University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

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Notre Dame
Location South Bend, IN
Conference Big East
Nickname Fighting Irish
Head Coach Joe Piane
Men's Asst. John Millar Assoc Track Coach; Adam Beltran, Jim Garnham
Women's Coach Tim Connelly Head Women's XC
Women's Asst. Tim Connelly, Amy Henry
2291938.jpeg Jim Garnham joins the Irish staff after a three-year stint as the field events coach at the University of Tulsa. During his tenure, he coached an NCAA qualifier in the shot put, a USATF Indoor shot put qualifier, 17 NCAA Mid-West Regional qualifiers, four Conference USA champions and 20 all-C-USA athletes. His student-athletes also set 18 school records at Tulsa.

Prior to Tulsa, Garnham served five years as an assistant track and field coach at the University at Buffalo, where he worked with multi-event athletes, javelin throwers and hurdlers. He coached a USATF Indoor heptathlon qualifier, a Canadian Olympic trials qualifier in the women's heptathlon, two NCAA qualifiers, four NCAA East Regional qualifiers and five Mid-American Conference champions. Garnham earned his bachelor's degree in history from Kent State University in 1998.[1]

On October 24, 2008, sprint and hurdler coach John Millar was promoted to Associate Head Track coach after 18 seasons at Notre Dame.[2]

The Notre Dame men's cross country team finished 19th at the 2008 NCAA Championships behind the 10th-place finish of senior Patrick Smyth. Smyth earned his third cross country All-America honor with a time of 29:48.[3]

Notable runners

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Senior Patrick Smyth earned his third cross country All-America honor with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships.

External links

References

  1. http://und.cstv.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/091508aab.html Retrieved 2008-09-25
  2. http://und.cstv.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/102408aaa.html Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  3. http://und.cstv.com/sports/c-xc/recaps/112408aah.html Retrieved 2009-01-03.