California State University-Fresno Women's Track & Field

THE DRAKE FILE PERSONAL INFORMATION Hometown: Gillette, Wyo Spouse: Colleen Children: Riley, Benjamin COACHING HISTORY Fresno State 2019-present: Head Coach ...

Chloe Sharp joined the Fresno State coaching staff in 2025 as assistant coach. She is a Valley native out of Fresno and a former Bulldog track & field studen...

THE NEWELL FILE PERSONAL INFORMATION Hometown: Alamogordo, N.M. COACHING HISTORY Fresno State 2019-present: Assistant Coach San Francisco 2017-19: Assistant Coach Texas Tech 2015-17: Volunteer Assistant Coach West Texas A&M 2012-2015: Student Assistant Coach EDUCATION West Texas A&M (2015) Bachelor's in History Texas Tech (2017) Master's in Sports Psychology Last Updated: January 27, 2026 Gary Newell enters his seventh season as Fresno State's assistant coach in charge of sprints, hurdles and relays. Newell coached Jewel Ash to a first place finish in the 400m hurdles at the 2025 Mountain West Championship with a program record 57.63 time. The senior became the first Bulldog to win the event since 2015 and had the fastest time in the event since 2016. The Bulldogs’ 4x400 relay team took silver at the MW Championship for the second year in a row. The indoor relay team of Itzia Mejia Garcia, Ceonna Pipion, Janae Heffernan and Jewel Ash set the program record in 2025. The 4x400 relay team won the MW Indoor title that season with a time of 3:36.22, the fourth-fastest time in conference history. The 2024 season was the breakout as his group captured six medals. Pipion earned two, placing runner-up in the 400 meters both indoor with program record times (52.22 - outdoor; 52.90 - indoor) and Iyanna Ross earned the other with the program's third-best time, placing third outdoors (53.14). With Chloe Sharp finishing fifth in the race (54.15), Fresno State's group became just the fourth

Matthew McGee enters his second season as an assistant coach for 2025-26, overseeing the program's jumps and combined events. He came to the Central Valley with nearly 20 years of coaching experience. In his first season at Fresno State, he coached up two Mountain West Outdoor Champions in Ella Spaulding (heptathlon) and Liz Tarczy (high jump). Tarczy's jump of 1.83m/6-0 ties the second-highest jump in program history, and is the highest since 1990. Spaulding became the youngest Bulldog to win the MW heptathlon title in program history. McGee had a third MW Champion in Tarczy, who won the indoor title. Janae Heffernan and Tarczy advanced to the NCAA First Round, and Spaulding was an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Finals in McGee's first year. On the men’s side, Garrett Ostrinski took third in the decathlon at the Mountain West Championships, becoming the first Bulldog to medal in the event since joining the MW and just the second Bulldog on the men's team to medal at the MW Outdoor Championship since 2017. Prior to joining the staff at Fresno State, McGee spent the past three years at University of San Francisco where he oversaw the program’s sprints, hurdles, jumps, throws and combined events. His groups broke nine University records, had three NCAA qualifiers, the first in the program's history outside of the distance events. Gabriella Mace, placed 18th at the 2022 West regional in the 400h running 58.41. Olivia Alexandre qualified in the 800 with a best of 2:04.16, and in

McKaylie Caesar was added to the Bulldog track & field staff in 2026, serving as an assistant coach. Caesar is a Valley native from Linsday, California, and ...