at the indoor conference championships while also recording eight second-place and seven third-place individual finishes. UWL was selected the 2022 WIAC Indoor Coaching Staff of the Year.  UWL won its 10th straight outdoor WIAC title in 2022, finishing with 293.5 team points in securing its 36th league crown in school history. The 293.5 points were the most since 1996. UWL won six individual and two relays titles at the outdoor conference championships while also recording 10 second-place and eight third-place individual finishes. The Eagles earned the 2022 WIAC Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year.  Davis led UWL to a second-place finish at the 2021 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships as the Eagles earned 17 All-America honors. It was UWL's best finish at the outdoor national championships since placing second in 1997.  Davis was voted the 2021 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Outdoor Coach of the Year after leading UWL to its ninth straight WIAC outdoor title.  The Eagles finished with 276.0 team points, the most in conference history since 1996.  UWL won seven individual and one relay title at the 2021 outdoor league championships while also recording eight second-place and nine third-place individual finishes.  UWL was selected the 2021 WIAC Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year. He has led UWL to seven (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) WIAC Outdoor Championships and six (2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) indoor titles.  Davis was named the 2018 WIAC Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year.  UWL earned the 2019 and 2021 WIAC Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year as well as the 2020 and 2021 WIAC Indoor Coaching Staff of the Year. The 2020 outdoor conference and 2021 indoor conference championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat.  UWL won the 2020 WIAC Indoor Championship, winning 10 individual league titles while recording four second-place finishes and six third-place finishes. Named the 2020 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Indoor Coach of the Year, Davis was one of three finalists for the 2020 USTFCCCA Indoor Coach of the Year.  Nickolas Davis has led UWL to 13 WIAC titles. The Eagles captured the 2019 WIAC Outdoor Championship under Davis, their eighth straight title and league-record 34th in school history.  UWL won three individual and one relay title at the 2019 outdoor championships as well as earning five second-place and seven third-place finishes as UWL was selected the WIAC Coaching Staff of the Year Award.  UWL placed second at the 2019 WIAC Indoor Championships, winning four individual and two relay titles.  The team also recorded four second-place and three third-place finishes.  UWL tied for 11th at the 2019 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships.  The 2020 and 2021 indoor and 2020 outdoor national championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat.  The Eagles have earned 168 All-America honors under Davis, including 79 indoor and 89 outdoor. Davis led UWL to a sweep of the 2018 WIAC Indoor and Outdoor Championships in his first season as head coach.  It marked UWL's sixth straight indoor conference title and league-record 26th in school history. The Eagles recorded top-three finishes in 12 of the 17 championship events, including four titles.  UWL had seven second-place finishes and five third-place finishes.  UWL recorded top-three finishes in 10 of the 21 championship events, including five first-place finishes, at the conference outdoor meet in 2018. The Eagles had five second-place and five third-place finishes.   He served four seasons as assistant men's and women's track & field coach (vertical and horizontal jumps) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Davis was also an instructor in the physical education department at MIT from 2013-14. MIT earned the 2015 USTFCCCA Division III Women's Program of the Year Award.  The women's squad placed fourth at the 2015 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships and fifth in 2016 and 2017.  MIT was fifth at the 2015 outdoor national championships.  The Engineers captured three (2015, 2016, 2017) New England Division III Women's Indoor Championships and four (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) outdoor crowns. The MIT men's track & field squad has won three (2014, 2015, 2016) New England Division III Indoor Championships and four (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) outdoor titles. Named the 2015 USTFCCCA New England Region Men's Assistant Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2016, Davis has coached five USTFCCCA All-Americas at MIT, four College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americans®, seven NCAA Division III Indoor qualifiers and 11 NCAA Division III Outdoor qualifiers.  Two of his student-athletes have earned USTFCCCA Regional Field Athletes of the Year and two New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Field Athlete and Rookie of the Year honors.  MIT has had eight New England Division III individual champions and nine NEWMAC champions under Davis. He served as a physical education instructor at MIT, teaching activity courses for the general student body while developing curriculum for the Fitness and Stress Management course.  Davis was a Mentor in the MIT Department of Athletics, Physical Education & Recreation (DAPER) Staff Mentoring Program. Prior to arriving at MIT, Davis was the assistant men's and women's track & field and cross country coach at Marquette University (Wis.) from 2009-13.  He coached a 2010 NCAA Division I Indoor Championship Provisional Qualifier while at Marquette (Wis.) as well as five preliminary round qualifiers for the NCAA I Outdoor Championships.  The Golden Eagles set 10 school records under Davis while recording 40 top-10 indoor and 34 top-10 outdoor performances on the school's all-time list. He was an associate lecturer in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette (Wis.). A native of Racine, Wisconsin, Davis earned his bachelor's (2004) and master's (2007) degrees in Kinesiology from UW-Milwaukee.  A 10-time Horizon League individual champion in the high jump and javelin at UW-Milwaukee, Davis was named the 2004 Horizon League Athlete of the Year.  He was a four-time NCAA Division I Midwest Regional Qualifier in the high jump and javelin for the Panthers while setting the school record in the high jump (indoor and outdoor) and javelin. Davis was inducted into the UW-Milwaukee Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015. He was an associate lecturer in the UW-Milwaukee Department of Human Movement Sciences from 2008-11.  A member of the USTFCCCA, Davis has published five original research papers.

Derek Stanley begins his 12th season as the head coach of the UW-La Crosse women’s and men’s cross country teams in 2023.  Along with serving as the head cross country coach, Stanley is an assistant coach for the Eagles' women’s and men’s track & field squads.  The men's cross country team, winners of a league-best 37 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championships, have captured the league title seven times (2012-13, 2017-19, 2021-22) under Stanley. A total of 65 All-WIAC men's cross country honors have been earned under Stanley at UWL, including 20 first team selections and 30 second team choices. The Eagles had five runners in the top-10 at the 2012 league championships, four in the top-11 in 2013, six in the top-12 in 2017, four in the top-10 in 2018, six in the top-11, five in the top-nine and seven in the top-13 in 2022 in winning the WIAC title each year.    Stanley was named the 2013 and 2017 WIAC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year.  UWL also earned the 2018 and 2022 WIAC Coaching Staff of the Year Award.  UWL had eight runners finish in the top-24 at the 2014 conference championships as the team placed second.  The Eagles placed second at the league meet in 2015 as seven runners finished in the top-26 while the team finished second in 2016 with six runners in the top-16. The Eagles have recorded top-four finishes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championships in five different seasons under Stanley, placing second in 2017, third in 2013, 2014 and 2018 and fourth in 2012.  Fourteen NCAA III All-America accolades have been earned under Stanley's tutelage with Josh Kaul (24th-place) and Josh Dedering (30th) picking up honors in 2012, Alex Ciesielski (8th) and Jonah Weisse (33rd) in 2014; Josh Schraeder (20th) and Thomas Schultz (29th) in 2017; Schraeder (4th), Schultz (14th) and Tyler Nault (30th) in 2018, Schraeder (5th) and Nault (8th) in 2019, Ethan Gregg (11th) in 2021 and Gregg (4th) and Isaac Wegner (12th) in 2022.  With Schraeder finishing fifth and Nault eighth in 2019, it marked the first time since 2001 that UWL had a pair of top-10 individual finishes at the same meet with Tyler Foos placing third and Ross Substad seventh. Schraeder (2019) was named the WIAC Athlete of the Year. Michael Villa (2019) and Aidan Matthai (2022) have been selected the WIAC Newcomer of the Year. The Eagles finished ninth nationally in 2015, sixth in 2016, seventh in 2019, 10th in 2021 and eighth in 2022.  UWL has won three NCAA III titles (1996, 2001, 2005).  The UWL women's cross country squad has won five WIAC Championships under Stanley (2013-14, 2016, 2021-22) while also finishing second on five occasions (2012, 2015, 2017-19).  A total of 66 All-WIAC cross country honors have been earned under Stanley, including 28 first team selections and 19 second team choices. The Eagles had five of the top-10 finishers in winning the 2022 WIAC title and seven of the top-14 runners in winning the 2021 league title, including four in the top-seven. UWL had eight runners finish in the top-14, including three in the top-four, in winning the 2016 WIAC Championship.  UWL had 10 runners in the top-29 at the conference meet in 2015 with eight runners finishing in the top-19 at the 2014 championships. The team had nine of the top-16 runners at the 2019 WIAC Championships. Four runners finished in the top-nine at the 2013 WIAC Championships and five in the top-12 at the 2014 league meet as UWL recorded its fourth back-to-back conference crowns in school history and first since 2005-06.  Four runners finished in the top-20 at the 2012 WIAC Championships as the Eagles placed second.  Twelve runners placed in the top-36 at the 2017 league meet and 12 in the top-39 in 2018.  Maddie Hannan won the WIAC individual title in 2022, becoming the eighth runner in school history to win the league title and first since Hannah Beilke in 2018. Laura Mead won the conference crown in 2013 and 2014, one of seven runners in WIAC history to capture back-to-back titles.  She is the second runner in school history to win back-to-back crowns joining Tori Neubauer (1982, 1983).  Mead, Neubauer and Julia Rudd (2002, 2005) are the only runners in UWL history to capture two individual conference titles. Mead (2013, 2014), Elizabeth Frick (2016), Beilke (2018) and Hannan (2022) have been named the WIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year under Stanley. Hannan (2019), Jenna Lovejoy (2021) and Mackenzie Hill (2022) were selected the WIAC Newcomer of the Year. UWL placed sixth at the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championships under Stanley, the team's best finish since a fourth-place showing in 2005.  Frick earned All-America honors with a 21st-place overall finish. It was UWL's fourth-best individual finish since 2000. The Eagles were ninth at the 2018 NCAA III Championships as Sadie Kroll (12th-place) and Beilke (18th) each earned All-America honors. It marked the first time since 2005 that UWL had a pair of All-America honors when Rudd placed second and Kristen Painter 35th. UWL placed 17th at the 2017 NCAA III Championships with Kroll earning All-America honors with a 33rd-place overall finish. The Eagles finished 12th at the 2015 national championships as Kaitlyn McDaniel earned All-America honors with a 33rd-place overall finish.  UWL was 13th at the 2014 NCAA III Championships as Mead earned All-America accolades with a 10th-place finish.  She became the first runner to place in the top-10 since Stephanie Perleberg finished seventh in 2009.  The Eagles finished 11th in 2021, 19th in 2013 and 2019 and 25th in 2012 at the national championships under Stanley. UWL were 15th at the 2022 NCAA III Championships with Hannan earning All-America honors with a 20th-place finish.  Both cross country squads earned the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Scholar Team Award in Stanley's first five seasons at the helm of the program. Stanley was an assistant men’s cross country coach and assistant women’s and men’s track & field coach UWL in 2011-12 before being named head cross country coach. Prior to coming to UWL, Stanley was the head coach of the women’s and men’s cross country and track & field programs at Marietta College (Ohio), a position he held from 2004 to 2011.  Stanley took the reins of a program near the bottom of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) and moved it progressively higher.  The women’s cross country team finished last at the OAC Championships in Stanley’s first year, but improved to fifth by 2008. The Pioneer women also recorded three sixth-place showings (2006, 2007, 2009) under Stanley.    On the men’s side, the team improved from a ninth-place finish at the OAC Championships during Stanley’s first year to consecutive sixth-place finishes during his last two years.  During Stanley’s tenure at Marietta (Ohio), the cross country teams earned nine All-OAC and two all-region honors.  The women’s squad earned the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Academic All-America award for eight straight years while the men’s team earned the honor in 2010.   While at Marietta (Ohio), Stanley also built a solid record as the head coach of the Pioneers’ track & field programs.  He was named the USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Women’s Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year in 2009.  He was also selected the USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year in 2010. Marietta’s (Ohio) women’s coaching staff was named the 2010 OAC Indoor Track & Field Staff of the Year.  The track & field programs fielded 98 all-conference athletes under Stanley’s tutelage, including 26 conference champions.  Marietta (Ohio) also had 23 NCAA Division III qualifiers and five All-Americas.   Stanley recruited and coached Caleb Muller at Marietta (Ohio), a national qualifier in the 10,000-meters at the outdoor national championships.  Muller competed at the 2010 NCAA III Cross Country Championships under Stanley, Marietta’s first national qualifier in 30 years.  He was also a national qualifier in 2011.  Muller became the first male in school history to win an OAC cross country title in 2011.   Before becoming head coach at Marietta (Ohio), Stanley was the head women’s and men’s cross country and track & field coach at Bluffton University (Ohio) from 2001 to 2003.  He also served as the head men’s cross country and assistant men’s track & field coach at Tiffin University (Ohio) from 1999-2001.  Stanley earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing from Tiffin (Ohio) in 1999.  Later, in 2002, he obtained his master’s of education from Bowling Green State University (Ohio).

Doug Geiwitz begins his 29th year as an assistant coach for the UW-La Crosse men's track & field team in 2025-26. He also starts his 18th season as a member of UWL's women's track & field staff.  Geiwitz is credited with coaching Hans Schmidt, a five-time national pole vault champion (three outdoor; two indoor) and six-time NCAA III All-America. Geiwitz has coached 35 other All-Americas at UWL. A 1991 graduate of UWL, Geiwitz was a two-time NCAA III All-America in the pole vault for the Eagles.  He was the 1990 outdoor national champion and third at the 1990 indoor meet. He retired from teaching science at Sparta (Wis.) High School after 25 years. Geiwitz also acted as a technology mentor for the district. Prior to teaching in Sparta, Geiwitz taught for five years at Beloit (Wis.) Memorial High School.

Banashak begins his third year as an assistant women's track and field coach at UW-La Crosse in 2014-15.  Prior to coaching at UW-L, Banashak was an assistant coach working with the throwers at La Crosse (Wis.) Logan High School from 2009-12. In his first season at UW-L, he had one national qualifier in the hammer throw. Banashak, a graduate of UW-L, was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III All-America in the hammer throw in 1995 (fourth-place). He won Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles in the weight throw (1994, 1995) and hammer throw (1995). Banashak currently teaches special education at Logan High School. Prior to teaching at Logan, he taught for nine years at De Soto (Wis.) High School where he also served as the head track and field coach. Saul Banashak Assistant Women's Track & Field Coach Twitter: Saul Banashak begins his third year as an assistant women's track and field coach at UW-La Crosse in 2014-15.  Prior to coaching at UW-L, Banashak was an assistant coach working with the throwers at La Crosse (Wis.) Logan High School from 2009-12. In his first season at UW-L, he had one national qualifier in the hammer throw. Banashak, a graduate of UW-L, was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III All-America in the hammer throw in 1995 (fourth-place). He won Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles in the weight throw (1994, 1995) and hammer throw (1995). Banashak currently teaches special education at Logan High School. Prior to teaching at Logan, he taught for nine years at De Soto (Wis.) High School where he also served as the head track and field coach.