Washington University in St. Louis Men's Track

Stiles' teams have combined to win 17 University Athletic Associaton (UAA) titles. The men's track & field team has won six UAA indoor titles and six UAA outdoor championships during Stiles' tenure. In seven seasons, the women's track & field team has won two UAA indoor and two UAA outdoor championships. For his efforts, Stiles has received UAA Cross Country Coaching Staff of the Year honors 16 times, and UAA Track & Field Coaching Staff of the Year accolades for all 19 of the Bears' indoor and outdoor conference titles won in his eight years. Stiles led the cross country and track & field teams to one of the most successful seasons in school history in 2011-12, highlighted by the women's cross country team winning its first national championship in school history. The Bears had all five of their point-scorers finish in the top-40, including four who raced to All-America honors. After leading his team to the title, Stiles was selected as the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country National Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). WashU was also recognized as the USTFCCCA Women's Division III Cross Country Scholar Team of the Year. The WashU men's cross country team also earned a spot on the awards podium at the 2011 NCAA Championships, finishing in third place, which was the program's highest finish in school history. Two individuals earned All-America honors for WashU at the meet. It marked the third year in a row the Bears placed both teams in the top-10 at the NCAA Championships. The success continued into the track & field seasons, where the WashU women recorded a third-place finish at the 2012 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships, equaling the highest finish in school history. In addition, Tyler Jackson became the first men's track & field athlete in school history to win an indoor national championship as he raced to victory in the 60-meter hurdles. Overall, the Bears finished with five individual All-Americans and a national runner-up finish in the women's distance medley relay at the Indoor Championships. At the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships, WashU had five student-athletes earn seven All-America honors. The women's team posted its second-highest finish in school history, tying for sixth place. In 2015-16 the WashU women's cross country and track & field program was named the Deb Vercauteren NCAA Division III Women's Program of the Year by the USTFCCCA. The Bears finished with 11 points after a fifth-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Cross Country Championships and third-place finishes at the 2016 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Stiles led WashU to another successful year in 2014-15. The men's and women's cross country teams swept the UAA titles for the fourth time in school history. Both teams went on to finish fourth at the NCAA Championships, making the Bears the only Division III program to have both its men's and women's teams make the podium that year. Lucy Cheadle finished as the women's national runner-up, becoming just the 13th runner in Division III women's cross country history to race to All-America honors all four years. Drew Padgett finished sixth overall to become the third individual in men's cross country history to finish in the top-10, while Josh Clark also earned All-America honors by finishing 21st. The WashU men won the 2015 UAA indoor track & field title for the fifth time in six years. The Bears had both the men's and women's distance medley relays earn All-America honors at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships, and Lucy Cheadle won the second national title of her career by finishing first in the 5,000. The outdoor season brought even more success, culminating in a third-place team finish for the WashU women at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Bears had six All-America finishes, including Cheadle repeating as the national champion in the 3,000 steeplechase, en route to the highest team finish in school history. The WashU men also had two All-Americans - Josh Clark (1,500) and Drew Padgett (5,000). Clark joined Padgett as two of just four men's individuals in school history to earn All-America honors in cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field in the same season. In 2013-14, the Bears had another outstanding season across the board. The men's cross country team won the UAA title for the fourth year in a row, and the Bears had the top runners in both the men's and women's races for the second straight year. The men's cross country team went on to finish fourth at the NCAA Championships, including All-America finishes for Kevin Sparks and Drew Padgett, the program's second-highest finish in school history. The women's cross country team also qualified for the NCAA Championships, and Lucy Cheadle raced to her third straight All-America finish by placing fifth overall. The 2013-14 indoor track & field season saw the men's program win the UAA Championship for the fourth time in Stiles' six years. The Bears posted four All-America finishes at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, with the women finishing 20th and the men tying for 58th. The outdoor track & field season proved to be one of the most successful in school history. After both teams swept the UAA titles, the Bears sent 14 student-athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Anna Etherington (pole vault) and Lucy Cheadle (3,000 steeplechase) became the third and fourth, respectively, national champions in Stiles' six years as head coach. In addition, Drew Padgett raced to All-America honors in both the 5,000 and 10,000, becoming just the second men's athlete in school history to earn All-America honors in cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field in the same year. Deko Ricketts and Emily Warner added All-America honors in the men's and women's 800, respectively. The WashU women tied for sixth in the team standings, equaling the second-highest finish in school history, while the men finished tied for 18th. In 2012-13, the WashU men's cross country team posted its third-highest finish in school history - fifth place - at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, led by Kevin Sparks' fourth-place finish. Sparks' fourth-place showing marked the highest individual finish in WashU men's cross country history, and made him just the third runner in school history to finish in the top-10. The WashU women posted a sixth-place finish at the 2013 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, after the four qualifiers earned All-America honors in all five events in which they competed. During the outdoor track & field season, Stiles and his assistant coaches were named the UAA Men's Outdoor Track & Field Coaching Staff of the Year for the fourth year in a row after leading the Bears to their fifth straight team title. In 14 seasons, Stiles has coached 28 student-athletes to cross country All-America honors. In just seven seasons at the helm of the men's and women's track & field programs, Stiles has coached 63 individuals and seven relay teams to All-America finishes, including six individual national champions. Stiles' teams have also excelled in the classroom, producing 16 Academic All-Americans. Elizabeth Phillips, the first three-time NCAA Elite 89 Award winner in the history of the award, was also named the 2012 Division III Women's Cross Country/Track& Field Academic All-America of the Year, as well as the 2012-13 NCAA Woman of the Year. Lucy Cheadle was selected as the 2015 Division III Women's Cross Country/Track & Field Academic All-America of the Year, while also earning an NCAA Today's Top 10 Award and being a Top-30 Finalist for the 2014-15 NCAA Woman of the Year. The Bears also excelled in the UAA in 2011-12, winning team titles in men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track & field, and men's outdoor track & field. Stiles and his assistant coaches earned UAA Coaching Staff of the Year honors for each of those titles. In 2010-11, WashU swept the UAA men's and women's cross country titles, while the women's team went on to finish as the national runner-up at the NCAA Division III Championships with the men finishing ninth. The men's track & field team swept the UAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships and finished a program-best eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships and fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2011. As a result, WashU finished second in the USTFCCCA Al Carius NCAA Division III Program of the Year standings. Stiles garnered UAA men's and women's cross country and men's indoor and outdoor track & field Coach of the Year honors. The 2008-09 academic year marked Stiles' first as the head cross country and track & field coach. The WashU women's track & field team won the UAA Indoor Championship, and the men's and women's squads each captured the team title at the conference's outdoor meet. The WashU women went on to place fifth at the 2009 NCAA Division III Championships, marking the highest finish at the NCAA Outdoor meet in school history. Both the WashU men's and women's cross country squads placed in the top-10 at the 2009 NCAA Division III Championships, marking the first time in school history both teams accomplished the feat. The WashU men placed seventh and the women's team came in 10th, also winning the UAA title, the 10th in school history. The women's team captured the UAA title, won the first Midwest Regional Championship in school history and finished a then program-best fourth place at the NCAA Championships in 2002. In 2001, the men's squad captured its third consecutive UAA Championship while the women placed third. In 2003, Stiles led the Bears men's and women's cross country squads to the UAA Championship, marking the first time in school history that both teams won the conference title the same year. Stiles mentored the WashU women to third place in the NCAA in 2004. Besides their NCAA success, the women also won the UAA title for the third straight year, while Maggie Grabow notched her second straight individual 6K title. On the men's side, WashU finished second at the conference meet, and Greg Reindl individually qualified for the NCAA Championships. The 2005 season brought another third-place NCAA finish for the women's cross country team and the Bears' fourth straight UAA championship. In 2006, the women, who won their second straight Midwest Region title, placed fourth at nationals for their fourth top-four finish in five seasons. Meanwhile, the men continued their ascent in Division III, qualifying for the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1997 and fourth time overall. For the team's efforts, Stiles was named the Midwest Region Men's Coach of the Year. In 2007, the women's cross country team finished third in the NCAA Championship meet for the third time in school history, and won its ninth UAA title. Although the third-place finish at the national championship meet tied an all-time best, WashU had three runners earn All-America honors - Tricia Frisella, Tyler Mulkin and Kate Pentak - setting a program record at the time for most All-Americans at one national championship. Stiles, a 1999 graduate of North Central College in Naperville, Ill., came to WashU from Southwest Missouri State University where he served as the assistant cross country and track & field coach for two years. During his two seasons, the women's track & field squad captured a third consecutive indoor conference championship and its first outdoor conference title. Prior to his work at Southwest Missouri State, Stiles put together a remarkable career during his four years at North Central. A member of both the cross country and track & field teams, he qualified for eight NCAA Championship meets and earned All-America honors six times. Stiles also captained the 1997 cross country squad and the 1998 outdoor track & field team to national championships. He excelled in the classroom as well, earning Academic All-America honors three times, while being named to the Dean's List on five occasions. Stiles graduated from North Central in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and earned his master's degree in secondary education from Southwest Missouri State in August 2001. He and his wife, Heather, have three children: Anya, Kiera and Micah.

Blake was named a full-time assistant coach for the track & field teams and sports performance staff at Washington University in St. Louis. She added duties as an assistant cross country coach in 2016. The track & field programs performed well during the 2015-16 campaign. The WashU men and women won both indoor and outdoor UAA conference meets and placed in the top 10 at the NCAA DIII Indoor National Championships. The women's outdoor track & field team had eight All-America finishes in 2016, finishing in third place at the NCAA Championships. Blake is a 2011 graduate of WashU and former member of both the track & field and cross country teams. She returned to her alma mater after coaching at both the high school and collegiate levels upon her graduation. Between graduating from WashU and coaching the Bears, Blake served as an assistant coach for both cross country and track & field at Occidental College in Los Angeles (2011-13), the head cross country coach and assistant track & field coach at Sacred Heart High School in Los Angeles (2011-12), and spent two years as the head coach for cross country and track & field at Fontbonne University (2013-2015). Blake served as the assistant cross country and track & field coach at Occidental College, a Division III program that is a member of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). While at Occidental, Blake worked primarily with middle-distance runners and coached four all-conference finishers and one conference champion.  During her time at Occidental, Blake also helped Sacred Heart to first place in the cross country league championships in 2012, and in the track & field league championships in 2012 & 2013. At Fontbonne, Blake expanded the program to include more sprints, hurdles and field events from what was previously a distance-oriented program. While at the helm, Blake saw her team break or establish seven school records and put 11 marks in the top-five all-time for the program during the 2014 Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field seasons. In 2015, the team broke 18 school records during indoor and outdoor seasons. As part of the Bears staff, Blake mainly coaches the sprinters, but works with other event groups as well. She also serves a primary recruiting coordinator for track and field. In addition to her other duties, Blake will serve as a sports performance coach, joining the staff of the head sports performance coach, Terry ONeill. Blake graduated from WashU with a degree in biology and from Concordia University Irvine with a Masters in Coaching and Athletic Administration.  She is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and holds a USTFCCA Endurance Specialist Certification. A member of both the cross country and track & field teams at WashU, Blake served as a team captain for both sports. In 2008, she was an All-American in the distance medley relay during the indoor season and a runner-up in the UAA indoor mile in 2008 and in the outdoor 800 in 2010. Blake was also a two-time UAA Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete, earning the award in 2009 and 2010, and a USTFCCCA Track and Field Academic All-American in 2008 and 2010. Blake is married to 2011 WashU grad and fellow track team member Kwin Keuter.

Lohr has coached a pair of NCAA Division III National Champions in the womens pole vault Morgen Leonard-Fleckman (2008 Indoor) and Anna Etherington (2014 Outdoor). Most recently in 2016 he coached Daisy Ogede to an indoor National Championship in the 200 sprint. He also helped mentor two mens hurdlers to national championships Dan Davis (2011 Outdoor, 110 hurdles) and Tyler Jackson (2012 Indoor, 60 hurdles). Lohr has coached the Bears to 49 individual All-America finishes during the indoor and outdoor seasons. Lohr was named the NCAA Division III Mens Midwest Region Outdoor Assistant Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) in 2009 and again in 2014. He has also been part of the WashU staff that has received University Athletic Association (UAA) Coaching Staff of the Year honors 15 times since 2009. Lohr's 2016 season was highlighted by Daisy Ogede's first place finish in the 200 sprint at the Indoor National Championships and Rebecca Ridderhoff and Kelli Hancock's three, four finish in the 400 hurdles during the Outdoor National Championships. Both Ridderhoff and Hancock ran at a pace below the all-time school record. Ogede, Hancock and Ridderhoff also combined to receive multiple All-America honors. All three received honors as a relay team during the indoor 1,600, in addition to outdoor All-America honors in the 4x100 (Ogede, Hancock) and 4x400 (Hancock, Ridderhoff).  Lohr mentored sophomore Daisy Ogede to runner-up finishes in the 100 and 200 at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Junior Emily Warner also earned All-America honors with an eighth-place finish in the 400, and the women's 1,600 relay team raced to a third-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, becoming just the second 1,600 relay in school history to earn All-America honors. As a team, the WashU women finished third at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, the highest finish in program history. In 2014, Lohr had four individuals qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the pole vault (two men, two women), including guiding Anna Etherington to the womens national title with the fourth-highest vault in NCAA Division III history (4.15m). The WashU track & field teams won three of four UAA titles in 2014 mens indoor and outdoor, womens outdoor with the Bears coaches earning conference Coach of the Year honors for each of the three championships. The WashU women finished tied for sixth at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships and 20 at the Indoor Championships, while the men were tied for 18 outdoors and tied for 58 indoors. The WashU men's and women's teams swept the UAA Outdoor Championships for the third time in school history in 2009. The WU women's team went on to place fifth at the 2009 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships, achieving the highest finish in school history at the time. Under Lohr's tutelage, the WashU women's team also won the 2009 UAA Indoor Track and Field Championship, and the WU men's and women's teams combined to boast 15 All-America performances at the 2009 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championship meets. The 2012 season saw the WashU women place third at the NCAA Indoor Championships, tied for the highest finish in school history. Overall, the Bears combined to post 13 All-America finishes at the 2012 Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Tyler Jacksons national title in the men's 60-meter hurdles made him the first Washington University men's track & field athlete in school history to win an indoor national championship. Lohr also coached Anna Etherington to fourth-place finishes in the women's pole vault at both the Indoor and Outdoor Championships. During the 2013 seasons, Lohr mentored Etherington to a tie for fourth at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships and a runner-up finish at the Outdoor Championships. In 2011, the men's track & field program recorded the highest team finishes in school history at the NCAA Indoor (eighth) and Outdoor (fourth) Championships. The Bears boasted five All-Americans at the NCAA Outdoor meet, including a third-place showing in the decathlon by Ben Harmon and a national championship for Dan Davis in the 110-meter hurdles. The Washington University men's track & field team swept the UAA indoor and outdoor championships in 2010, 2011 and again in 2012, which brought UAA Men's Coaching Staff of the Year accolades to Washington University following each conference championship. The WashU coaches were also named the UAA Men's Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year after the Bears won their fifth straight title in 2013. In addition, they received UAA Women's Coaching Staff of the Year honors after WU swept the 2009 indoor and outdoor conference championships, and again when they won the 2012 UAA indoor title. Prior to being named the full-time assistant track & field coach, Lohr spent two seasons as the Bears' pole vault coach. In that role, he mentored four different vaulters to seven of eight possible UAA titles. Lohr coached Morgen Leonard-Fleckman to the 2008 NCAA Indoor National Championship in the pole vault, and another All-America finish at the 2008 outdoor championships. Before coming to Washington University, Lohr spent three years (2004-06) as the head track & field coach at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. He led the Lions to a pair of men's NAIA indoor national championships, winning titles in 2005 and 2006. Racking up accolades as the Lindenwood head coach, Lohr was named the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) Coach of the Year in 2004, the NAIA National Coach of the Year in 2005, and the NAIA Regional Coach of the Year in 2006. Prior to his time at Lindenwood, Lohr was the head track & field coach and assistant football coach at MICDS in St. Louis, and he was an assistant track & field coach at his alma mater, the University of Illinois, from 1989-90. As a student-athlete at Illinois, Lohr was a three-time NCAA runner-up in the pole vault, a five-time All-America honoree, and he won four individual Big Ten championships. He was also a seven-time United States Track & Field finalist, and twice qualified to compete in the Olympic Trial finals.