South Dakota State University Women's Cross Country

Bargmann Endowed Head Coach for Track & Field/Cross Country, Rod DeHaven enters his 20th year at the helm of the Jackrabbit Men’s and Women’s Track and Field...

Alex Muntefering joined the Jackrabbit track & field and cross country staff in August 2022 and serves as an assistant coach working with the middle and long-distance runners. Muntefering, who also served as a graduate assistant coach for SDSU from 2014-2016, returns to Brookings after a successful stint at Texas State University (2016-2019) and two years coaching distance runners outside of the collegiate ranks since 2020. While as an assistant coach at Texas State, Muntefering oversaw the distance program and led the Bobcats to unprecedented heights. In 2017, the women’s cross country team captured their first ever Sun Belt Conference team title, while the men’s team had their highest ever team finish at the NCAA South Central Region Cross Country Championships (5th place). In 2018, Muntefering coached the first woman to win an individual cross country title at Texas State in 24 years and led the women’s cross country team to a program best 3rd place finish at the South Central Region Championship meet. On the track, Muntefering’s middle and long-distance runners scored significant points that helped to win six more Sun Belt Conference team championships between 2017 to 2019, including Devina Schneider, the high point scorer at the 2017 Sun Belt Conference outdoor meet. While a graduate assistant at South Dakota State, Muntefering worked alongside Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Rod DeHaven, assisting with the coaching of the distance program. The 2015 cross country