VOLUNTEER COACHES/DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS/STUDENT MANAGERS STUDENT TEAM MANAGERS
AARON ALPERT
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ROB JARVIS
NICHOLAS TAYLOR
LEAH WALLER
Volunteer Assistant Field Events 1st Season
Volunteer Assistant Decathlon/Sprints 1st Season
Director of Operations 2nd Season
Rob Jarvis enters his first season with the Bruin men as a volunteer coach specializing in field events. Jarvis comes to UCLA after having served as an assistant coach for the sprints, hurdles, relays and multi-events at Azusa Pacific University for the past five years. While at APU he helped coach the team to a combined eight NAIA National Championship titles (six men, two women) and seven GSAC conference titles. He also contributed to the development of seven individual NAIA National Champions, 49 NAIA All-Americans, 10 NAIA All-American relays, three USA Junior National Championship qualifiers, and one USA Outdoor National Championship qualifier. Jarvis also assisted fellow APU alum, Olympic and World Champion Decathlete Bryan Clay with meet preparation and training, as well as traveled with Clay to numerous meets including the USA Olympic Trials and IAAF World Championships. He also owns RFTL Timing, which provides fully automatic timing and meet management services for collegiate and high school level track meets. He is USATF Coaching Education Level I and Level II (sprints/hurdles/relays) certified. Jarvis competed for Azusa Pacific where he served as a team captain and helped the team to two NAIA national team titles and three conference crowns. While on the team he was a member of an NAIA National Champion 4x400 Relay team and earned four NAIA All-American honors. He is recognized on APU’s All-Time Top 10 List for the 400m, 4x100, and 4x400.
Nicholas Taylor enters his first season with the Bruins after concluding his collegiate career at Cal State Northridge in 2010. He will work primarily with the Bruin sprinters and multi-event athletes. Taylor was a standout sprinter and team captain for CSUN where he was a regional qualifier and helped his team when backto-back Big West Conference crowns. Taylor started his college career at City College of San Francisco where he helped CCSF to a Coast Conference crown and the Northern California and State Championship titles. He was a 2006 Junior National qualifier. He spent one year at Boise State after CCSF before transferring to CSUN. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Psychology in 2010.
2011 Men’s Track & Field Media Guide
Leah Waller enters her second year as Director of Operations for both the men’s and women’s track and field squads. Her duties include - overseeing the day-today operations of the track and field teams, serving as co-meet director, arranging team travel, submitting meet entries and act as the point person for the teams within the athletic department. In addition to her duties with track, she is the administrative support for men’s and women’s soccer, baseball, and men’s and women’s tennis. Waller also works with Housing Services to coordinate all student-athlete on-campus housing. Waller graduated from UCLA in March of 2007 with a bachelors degree in Economics and International Development studies. While a student at UCLA she worked for athletic tutoring in Covel Commons.
ALLISON COLLINS
MIKE FISCHETTI