Kent State University at East Liverpool Women's Track & Field

When Bill Lawson was hired to oversee the track and field and cross country teams at Kent State, he turned to three-time Olympian Mark Croghan to head the cr...

Since his arrival at Kent State in 2005, Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Bill Lawson has maintained Kent State’s long tradition of excellence while...

Long regarded as one of the top throws coaches in the country, Kent State graduate Nathan Fanger ’00 was named Director of Track/Field and Cross Country in J...

Phil Bastron enters his first year as assistant coach for the Kent State track and field program in 2013-14. Bastron, who spent the previous two seasons as a...

the programs," said Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Bill Lawson. "He has been a tremendous assistant to me, especially in the combined events and the jumps. He is also a diligent recruiter for our program." As a coach, Rickaby is responsible for 32 total All-Time Top Performers in Kent State History. Twenty-five of Rickaby’s 32 All-Time Top Performers come form the women’s side. For the indoor seasons, he coached the athletes who hold the top-4 marks in the long jump, five in the top-10 for triple jump, two in the top-10 for the 60m dash and three in the 200m dash. For the outdoor seasons, he coached athletes who hold two of the top-5 in the triple jump, three of the top-10 in the long jump and one in both the 100m and the 200m dashes. The other four under Rickaby’s direction that sit in the All-Time Top Performers list come from three men’s indoor top-10 marks in the triple jump and one in the outdoor triple jump. Rickaby continued his success in the long jump and triple jump in the 2013-14 season as the women's team swept the podium for the second straight season at the indoor Mid-American Conference Championships for the long jump. With following suit from the 2012-13 season, Rickaby led the girls to first (Roseanne Erickson), second (Ann Marie Duffus) and third (Dior Delophont) places, while in the triple jump Delophont took second and Erickson came away with third. Erickson has continued to dominate the long jump winning the titles at the indoor and outdoor