coaching staff Ta’ Frias
Head Track & Field Coach Coaching Specialty: Field events, hurdles • Fourth year at JMU • 13th year in coaching profession • USA Track and Field Level II certified in sprints and jumps • Former assistant coach at Stephen F. Austin State University and University of Richmond
As a coach • First Colonial Athletic Association championship in school history (women’s outdoor, 2012) • 2012 CAA Track & Field Coach of the Year • 13 Southland Conference individual champions • 77 All-Southland Conference individual honors • 25 school records • Four NCAA All-Region honors • Four NCAA qualifiers • One USA Olympic Trials qualifier • One Team USA participant in the 2006 Under-23 NACAC Games • Stephen F. Austin won four Southland Conference championships (women outdoor: 2002, 2003, 2005; men indoor: 2005)
As an athlete • At North Carolina, three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference in heptathlon and member of eight ACC champion teams • Inducted into Collegiate High School Athletic Hall of Fame in Richmond, Va. (2008)
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