Washington University in St. Louis Women's Track

CROSS COUNTRY UAA Men NCAA Men UAA Women NCAA Women 2001 1st -- 3rd 19th 2002 3rd -- 1st 4th 2003 1st -- 1st -- 2004 2nd -- 1st 3rd 2005 4th -- 1st 3rd 2006 2nd 25th 2nd 4th 2007 6th -- 1st 3rd 2008 7th -- 2nd 12th 2009 4th 7th 1st 10th 2010 1st 9th 1st 2nd 2011 1st 3rd 1st 1st 2012 1st 5th 4th -- 2013 1st 4th 4th 21st 2014 1st 4th 1st 4th 2015 2nd 16th 1st 5th 2016 T-1st  4th  1st  2nd 2017 1st 5th 1st 3rd 2018 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2019 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 2020 - - - - 2021 2nd 7th 1st 5th 2022 5th 18th 2nd 6th 2023     2nd 17th 3rd 13th 2024 3rd 15th 3rd 10th INDOOR T&F UAA Men NCAA Men UAA Women NCAA Women 2009 4th T-32nd 1st T-54th 2010 1st T-43rd 3rd -- 2011 1st 8th 2nd T-27th 2012 1st T-18th 1st 3rd 2013 3rd -- 2nd 6th 2014 1st T-58th 3rd 20th 2015 1st  T-45th 2nd 12th 2016  1st 9th 1st 3rd 2017 4th 17th 1st 1st 2018  1st T-30th 2nd T-4th 2019 2nd 5th 1st 2nd 2020 1st - 1st - 2021 - - - - 2022 1st 1st 1st 5th 2023 1st T-42nd 1st 2nd 2024     4th T-43rd 1st 2nd 2025 4th 20th 1st 2nd OUTDOOR T&F UAA Men NCAA Men UAA Women NCAA Women 2009 1st T-44th 1st 5th 2010 1st T-74th 3rd T-67th 2011 1st 4th 2nd T-37th 2012 1st T-77th 2nd T-6th 2013 1st -- 2nd 12th 2014 1st T-18th 1st T-6th 2015 2nd 12th 2nd 3rd 2016 1st -- 1st 3rd 2017 2nd 9th 1st 1st 2018 1st T-38th 1st 3rd 2019 1st 10th 1st  2nd 2020 - - - - 2021 - 16th - - 2022 1st 20th 1st T-3rd 2023 1st - 1st 3rd 2024 4th T-35th 1st 1st 2025 4th 11th 1st 2nd Jeff Stiles enters his 25th season as the head coach of the Washington University in St. Louis men's and women's cross country programs, and his 18th as the head coach of the Bears' men's and women's track & field programs in 2025-26. Stiles has led WashU to become a nationally competitive program throughout the entire academic year, including the men's program's first ever indoor co-national championship in 2022. The 2018 season in which the Bears women won the Deb Vercauteren Program of the Year award from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the fourth consecutive year. WashU captured its second national title in cross country in addition to a pair of runner-up finishes during the indoor and outdoor track & field national championships. The four-straight Deb Vercauteren awards are the most consecutive honors received by a program in the history of the USTFCCCA accolade. Previously, he led the WashU women’s teams to first national titles in program history in cross country (2011), indoor track & field (2017) and outdoor track & field (2017), while guiding the men to program best placements in cross country (2018-second), indoor track & field (2019-fifth) and outdoor track & field (2011-fourth). WashU’s national success has led to National Coach of the Year honors for Stiles in cross country (women 2011 and 2018), indoor track & field (women 2017, men 2022, women 2026) and outdoor track & field (women 2017, women 2024) by the USTFCCCA. In addition, Stiles has earned eight Midwest Region Cross Country Coach of the Year honors, 20 combined UAA XC Coaching Staff of the Year accolades and 29 combined UAA T&F Coaching Staff of the Year honors. The Bears women were named the 2017 Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Scholar Team of the Year and the 2022 Indoor men earned its first ever Scholar Team of the Year honors.  CROSS COUNTRY In his 25 seasons at the helm of WashU cross country, Stiles' teams have combined to win 25 University Athletic Association (UAA) titles. He helped guide Bears to 56 All-American finishes. The WashU women earned top-four finishes in six consecutive seasons, including a fifth place finish in 2021 at nationals,  while the men have 11-straight top-20 placements with a school record second place finish in 2018 and have eight, top-5 NCAA team finishes. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Stiles took over the track & field program 17 years ago and has guided WashU to 20 UAA indoor titles, 10 by the men and 10 by the women. The WashU women have scored points nationally in every season but Stile’s first year leading the Bears, including 44 points to win the 2017 DIII National Championship and 71 to win the 2024 DIII National Championship. The men’s program won its first ever co-national championship in 2022 and has placed in the top-10 four times at nationals while accumulating 45 All-American finishes. The women’s team has totaled 73 All-America honors. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD The women’s outdoor program has scored points every single year with Stiles leading the charge, which culminated in a national title in 2017 and again in 2024. The women have earned trophies in four consecutive years while there have been 150 All-American finishes in his tenure. The men and women have combined for 21 UAA titles, led by 11 from the men. The men have had three top-10 finishes under Stiles at nationals with 45 All-America finishes. PERSONAL 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. The five-time All-American was named to the North Central College Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Stiles and his wife, Heather, have three children: Anya, Kiera and Micah. Cross Country Highlights Nationals Women Two-time NCAA Division III Cross Country National Champions (2011, 2018) Elected the NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country National Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2018 by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Scholar Team of the Year in 2011 Three runner-up finishes – 2010, 2016 and 2019 Eight Midwest Region Coach of the Year Awards: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 A total of 39 All-American finishes individually Men Placed second in 2018, a program record Placed third in 2011 23 All-American finishes individually  UAA Women 15 UAA Titles: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 12 UAA Individual Titles: Maggie Grabow (2003, 2004), Beth Herndon (2005, 2006), Taryn Surtees (2008, 2009), Erica Jackey (2011), Lucy Cheadle (2012, 2013, 2014), Aly Wayne (2016), Paige Lawler (2018, 2019) 15 UAA Coaching Staff of the Year: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 10 Rookies of the Year Men 10 UAA Titles: 2001, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 (Co), 2017, 2018 Eight UAA Individual Titles: Michael Burnstein (2010, 2011), Kevin Sparks (2012), Drew Padgett (2013), Josh Clark (2015), David O’Gara (2016, 2017), Brad Hodkinson (2018) Eight UAA Coaching Staff of the Year: 2001, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 Five Rookies of the Year Track & Field Highlights Nationals Women Deb Vercauteren Cross Country and Track & Field Program of the Year: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2022-23, 2023-24 2017 NCAA Division III Indoor T&F National Champions 2017 NCAA Division III Outdoor T&F National Champions 2024 NCAA Division III Outdoor T&F National Champions 2017 USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor T&F Scholar Team of the Year 23 Event National Championships 297 All-Americans 42 College Sports Communicators Academic All-Americans Men 10 National Championships 2022 Co-National Champions 2022 National Scholar Team of the Year 118 All-Americans 25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-Americans UAA Women Indoor Titles: 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Outdoor Titles: 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Indoor Coaching Staff of the Year: 2009, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year: 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Men Indoor Titles: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 Outdoor Titles: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 Indoor Coaching Staff of the Year: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 Updated July 2025

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.