Katelyn Ciarelli

Biography

Katelyn Ciarelli is in her 16th year as a member of the UC Irvine men’s and women’s track & field staff, and 11th as an associate head coach. Ciarelli was named UCI’s associate head coach in November 2014, after serving as an assistant since August 2009. Ciarelli works with the throwers, and her efforts have developed the Anteaters into a throwing powerhouse in The Big West. Since Ciarelli’s first season in 2009-10, the 'Eaters have produced 37 NCAA West regional qualifying marks, 52 All-Big West honors, 15 conference champions and three Junior All-Americans in the throwing events. This past season, Ciarelli’s student-athletes had a banner season, claiming the Big West title and establishing school records in three of the four men’s throwing events. Liam Miksic defended his conference crown in the javelin before breaking the school record with a toss of 68.34 meters (224-2) at the NCAA West First Round. Justin Willingham set the program standard four times in the shot put with the last coming in an individual victory at the Big West Championships where he hit 18.74m (61-5.75). Jacob Hawkins was also the conference champion in the discus and broke a 41-year-old school record earlier in the year with a best of 59.03m (193-8) at the Challenge Cup. Overall, the men’s throwers accounted for 48 of the team’s 89 points at the conference meet. Ciarelli also helped coach Josh Farmer to a Big West title and second-team All-America honors in the decathlon. At the NCAA Championships, Far