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Utah Cross Country/Track & Field Hires Kelsey Quinn as Assistant Coach
9/16/2019 12:54 PM | Cross Country, Track & Field
Quinn to bring championship experience and a versatile coaching style to the Utes.
SALT LAKE CITY – University of Utah cross country/track and field head coach Kyle Kepler has announced the hiring of Kelsey Quinn to serve as an assistant coach for both programs. Quinn will assume assistant coaching duties for the Utes immediately.
"We are really excited to add Kelsey Quinn to our staff," Kepler said. "She really stood out in the search process. Her event knowledge, physiology background, and ability to relate to the student-athletes was very evident. She is a tireless recruiter who will identify and bring to campus the student-athletes who will be committed to our program and the university as a whole."
Kepler continued, "She has very high energy and is a very positive person in general, but more specifically is somebody that I think can add to what we have built here. Kelsey can continue to help us raise the bar and get us to where we want to go both nationally and in the Pac-12 Conference."
Quinn comes to Salt Lake City after spending the past year as the assistant coach of the cross country/track & field teams at the University of Portland. The Marion, Iowa native assisted in leading the Portland men's cross country team to a third place finish at the 2018 NCAA Cross Country Championships, while seeing the women's cross country team record their best ever finish at the meet placing 12th. Between the two programs, Quinn coached five cross country All-Americans this past year, which was a school record.
Also instrumental for the track and field team, Quinn helped coach Portland's Taryn Rawlings to a fourth place finish in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships and a ninth place finish in the 1500M at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Pilots also set four new school records this past year under the guidance of Quinn.
Quinn also brings Pac-12 experience to Utah after serving as the Director of Operations for the Washington track & field/cross country teams. During her one-year stint in Seattle, Quinn was tasked with directing five indoor track and field meets that accommodated over 1,500 student-athletes from 40+ teams at each meet.
From the fall of 2015 through the spring of 2017, Quinn was the head coach at Warner Pacific College in Portland, Ore. Quinn was responsible for all aspects of the NAIA program. Her obligations included recruiting, budgeting, implementing workout programs, and travel. Quinn's first full-time coaching position came at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Before beginning her coaching career, Quinn was a member of the track and field team at the University of Iowa where she qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships in the 400M hurdles and as a member of the 4x400M relay team. The sprinter and hurdler made her way into the top-10 lists at Iowa at the time for performances in both events.
Along with her cross country and track & field experience, Quinn held intern positions at both University of Iowa and Iowa State's strength and conditioning departments. Quinn designed and implemented conditioning workouts and learned sport-specific lifting techniques.
Quinn graduated with a bachelor's degree in Interdepartmental Studies from the University of Iowa where she was a two-time Big Ten All-Academic selection. She then went on to complete a master's degree in Kinesiology at Iowa State.
"We are really excited to add Kelsey Quinn to our staff," Kepler said. "She really stood out in the search process. Her event knowledge, physiology background, and ability to relate to the student-athletes was very evident. She is a tireless recruiter who will identify and bring to campus the student-athletes who will be committed to our program and the university as a whole."
Kepler continued, "She has very high energy and is a very positive person in general, but more specifically is somebody that I think can add to what we have built here. Kelsey can continue to help us raise the bar and get us to where we want to go both nationally and in the Pac-12 Conference."
Quinn comes to Salt Lake City after spending the past year as the assistant coach of the cross country/track & field teams at the University of Portland. The Marion, Iowa native assisted in leading the Portland men's cross country team to a third place finish at the 2018 NCAA Cross Country Championships, while seeing the women's cross country team record their best ever finish at the meet placing 12th. Between the two programs, Quinn coached five cross country All-Americans this past year, which was a school record.
Also instrumental for the track and field team, Quinn helped coach Portland's Taryn Rawlings to a fourth place finish in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships and a ninth place finish in the 1500M at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Pilots also set four new school records this past year under the guidance of Quinn.
Quinn also brings Pac-12 experience to Utah after serving as the Director of Operations for the Washington track & field/cross country teams. During her one-year stint in Seattle, Quinn was tasked with directing five indoor track and field meets that accommodated over 1,500 student-athletes from 40+ teams at each meet.
From the fall of 2015 through the spring of 2017, Quinn was the head coach at Warner Pacific College in Portland, Ore. Quinn was responsible for all aspects of the NAIA program. Her obligations included recruiting, budgeting, implementing workout programs, and travel. Quinn's first full-time coaching position came at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Before beginning her coaching career, Quinn was a member of the track and field team at the University of Iowa where she qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships in the 400M hurdles and as a member of the 4x400M relay team. The sprinter and hurdler made her way into the top-10 lists at Iowa at the time for performances in both events.
Along with her cross country and track & field experience, Quinn held intern positions at both University of Iowa and Iowa State's strength and conditioning departments. Quinn designed and implemented conditioning workouts and learned sport-specific lifting techniques.
Quinn graduated with a bachelor's degree in Interdepartmental Studies from the University of Iowa where she was a two-time Big Ten All-Academic selection. She then went on to complete a master's degree in Kinesiology at Iowa State.
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