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Brandon Amo coaches at the University of Virginia following an impressive season as an assistant at Harvard in 2022-23. During his only season in Cambridge, Amo led Kenneth Ikeji and Stephanie Ratcliffe to a sweep of the NCAA hammer throw titles as each set collegiate-leading marks in the process. In all, Amo led three Crimson throwers to first-team All-American honors as Estel Valeanu placed sixth in the discus.

Under the direction of Amo, the Crimson throwers were a crucial piece of Harvard’s sweep of the 2023 Ivy League team titles. The Harvard women’s throwers accounted for 51 points from their events while the men racked up a total of 40. Between both men and women, Amo’s throwers secured six gold medals at the conference championships.

In addition to his coaching resume within the NCAA, Amo also founded the RISE Athletics developmental program, through which he has coached athletes of all different ages with the primary goal of helping young throwers achieve their goals of competing at the collegiate level.

Amanda Powlen is the throws coach for the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils' track and field team. Powlen was a thrower for Westfield State University, where she also earned degrees in both environment science and regional planning. She is a record holder at WSU in the hammer and weight throw, competed in three NCAA Championships and was All-American in the 20lb throw.

After college, Powlen continued training in California and competed in two USA Track and Field National Championships. During this time, she began her coaching career at Corona del Mar High school and coached Cal Coast Track Club team.

After her time in California, Powlen began coaching at Concordia University Chicago while working towards earning a Masters degree in education. While coaching at Concordia University Chicago, Powlen had throwers break three school records and had the first All-American thrower in school history.

Wilfredo de Jesus is an Assistant Coach for the Northeastern Huskies in Boston, MA. He has coached his athletes to three CAA Gold Medal finishes, has been a part of three CAA Men's Track and Field Championship wins, and has had five different athletes qualify for the NCAA East Preliminaries.

He was previously the Assistant Coach of men's and women's throws at Yale University. And before that he served as the Assistant Coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

Ben Carroll is in his 13th year as assistant men's track & field coach for the University of Rhode Island.

During his decade in Kingston the throws group has flourished, garnering 19 individual Atlantic 10 Conference Champions, 11 Team Championships, 35 All-Conference performers and 2 field performer of the meet winners. 

Carroll is also the founder of Rhody Throws Track Club in Westerly. The Rhody Throws Track Club is an extracurricular youth club for current and recently graduated throwers who wish to throw competitively and expose their talents to a larger audience. He is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist thru the National Strength Coaches Association and a Level II Functional Movement Screen practitioner.  He lives in Westerly, R.I.

Craig Kinsley ’11 Brown grad, the 2010 NCAA National Champion and 2012 Olympian and served as the Brown Bears throws coach for 7 seasons.

Kinsley has coached: 2 All-Americans, 15 NCAA East Regional Qualifiers, 5 Ivy League Champions, 14 Ivy League Runners Up, 56 Ivy League Scorers, 7 Brown School Record Holders.

Kinsley, the 2010 NCAA National Champion in the javelin, returned to College Hill after competing professionally from 2011 to 2016. From 2012 to 2016 he lived at the US Olympic Training Center. Kinsley boasted a personal best throw of 82.31m/270-0 in 2012, earning him a spot at the 2012 London Olympics where he was the top American finisher at the Games.

Kinsley was a three-time NCAA All-American and a four-time Ivy League champion in the javelin. He was named a three-time Academic All-American by the USTFCCCA and was also named the Northeast Region Field Athlete of the Year in 2010.

Bryan was the 2014 US Championship silver medalist in the discus with a throw of 62.81m. A graduate of Brown University, Bryan was a 2x NCAA All-American, Ivy League champ in the discus, and he has a PR of 17.79m in the shot put.

After the 2010 season, Bryan joined the Brown Track and Field staff as a volunteer assistant coach. He coached the multi-event athletes in the throwing events while continuing his own training with Coach Eisenreich. Narrowing his focus to discus for 2011, Bryan's recent training is promising of his most successful season thus far in his track and field career.

Howard Powell coached the Northeastern Huskies as Associate Head Coach. Powell previously held assistant coaching positions at Stony Brook University and Williams College.

Coaching Career:

Assistant Coach for Sprints, Hurdles, Jumps, Throws and Multi's at Stony Brook University (2013-2021)

At Stony Brook, he coached 37 America East Conference champions, 38 team record holders, 54 ECAC/IC4A qualifiers and eight NCAA regional qualifiers

During his time at Stony Brook he coached three U.S. Junior finalists and one Canadian IAAF World U20 Championship participant

Assistant Coach for Sprints and Hurdles at Williams College (2011-2013)

At Williams, he coached eight NCAA DIII All-Americans, 16 NCAA Championship qualifiers and five team record holders.

A two-time Olympian and three-time outdoor Canadian national champion in the 100 meters, Khamica Bingham-Forbes joined Brown University as a volunteer assistant coach in November 2022, and was named the program's operations coordinator for track and field/cross country in October 2023.

Bingham-Forbes captured the Canadian national title in the 100-meter dash in 2015, 2022 and 2023, and competed for Team Canada in the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020. Sponsored by New Balance, She became a pro track and field athlete in 2016.

Since 2019, Bingham-Forbes has served as a volunteer sports performance coach at Airbourne Sports LLC, assisting in coaching and mentoring high school athletes. She also serves as a mentor and ambassador for Fast and Female in her native Ontario, motivating girls to participate in sports, and previously worked with the Big Buddy Athlete Mentorship Program in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Bingham-Forbes graduated from York University in Toronto in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in humanities and communications.

George Evans joined the Yale track and field coaching staff as an assistant in the fall of 2014. He works with Yale's sprinters.

Under Evans' leadership, the Bulldogs have seen some of the best sprinting performances in school history.

Through 2022-23, three of the top five men's 100m dash times, and three of the top four women's times, outdoors have come in Evans' tenure. That includes the school records on both the men's side (10.44, Trenton Charles, 2022) and the women's side (11.46, Libby McMahon, 2022). Four of the top five outdoor men's 4x100m relay times, and three of the top five women's 4x100m relay times, have also come during Evans' time in New Haven. That includes the 4x100 women's school record, 45.58, set in 2022.

Indoors, the top four women's 60m dash times and top three men's 60m dash times in Yale history have all come during Evans' tenure.

Evans received his B.A. in history from Lehigh in 2004, where he was a two-time Patriot League champion (in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes) and was named Lehigh’s Athlete of the Year as a senior.

Rhode Island native and a graduate of East Providence High School, Colin has been working in the fitness and athletic industry since graduating from University of Rhode Island with a degree in Physical Anthropology in 2004. Colin decided to continue his athletic career after college after qualifying for the Olympic trials in 2004. He was one of the top hurdlers in the nation and has placed highly in national championships and in international competition.

He began coaching and became a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist soon after college. His passion for helping people achieve their goals, in both athletics and everyday life, grew as he worked with more people. He continues to work with everyone from kindergartners to grandmothers.

Colin has presented at conferences for both NSCA and Perform Better.

A familiar face to many and a respected name in the cross country and track communities, Kurt Benninger served as the Head Men's Cross Counry Coach / Assistant Track & Field Coach at Brown. Benninger's first stint on the Bears' coaching staff spanned from 2014-2020, before he returned for a second stint starting in September 2021. During his time at Brown, he has coached 13 NCAA regional qualifiers, one cross country all-American, and Ivy League champions in four different track events.

Benninger also previously served as the head coach of New England Distance from 2013-2020, where he coached four USA National Team qualifiers, three USA Olympic Marathon trial qualifiers and one athlete who qualified for USA Olympic Trials on the track. He also serves as a head coach for multiple RITC and Saucony sponsored professional runners, with one of his athletes currently ranked No. 11 in the world in the 1500m.

A highly decorated student-athlete at the University of Notre Dame, Benninger finished his career in South Bend as a six-time NCAA All-American between cross country and track and field. He was a four-time Big East Conference champion, and currently holds the Big East indoor meet record in the mile. He still holds ND’s school records in both the indoor 3,000m and outdoor 5,000m. While serving as team captain, his eighth place performance helped lead the 2005 Fighting Irish squad to a third place team finish at the 2005 NCAA XC Championships.

Benninger also enjoyed success as a professional runner for five years from 2008-13 and placed fourth in the 1500m at the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials.

Benninger graduated from Notre Dame in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in History, Middle Eastern Specialty. He also holds certifications in National Strength and Conditioning, Track and Field Technical Certification and a Speed Specialist Certification from the USTFCCCA.

John Kenworthy enters his first season as the Head Women's Cross Country and Assistant Distance Coach at Brown University. Kenworthy brings over a decade of head coaching experience at the Division I level to College Hill, previously serving as the head coach for men’s and women’s cross country and track & field at Siena College.

Over his 10 seasons at Siena, Kenworthy served as the Saints’ head men’s and women’ cross country coach from 2013 through the 2022 season, and also served as the head coach of the men’s and women’s track and field programs from June 2015-August 2023. During his tenure, Kenworthy oversaw a revitalization of the track and cross country programs, which saw him named to the MAAC Cross Country 40th Anniversary Team in 2020.

In cross country, he helped Saints student-athletes capture 30 Metro-Atlantic All-Conference honors, four NCAA All-Region honors and 25 All-ECAC/IC4A performances. He coached Olivia Lomascolo to the 2022 MAAC individual title and Brandon Olden to the 2021 IC4A championship crown.

In his eight years as head track and field coach, Kenworthy mentored 17 conference champions, 45 all-conference performers, three ECAC/IC4A champions and 29 All-ECAC/IC4A performances.

His teams were also successful in the classroom, earning a total of 24 NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) awards. Three of his cross country student-athletes earned Academic All-America honors, and all of his teams were named USTFCCCA Academic All-America squads in each of his seasons as head coach. In addition, two of his student-athletes were nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year.

Kenworthy graduated from Sacred Heart in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He holds a Coaching Level II Certification from USA Track & Field and is a USTFCCCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach.

Hannah Chappell-Dick was named the head coach of the Amherst College men's and women's cross country program in July 2023, and oversaw her first season at the helm in the fall of 2023.

Chappell-Dick experienced plenty of success in her first season, earning several first-place finishes in meets throughout the season. She led both the men's and women's teams to second place mark in the NESCAC, and coached six runners to All-NESCAC honors. Under her supervision, Amherst runner Harrison Dow '27 was named the NESCAC Men's Cross Country Rookie of the Year. Additionally, she and her coaching staff earned 2023 NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Both the men's and women's teams earned NCAA berths, and both teams placed 18th in the nation.

Chappell-Dick joined Amherst from Brown University, where she was promoted to head coach of the women's cross country program in February 2023 after joining the Brown cross country/track & field coaching staff in June of 2021.

At Brown, Chappell-Dick coached first-year Nimrit Ahuja, who earned a silver medal at the 2023 Pan-Am U20 Championships in the 5000m at Brown after also finishing 2nd in the USATF U20 Championships this summer.

Chappell-Dick graduated as EMU's school record holder in the 400m, 800m, 1500m, 4×100m relay, 4×400m relay and distance medley relay, and held the ODAC record in the mile. She was a three-time Regional Athlete of the Year, a six-time ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and a two-time EMU Athlete of the Year. She also served as a team captain and was chair of SAAC. She graduated in 2016 with a degree in biology while earning Cords of Distinction as one of the top 10 in her class.

Michelle Eisenreich is head coach of Women’s Track & Field and Cross Country at Princeton.

Eisenreich comes to Princeton after having helped Stanford to four NCAA team top 10 finishes in her four years with the program and after a 12-year coaching term at Brown.

Eisenreich spent four years as the Associate Head Coach for the Cardinal. During that time, Stanford finished in the top seven at the NCAA outdoor championships twice and in the top eight indoors twice, including a seventh-place finish outdoors this past spring. She coached 10 All-Americas, in the women's javelin, shot, hammer, discus, and the men's hammer, while three athletes won six Pac 12 championships in the women's javelin and discus.

She led Brown's women's program to one second-place and two third-place finishes at outdoor Heps and the Brown men to two third-place finishes and earned the 2009 USTFCCCA North East Region men's assistant coach of the year. Eisenreich coached 53 All-Ivy League athletes in the throws and multi-events including a three-time All-America and NCAA national champion Craig Kinsley in the men's javelin, who she later coached in the 2012 Olympics.

Tim Wunderlich ’09 begins his tenth season with Dartmouth Track & Field during the 2023-24 academic year. He joined the Big Green track staff in the fall of 2014 and works with Dartmouth’s jumpers and multi-event athletes.

Throughout his tenure at Dartmouth, Wunderlich’s athletes have had a wealth of success in the Ivy League and nationally, helping the Dartmouth team place higher in the Ivy League than they have in the past 20 years. In total, Wunderlich has already produced 18 Ivy League Champions, eleven school records, one Ivy League Championships Men’s Outstanding Athlete, two Ivy League Championships Women’s Outstanding Athletes, one USTFCCCA Women’s Northeast Field Athlete of the Year, and five All-American awards.

Wunderlich’s protégés account for 115 all-time top-ten performances in Dartmouth history, spanning across 37 different events.

Most notably, Benjamin Ose ’19 graduated Dartmouth as a two-time All-American and three-time Ivy League Champion decathlete. Julia Valenti ’20 tallied three Ivy titles and three New England titles in the women’s pole vault. Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20 left Dartmouth as an 11-time All-Ivy honoree, two-time Ivy League Women’s Outstanding Field Athlete, and Ivy League record holder in the 60-meter and 100-meter hurdles. Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16 graduated Dartmouth as a three-time All-American, six-time Ivy League Champion, and fifth-place finisher in the women’s high jump at the 2016 Olympic Trials.

Aside from coaching, Wunderlich is a recently retired, national-level decathlete. He qualified and competed in the 2014 Indoor USATF Championships, and the 2014, 2017, and 2018 Outdoor USATF Championship competitions in the multi-events. He most recently finished sixth in the men’s decathlon at the 2018 Outdoor USATF Championship and finished ninth in the same event in 2017. In fact, Ose and Wunderlich competed alongside one another at the 2018 USATF National Championship. This was thought to be one of the only times in history that a student-athlete and his coach have competed together in the decathlon at the USA level.

A two-time Olympian, six-time world championships participant, and an NCAA champion, Damar Forbes is in his first season on the Brown University coaching staff in 2022-23, primarily working with the team’s sprinters and jumpers.

Forbes came to College Hill after previously serving as an assistant coach for sprints/hurdles and jumps at Loyola University New Orleans, where he coached two NAIA National Championship qualifiers. His athletes set seven school records and had nine top-five all-time school performances. He also was the Owner/Sports Performance Coach at Airborne Sports LLC, assisting in coaching U.S. and Canadian Olympic athletes, including Canadian national champion and Olympic sprinter Khamica Bingham.

As an athlete, Forbes twice qualified for the Olympics, competing in the long jump for Jamaica in both the 2012 Games in London and 2016 in Rio, where he was a finalist. He was a five-time Jamaican national champion, a two-time finalist at the world championships, and was a silver medalist at the 2011 CAC Games.

Collegiately, Forbes was one of the most decorated long jumpers in the history of the LSU track and field program. He culminated his career at LSU by capturing the NCAA Outdoor and SEC Outdoor championships in the long jump in 2013. He also won an SEC title and All-America honor that year while running the leadoff leg for the Tigers’ 4x100m relay team, helping him to be named the SEC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year. He captured six All-America and All-SEC honors during his career, and graduated No. 2 on the Tigers’ indoor (26-11 ¼) and outdoor (27-0 ¾) all-time performance lists in the long jump.

After his college career, Forbes was a professional track and field athlete sponsored by Nike and Puma from 2013-2021, winning 10 international competitions in nine different countries.

Forbes graduated from LSU in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in sports administration with a concentration in sports leadership.

Baltzell has led the Rams to four straight Atlantic 10 Track & Field titles, three New England Track & Field Championships, and a New England Cross Country Championship crown this past fall. 14 Individuals have been crowned Atlantic 10 Champions under Baltzell, and in each of the last two years Rhody has had three NCAA Regional qualifiers. Last spring, Lucas Frost became the first Ram to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championship Final since 2010, finishing 18th in the nation in the javelin.

Baltzell was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in back-to-back seasons, in 2022 and 2023.

Baltzell – a two-time team captain and five-time individual Atlantic 10 champion for the Rams – had been an assistant coach for URI since October of 2019. He took over for the legendary John Copeland, who announced his retirement after 39 years at the helm for Rhode Island.

Since returning to Rhode Island, Baltzell has helped his alma mater win an Atlantic 10 indoor title in 2020 and an outdoor title in 2021. The Rams also won a New England Outdoor title in 2021.

Before coming to Rhode Island, Baltzell was the head coach for Division II Assumption University from July of 2017 through October of 2019. He was promoted to head coach after serving as an assistant coach two years.

Still Rhode Island's all-time record holder in the decathlon, Baltzell won five individual A-10 titles for the Rams. He won both the heptathlon and decathlon in 2013 and 2014. He also won the 2011 decathlon. During his career, Baltzell was part of seven A-10 team titles and a pair of New England titles.