Blue Hens
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK & FIELD HEAD COACH WENDY MCFARLANE
WENDY MCFARLANE
advanced to the NCAA East Regionals. Indoors, the Hens had four student-athletes earn All-East honors.
HEAD COACH SIXTH SEASON AT DELAWARE TULSA ‘01
finish at the ECAC meet led by runner-up finishes by Lindsay Prettyman in the 1,000 meters and Latoya
The Blue Hens set seven outdoor and 12 indoor school records. McFarlane led her three squads to outstanding success during the 2012-13 campaign as her first cross country squad placed third at the CAA Championships, matching the team’s best finish at the league meet since 2001. Indoors, the Hens went 4-1 in dual action and enjoyed an all-time best 14th place team James in the 60 meter hurdles. Outdoors, the Hens finished as runner-up at the CAA Championships, the team’s best showing in a league meet since winning the East Coast Conference title all the way back in 1991. Senior sprinter Vicki
Wendy McFarlane, a former standout sprinter at the University of Tulsa and assistant coach at both the
Caruso was named the CAA meet Outstanding Track Pefrormer while sophomore Amira Idris shared the
University of Delaware and Frostburg State, was named the head coach of the Blue Hen women’s indoor
Outstanding Field Performer Award. Delaware captured four titles at the meet led by Caruso in the 200
and outdoor track and field teams August 19, 2008. She will begin her sixth season at the helm of the
meters, Idris in the triple jump, James in the 100 meter hurdles, and the 4 x 400 meter relay team.
Blue Hens in 2013-14. In addition to her duties as track & field head coach, McFarlane was named the women’s cross country head coach in August, 2012, taking over for longtime head coach Jim Fischer who retired. She is just the fourth women’s cross country coach in UD history and will begin her second season this fall.
McFarlane previously served stints as an assistant coach at Delaware during the 2002-03 and 2007-08 seasons and also served in that capacity at Frostburg (Md.) State University, A native of St. Mary, Jamaica, McFarlane attended G.C. Foster College in Jamaica for two years and received a diploma in teaching physical education. She competed for the track and field team and was
McFarlane, who served two different stints
a two-time team Most Valuable Player and also
as an assistant on the UD staff working with
competed in volleyball and field hockey.
the sprinters and hurdlers, became just the
She moved on to the University of Tulsa where
third head coach in Delaware’s 33-year wom-
she was a two-year letterwinner in track and field,
en’s track and field history. She also is the first
set school records in several relay events, and was
female African-American to serve as head
a provisional qualifier to the NCAA Championships
coach of a Blue Hen athletics team.
in the 400 meters and 4 x 400 meter relay. She
During her first season at the helm, UD
was a Dean’s List student and earned Western Ath-
student-athletes recorded 11 school records,
letic Conference All-Academic honors. She earned
including seven during the outdoor season,
her degree in exercise sports science from Tulsa
and pole vaulter Kelli McDonald advanced to
in 2001 and her master’s degree in science in
the NCAA Outdoor East Regionals where she
human performance from Frostburg (Md.) State
placed seventh, just missing a berth in the
University in 2005.
NCAA Championships.
A USA Track and Field Level I and II certified
McFarlane’s second year was even more
coach, she began her coaching career at Delaware
successful as Blue Hen athletes shattered 21
as a volunteer in 2002-03 and moved on to Frost-
school records, 11 indoors and 10 outdoors.
burg State where she served as an assistant for
Jillian Seamon caputred the CAA javelin title
both the men’s and women’s programs for two
and advanced to the NCAA East Regionals
seasons.
along with sprinters Cristine Marquez and
She worked with the Delaware sprinters during
Vicky Caruso. Delaware’s 20th place finish
the 2007-08 season and enjoyed outstanding
at the ECAC Outdoor Championships was the
success as an assistant to both Fischer and Sue Mc-
team’s best since 1992.
Grath-Powell. She played a big part in helping UD
During the 2010-11 season, her indoor
athletes set school records in the indoor 55 meter
squad tied or broke nine school records while
hurdles, 60 meter hurdles, 400 meters, 500 me-
the Blue Hen women’s outdoor track & field
ters, and 4 x 400 meter relay. During the outdoor
team placed fifth at the Colonial Athletic As-
season, Blue Hen athletes set school records in the
sociation championships as Seamon won her
100 and 400 meter hurdles, the 400 meter dash,
second conference javelin title and Caruso
and the 4 x 100, 4 x 200, and 4 x 400 meter
captured the 400 meters and teamed with Kayla Hennessy, Kristi Cox, and Nijah Dupiche to claim the 4 x 400 meter crown. The outdoor squad set 12 new school standards. The 2011-12 season was also a successful one as the Blue Hens placed fifth at the CAA outdoor championships as Caruso captured the 200 meters and LaToya James placed second in the 100 meter hurdles and
relays. She previously worked full-time as an exercise physiologist with Delaware Back Pain and Sports Rehabilitation in Newark, Del. and also served as head track coach for McGlobal Elite Development Track Club McFarlane has a daughter, Jayda.
4 2013-14 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE