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Entering his third season at the helm of the Dayton Flyers, head track & field coach Adam Steinwachs was named the program's first-ever Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 2009. Steinwachs has led UD to its most successful stint in program history after leading the squad to second place finishes in the Atlantic 10 Indoor and Outdoor Championships in back-to-back seasons. In the 2008-2009, Steinwachs coached UD to another second place finish at the A-10 Indoor Championships as the team garnered the most points in the team's history (139). Five of Steinwachs athletes captured conference crowns in their events including Amy Kremer (high jump), Ashley Cattran (800 meter), Courtney Siebenaller (pole vault), Mallory Barnes (weight throw) and Johnna Zaccari (shot put). With help from Steinwachs, Cattran set seven new records in the indoor 800 meter and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championship. Cattran also qualified for and competed in the U.S. National Championship finishing 12th with a personal best of 2:06.37 in the 800 meter event. She continued her successful campaign in the outdoor season, breaking school records in the 800, 1500 and 4x400 meter relay. Steinwachs coached 2009 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, Courtney Siebenaller, who shattered school records in the pole vault in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Siebenaller took gold at both A-10 Championships, provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championship during the indoor season (13-00.25) and also qualified for and competed in the NCAA Mideast Regional during the outdoor season. She broke the school record 14 times in the pole vault throughout the year. During the 2007-2008 campaign, Steinwachs helped the Flyers to a second place finish at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championships. A few months later Dayton also tied for runner-up at the Conference Outdoor Championships; both finishes were program bests at the time. In addition, two Flyers, Johnna Zaccari and Sarah Allen, were named First Team All-Atlantic 10, and won gold medals in the shot put at the indoor and outdoor championships, respectively. Prior to Dayton, Steinwachs served as head track & field coach at Roberts Wesleyan College where he was a two-time NAIA Women's Regional Track and Field Coach of the Year. Under his reign, Steinwachs helped the Raiders finish in the Top 10 at the NAIA Championships twice. During his term RWC produced 39 Conference Champions, 89 NCCAA All-Americans, 29 NCCAA National Champions, 24 NAIA All-Americans, five National Champions, three US National qualifiers and a four-time US National Champion. In addition, Steinwachs, along with pole vaulting coach Rick Suhr, helped train seven-time U.S. National Champion and American record holder Jenn Stuczynski, who notably is the first American woman to clear 16-01.75. Stuczynski, a former student-athlete at Roberts Wesleyan, is a four-time USA Indoor Pole Vault Champion ('05, '07-`09) and a four-time USA Outdoor Champion ('06-'09) with the help of Suhr and Steinwachs. Steinwachs continues to help coach Stuczynski, who won a silver medal in the pole vault at the 2008 Olympic Games and at the Indoor World Championships. Steinwachs got his start in coach as a graduate assistant at the University of North Dakota where he was a contributor to the programs largest and most-talented recruiting class in recent history in 2002. A 2000 graduate of Ashland University with a degree in Business Administration, Steinwachs was a member of seven conference champion track and field teams. In 2007, he served as a committee member for the NAIA Outdoor Championship Games. A competitor himself, the Churchville, N.Y. native won a bronze medal at the 2001 USA Taekwondo National Championship and a silver medal in the decathlon at the Empire State Games in 2003. He also played defensive back for the semi-pro Lyndonville Tiger Football team in 2004. Steinwachs recently earned his USATF level 2 coaching certification. He resides in Centerville, Ohio. |
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