Staff Profiles
Leah Rosenfeld Leah Rosenfeld enters her first year as a graduate assistant with the Lumberjacks and her second
year of collegiate coaching. The former Penn State student-athlete will help train the men and women distance and middle distance runners. She will also assist in recruiting, coordinate team travel, and will manage the team blog and newsletter. Prior to coming to NAU, Rosenfeld worked with the cross country and track and field teams Syracuse University as a Volunteer Assistant Coach. During the 2011 cross country season both the men’s and women’s teams won the Northeast Region Championship, punching their tickets to NCAAs where they finished 15th and 17th, respectively. Under the guidance of coaches Chris Fox and Brian Bell, Rosenfeld helped with recruiting and facilitated workouts for specific distance and middle distance groups. She also collaborated with Syracuse’s academic coordinators to ensure athletes’ compliance with NCAA academic requirements. Rosenfeld, a Ridgefield, Conn. native, participated in cross country and indoor and outdoor track for the Nittany Lions from 2006-2010. She graduated from Penn State in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in communication with a concentration in media studies and kinesiology. Upon graduating in 2010, she pursued her coaching career as an assistant coach at Lodi High in Lodi, California. During her time coaching the Lodi Flames, Leah helped design workAssistant Coach School outs and racing schedules, as well as circuit training and drill routines. She was also influential Graduate Assistant in getting student-athletes recruited to Division I universities. In the 2010 cross country season 1st Year she coached the women’s team to their eighth straight League Championship and individual champion in Cassidy Daley. In February 2011, Rosenfeld helped Daley to run at the USA Cross Country Championships and Junior Olympics, where she placed 11th and earning All-American honors. During her time at Penn State, Leah received All-Region honors with a 14th place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Cross Country Regional meet in 2007. Having a breakout sophomore year, Rosenfeld was a point-scorer at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships in the mile and then ran an NCAA provisional qualifying 4:45.46 at the Alex Wilson Invitational. Around the outdoor track, she scored points for the Nittany Lions at the Big Ten Championships in the 5,000 meters with a regional-qualifying time of 16:45 and nabbed a regional qualifier in the 1500 meters with a personal best time of 4:24.62 in the prelims, placing her on Penn State’s Top 10 All-Time 1500 meter record board. She was a member of the 4x1500 meter relay at Penn Relays, setting a school record of 17:57.28. On the cross country course during her junior year, Rosenfeld earned medalist honors at the Iona Meet of Champions at Van Cortland Park in New York City, leading her team to a 1st place finish. During her senior year in 2010, Penn State won its first triple crown in school history, winning the Big Ten Championships in Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, and Outdoor Track and Field. In addition to running, Leah was heavily involved in the Student-Athlete services at Penn State. She was the Student-Athlete Advisory Board (SAAB) representative for the cross country and track and field teams her junior and senior years. She also demonstrated great leadership as the Fundraising Chair for SAAB, managing 800 varsity student-athletes at Penn State. Rosenfeld is currently working toward a master’s degree in educational leadership.
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Five-Time Defending Big Sky Men’s Champions