2009-10 Drake Track & Field Asssistant Coach Ninth Season Northwestern (La.) State (1990) Brian Brown is in his ninth year as an assistant coach on the Drake staff, working with the high jump and horizontal jumps. He also serves as the director of the Drake Relays, overseeing this year’s 100th running of this track and field extravaganza April 22-25. He has produced repeat Missouri Valley Conference long jump champions and NCAA Regional qualifiers such as Matt Sanderson and Marcus Gaines. Tyse Samani won the womMVC women’s indoor high jump title in 2010, while Josh Banger was second in the MVC long jump. Gaines won both the 2008 and 2009 MVC Indoor long jump titles, and set a new indoor school record of 25-3.25 last year. Gaines also qualified for the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Outdoor Regionals. Brown, who owns the Drake Relays special invitational high jump record of 7-7 set in 1997, was an NCAA Indoor high jump champion for Northwestern State, as well as a medalist at the U.S. Indoor and Outdoor Championships. He was ranked seven times in the top ten U.S. high jump list during his distinguished career, as well as No. 9 in the world in 1998. He owns a personal best of 7-8 in 1990 and was the bronze medalist at the 1998 Goodwill Games. A 1990 graduate of Northwestern (La.) State, Brown also received his masters and doctorate degrees from the University of Missouri in 1995 and 2005, respectively. He served two years as a compliance coordinator with the Missouri Athletic Department.
MARK KOSTEK Assistant Coach Second Season Nebraska (1986)
Mark Kostek brings a wealth of experience in his second year as assistant track and field coach, overseeing the throws
events. Earning a reputation as one of the finest track meet promoters and organizers in the nation, Kostek was instrumental in Drake serving as host of the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, as well as landing the 2010 U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He also played an instrumental role in the $15 million national fundraising campaign for the renovation of Drake Stadium. The Hartford, Conn., native had served as an assistant coach and track and field coordinator at the University of Nebraska since 1980 before his arrival at Drake where he served as the 11th Drake Relays director from 2001-05. During his five-year tenure as Drake Relays director, 32 Relays records were established. He expanded the meet to three days, including a distance carnival on Thursday. The 2004 Drake Relays featured a record 116 events. He was named the Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs and Drake Relays in February of 2005. He is in his first year of a newly created role within the Drake Athletic Department, serving as assistant athletic director of the Bulldog Club annual fund and special events which includes the Drake Relays and being the point person for alumni relations. www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com
In 1996 Kostek was appointed to the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee, serving as the indoor track and field chairman from 1999-2000. He also was a member of the NCAA Rules Subcommittee from 19962000. Kostek holds an IAAF national technical official officiating certificate (one of only 12 in the U.S.) and served in that capacity for the 2004 and 2008 USA Olympic Trials and the 2005 USATF Outdoor Championships. He also served on the USATF Outdoor Oversite Committee from 2001-03. Kostek was field event referee for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships from 2001-05 and served as the running referee for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2001 and 2003-05. Kostek also served as referee and coordinator of officials for the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor and Outdoor Track Championships from 2001-06. Kostek holds degrees from the University of Nebraska in education in 1986 and a masters of public administration from Drake in 2007.
KELLY MALARKEY Assistant Coach Fourth Season Drake (2006)
Kelly Malarkey, a former three-year letterwinner on the Drake track and field and cross country teams, is in her fourth year as an assistant coach. The Prairie Village, Kan., native graduated from Drake in 2006 with a degree in education. She set the Drake school record in the women’s 3,000 steeplechase of 11:09.97 as a senior en route to a sixth-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championship. She was a two-time selection to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Track and Field team.
TREVOR RICHARDS Volunteer Assistant Coach 13th Season Iowa State (1990)
Trevor Richards, a former All-Big Eight Conference performer for Iowa State, is in his 13th year as a volunteer coach, guiding the pole vaulters. Richards won the gold medal in the masters 40 age division at the 2007 World Masters Track and Field Championships in Riccione, Italy, soaring 15 feet 1 inch. During his tenure at Drake, Richards coached Joel Lelacheur to two consecutive appearances in the NCAA Midwest Regionals. He also coached Jessica Hetcko to school indoor and outdoor records in the women’s pole vault, along with earning all-league honors three times in that event. Senior Johanna Sprang broke Hetcko’s indoor school mark at 11-9 in 2010. Under Richards’ tutelage, Lelacheur set a Drake freshman record at 16-2. He also finished second at the 2002 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships and third in 2003. Richards, a native of Columbus, Ohio, was captain of the 1990 Iowa State track team and finished third in the Big Eight Conference outdoor meet that year. He owns the Iowa State school indoor (17-1/2) and outdoor (17-5) records. Bulldogs | 9
2009-10 Drake Track & Field
BRIAN BROWN