SUPPORT STAFF
Jeff Kent
Gwendolyn Davis
Zach Lawson
Jeff Kent joined the Arkansas Razorback women’s cross country and track and field staff in September 2009. He is in his third season as the director of women’s cross country and track and field operations. His day-to-day duties include overseeing the program’s equipment needs, travel arrangements, meet management at Arkansas’ home events and the coordination of details in the coaches’ recruiting efforts. Kent also acts as an on-campus recruiting coordinator for official visits and is in charge of coordinating official visits to Arkansas’s campus for the distance program. He has also gained certification as a USATF Level 2 Track and Field Coach for Endurance. Prior to his move to Fayetteville, Kent served as Delta State’s graduate assistant women’s cross country coach during the 2007-09 seasons. He was responsible for recruiting, budgeting, scheduling, fund raising and academic supervision, as well as other aspects of the program. A native of Valparaiso, Ind., Kent received his bachelor’s degree in health and sport studies from the University of Iowa and his master’s degree in health, physical education and recreation from Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss. He was a member of the Iowa Hawkeye cross country and track and field teams during the 2004-07 seasons.
Gwendolyn Davis begins her fourth season as the athletic trainer for the Arkansas Razorback men’s and women’s cross countr y and track and field programs. Davis joined the Razorbacks from Clemson University. She is a Houston, Texas, native and attended L.V. Hightower High in Missouri City, Texas, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. Her collegiate career began at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Davis worked with men’s and women’s track and field, women’s basketball, football and volleyball and served as a student assistant athletic trainer at San Marcos High School. Davis graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science with a major in athletic training in May 2005 from Texas State. She moved on to graduate school at Clemson where Davis worked men’s cross country and track. Her duties at Clemson included daily prevention, recognition, care and rehabilitation on athletic injuries. She was responsible for practice and meet preparation and supervised students. In addition, Davis worked the Oliver Purnell Basketball Camps, the Lady Tiger basketball and volleyball camps and the Tiger baseball camp. She earned her master’s degree in human resources development from Clemson in May 2008. Davis is one of three children to Joe and Deborah Davis. She has a sister, Jozetta, and brother, Clifton.
Zach Lawson is in his fifth year at Arkansas, fourth as a full-time member of the Athletic Media Relations staff and second with the Razorback cross country and track and field programs. He served as an intern during the 2007-08 academic year prior to a promotion to assistant media relations director. Lawson is the primary media relations contact for the Razorback men’s and women’s track and field teams and volleyball team, in addition to past duties with the baseball, soccer and softball teams. He was the media coordinator for the 2010 NCAA Fayetteville Regional played at Baum Stadium and 2011 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center. As an intern, he worked with Arkansas’ men’s golf and men’s tennis teams. He served as the media coordinator for the 2008 Southeastern Conference Men’s Tennis Championship and was the assistant editor of the Razorback basketball game day programs. Prior to joining the Arkansas staff, Lawson worked as an intern at the National Collegiate Athletic Associate during the 2006-07 academic season as member of the public and media relations group within Branding and Communications. A native of Carrollton, Texas, Lawson graduated from Texas Tech University in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in editorial journalism.
Director of Operations Third Year
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Athletic Trainer Fourth Year
Media Relations Second Year