Jenny Breuer is in
her eighth season as the head coach for men's and women's track &
field. She is also the men's and women's head coach for cross
country.
Trinity’s women have captured four of
the last five SCAC Track and Field Championships. Coach Breuer was
named the 2007 SCAC Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Coach of the
Year. She became the first coach in the SCAC era to be named Women’s
Coach of the Year four times. The Tiger men also won the 2007
conference meet, getting the top prize for the second time. Coach
Breuer earned her SCAC Men’s Coach of the Year honors, marking her
second time to receive the recognition.
Coach Breuer was named the 2007 South
Region Women’s Coach of the Year – for the second consecutive time –
by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Four athletes, under coach Breuer’s
tutelage, have been named SCAC Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
Athletes of the Year. A number have gone on to the NCAA
Championships.
A major highlight of coach Breuer’s
career is Christyn Schumann, who won four NCAA Women’s High Jump
Championships. Schumann captured the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Outdoor
Championships and the 2005 Indoor title.
Coach Breuer is also the head coach of
Tiger men’s and women’s cross country. The Tiger women qualified for
the NCAA national meet for the third time in four years, in 2007.
Trinity placed No. 21 at nationals, its best-ever finish. History
was earlier made as junior Emily Loeffler became the first Trinity
female to win the SCAC Championship. Loeffler was also named SCAC
Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Year. Junior D’Ann Arthur was
the first Tiger runner to win the women’s regional championship and
was named South/Southeast Region Runner of the Year. Caitlin Masse
was voted the SCAC Freshman of the Year.
Coach Breuer, who attended Belmont
Abbey College in Charlotte, N. C., was an All-American cross-country
performer and a two-time Academic All-American. She was later a
graduate assistant coach at the University of Tennessee before
becoming the head men’s and women’s cross-country and track coach at
Division III Hanover (Ind.) College. Coach Breuer was an assistant
coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and ran track and
cross country at Brandon High School in Tampa, Fla.
She continues to compete in San
Antonio-area races.
Assistant Coach Brantley Lutz
Brantley Lutz is in his third season
as the Tigers’ track and field and cross country assistant coach.
He joined the Trinity staff in
February 2006 after coaching at Albuquerque (N.M.) Academy for five
years. During his seven seasons as an assistant coach, the teams
won two state titles and were runner-up three times. In the fall of
2005, he was promoted to head girls cross country coach, and under
his direction, the team won its first state title in 12 years as
they placed five runners in the top seven at the state meet. Coach
Lutz earned District and State Coach of the Year honors in his first
season as a head coach. As an assistant with the track team, he
coached two girls to multiple individual titles. During the five
track seasons, he coached the distance runners to 13 school
records. Eight of his former athletes have gone on to be a part of
collegiate cross country teams.
Coach Lutz graduated from Michigan
State University in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in engineering
mechanics. During his collegiate athletic career, he earned five
varsity letters and competed at the 1995 NCAA Cross Country
Championships as a member of the Spartan team. Since becoming a
coach in 2001, he has earned coaching certification in USATF Level 1
and Level 2 in endurance events.
Coach Lutz is still a competitive
runner, as he has qualified and competed in the last two U.S.
Olympic Marathon Trials, finishing 30th in 2004. He is a
member of the PowerBar Team Elite and has a marathon personal
record of 2 hours, 20 minutes, 55 seconds. In 2005, he finished
fifth U.S. Marathon Championships, which was his fourth top 10
finish in a national championship race.
Lutz serves as a coach of the distance
runners on the Tigers men’s and women’s track team and in the fall
as the assistant cross country coach.
Assistant Coach Emily Urban
Emily Urban is in her second
year coaching with the Tiger track & field teams.
Urban coaches sprints and hurdles for the team, two areas that she
excelled at as a student-athlete at Trinity. She won All-SCAC
honors in the 100 and 200 meters, the 100 and 400 meter hurdles, and
both the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay teams. In 2003, she was key
to the school record-setting 4x400 relay team that qualified for
nationals. She also set Trinity 100 and 400 meter hurdle records
during her career.
Following graduation from Trinity in 2003, Urban went to graduate
school at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. In 2004,
she earned her master's degree, and then went on to work with the NCAA.
She joined the Tiger coaching staff last year, helping the teams win
both the men's and women's SCAC Championships.
Assistant Coach Jerheme Urban
Jerheme Urban returns for his
second year as a Trinity assistant in the track & field program,
coaching horizontal jumps and javelin.
Urban was a two-sport standout at Trinity, playing both football and
track in his career. He was a team captain on the 2002 football
team that advanced to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl and was a three-time
All-SCAC performer and an All-America selection in 2002. He broke
or tied school records for total touchdowns, receiving touchdowns, and
kickoff return yardage.
During his spring semesters, Urban was even
more impressive as a member of the track & field team. He won an
unprecedented four straight SCAC Male Athlete of the Year awards
(2000-03), and competed in countless events for the Tigers. Urban
qualified for nationals in seven different events over the years, and
still holds numerous school records.
Following graduation, Urban
signed as a free agent for the National Football League's Seattle
Seahawks. In addition to playing for Seattle, he has also spent
time with the Dallas Cowboys and the Arizona Cardinals. Last
season with the Cardinals, Urban caught 22 passes for 329 yards and a
pair of touchdowns. `
Urban earned his bachelor's degree from
Trinity in 2003.
Assistant Coach Christyn Schumann
Christyn Schumann rejoins the Tiger track & field program in 2008, and
will coach the high jump and the hurdles this season.
Schumann is
arguably Trinity's most decorated student-athlete, regardless of the
sport. She is a four-time NCAA Division III Champion, winning
three straight National Championships in the high jump from 2004-06.
She was also the 2005 Indoor National Champion in the event, and is
Trinity's record-holder in the event with a top mark of 5'9.75".
In addition to her national accolades, Schumann is a four-time All-SCAC
performer in the high jump, as well as earning All-SCAC honors in the
100 meter hurdles. She won the 100 meter hurdles at the 2005 SCAC
Championship.
During her senior year, Schumann was a finalist for the
NCAA Woman of the Year award, and was also the recipient of the NCAA
Post-Graduate Scholarship. She has used that scholarship towards
her master's degree at the University of Texas.
Schumann graduated from Trinity with a bachelor's degree in 2006.
Assistant
Coach Francisco Leon
Francisco Leon coaches the Tiger pole
vaulters.
Assistant
Coach Joe Meno
Joe Meno coaches throws for Trinity,
including the shot put and discus.