INDOOR TRACK & FIELD COACHES
OFFICE: B330 Tuttle North Athletic Complex
PHONE: (585) 395-5353
E-MAIL: mkrueger@brockport.edu
Head Coach: Mark Krueger
Mark Krueger finished his fifth season as the head track & field coach for both the men and women in 2007-08.
Krueger, a 1999 graduate of The College at Brockport with a degree in Exercise Physiology and Teacher Certification, has received the SUNYAC Coach of the Year awards for cross country in 2002 and outdoor track & field in 2005. He was also named the Atlantic Region Coach of the Year for outdoor track & field in 2005 and earned the NYSCTC men’s outdoor track & field Coach of the Year award in 2007.
Krueger has led numerous teams and individuals to conference, regional, and national championship competition. Some of the top individual performances under the Krueger’s guidance include two second-place finishes in the javelin and the hammer throw, along with a fourth-place finish in the shot put, at the 2007 Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
In the 2007-08 Indoor Season, the women’s team took fifth place at the SUNYAC Championships and seventh place at the ECAC Championships; highlighted by junior Shannon O’Keeffe who won both championships with first-place finishes in the triple jump and became the first Brockport female athlete to win a National Championships in Indoor Track & Field with her leap of 11.70 meters (38 feet, 4 ¾ inches) in the triple jump.
Josh Dupuis was a 2007-08 All-American with his third place finish at the NCAA Championships in the shot put. The Brockport men took 6 th place at the SUNYAC Championships and 16 th at the ECAC’s.
During the 2006-07 Indoor season, the men won the ECAC Championship, finished second at the NYSCTC Championships, and then took fourth place at the NCAA Championships. The men’s team was led by newcomer Nick Stanisavljevic, who won a National Championship in the high jump and took All-American honors in the triple jump, both of which bested the previous school records in those events. For his efforts, he was named Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year.
Stanisavljevic was not alone at NCAAs, as Jake Basher and Josh Dupuis both took home All-American honors in the weight throw and shot put.
The women followed a similar path of success, with four school records broken and a few NCAA provisional qualifications recorded after the first meet of the season. Tara Phouthavongsa was a two-time All-American in the high jump and the triple jump, while setting new school marks in the pentathlon this season.
The women had two other NCAA participants in sophomores Shannon O’Keeffe and Nicole Sosnoski. The team finished 5th at the NYSCTC Championships, took 17th at the ECAC Championships, and placed 26th at the NCAA Championships.
Kruger was recognized as the NCAA Division III Atlantic Region Coach of the Year for his efforts last season.
In the past two seasons in cross country and track & field, Krueger has led 27 athletes to the NCAA Division III Championships with 11 earning All-American awards. The 2006-07 season was arguably the best all-around season in school history. The teams earned the highest marks for track & field ever, with six Golden Eagles competing in the Indoor Championships and seven qualifying for Outdoor Nationals.
Assistant Coaches
Ed Jaskulski
Ed Jaskulski enters his fourth year with the program, and brings a great wealth of knowledge with him. As an undergraduate at SUNY Brockport, Jaskulski was a captain for the national powerhouse Golden Eagle football team, as well as a shot put and discus thrower for the track and field teams. As a senior, Jaskulski narrowly missed qualifying for the Division III nationals is the shot put.
Jaskulski's biggest contribution will come in the weight room, where he was formerly the program record holder in power lifting (1,735 lbs.). Jaskulski will apply his extensive strength and conditioning knowledge to the development of weight training regimens for the track and field teams.
Vanessa Martell
Martell is in her third year as assistant cross country and track & field coach. The 2004 graduate of SUNY Brockport with a degree in Physical Education and a minor in Recreation and Leisure competed for cross country and track teams at Brockport for three seasons after transferring from Finger Lakes Community College after her freshman year.
She is the SUNY Brockport school record holder for the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races for track and was tabbed the Bob Boozer Award recipient as well as being named to the All-SUNYAC team. She won scholar athlete accolades on several occasions. At Finger Lakes CC, she was a Mid-State Conference Champion in 1999 and earned Academic All-American status. She was additionally named the scholar athlete of the Year at the school.
Andy Fetzner
Fetzner is in his third season as the Pole Vault coach for the men and women. He is a graduate of SUNY Brockport where he was a member of the indoor and outdoor track and field program for four years and was captain for two.
Fetzner has coached multiple state and SUNYAC champions as well as other successful vaulters at Brockport. Aside from his colligate coaching experience; his extensive knowledge of the pole vault along with a dedicated crew has led him to run the Golden Eagle Pole Vault Clinic for the past three years. This event annually draws over 100 pole-vaulters from across the state and addresses safety, unique training methods, and a general promotion of the sport.
He also coaches Hilton junior varsity volleyball and is an assistant coach for the indoor and outdoor track and field team there as well.
Ken Ciolek
Ciolek begins his first season as an assistant coach for the Golden Eagles where he will be working with the jumpers, multi-event athletes and javelin throwers.
Before transferring to SUNY Brockport, Ciolek held records in the javelin (new Rules), decathlon, and heptathlon at Buffalo State and was an All-SUNYAC First-Team selection and national provisional qualifier in the decathlon. As a Golden Eagle, he achieved the school record for the new rules javelin, the SUNYAC meet record, and the Conference record. Ciolek was an All-American in that same event his senior year.
Ciolek has an USA Track and Field level 1 certification, and has attended numerous coaching summits and clinics in the north east. He has served as an assistant coach/volunteer for five years with stints at Bradford Area High School and Gates Chili High School.
Tim Giagos
Giagios joins the Golden Eagles this season as the strength and conditioning coach for both the men and women. He is a graduate of Buffalo State where he was a member of the track and field team and earned All-Conference selections his junior and senior years.
Prior to attending Buffalo State, he was a member of the University of Buffalo’s track and field team where he was a Division I scholarship athlete and was named to the second team Mid-American Conference (MAC).
Aside from working with SUNY Brockport, Giagios will continue coaching as an assistant varsity track and field coach at Gates-Chili High School. He currently is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and works as a fitness programmer/floor trainer for the Rochester Athletic Club.
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