University of Toledo Women's Cross Country

on Social Media Instagram: @coachgmcd Twitter: @andreagrovemcd Andrea Grove-McDonough joined the University of Toledo as the Director of Cross Country and Track & Field in July 2019 and enters her seventh season in 2025-26. As the director of the program, Grove-McDonough serves the head coach of the women’s and men’s cross country teams, and the women’s track & field team. Grove-McDonough has turned the cross country and track & field programs around into fierce competitors in the Mid-American Conference and recognition at the national level. Cross Country McDonough has led the Toledo cross country teams to tremendous success, including five-consecutive Mid-American Conference Women’s Cross Country titles (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) and Coach of the Year honors. In 2025, UT won its fifth-consecutive MAC Championship, totaling the program's 11th overall title. The win secured Toledo as the winningest women's cross country program in MAC history. Grove-McDonough saw each runner at the conference championship place within the top-35 runners, led by junior Karina James who won the individual title. James, Melody Jebiwot, Dorcas Jeptoo Kiptanui and Lianna Surtz all brought home First Team All-MAC accolades. The team carried the momentum to the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship in Evansville, Ind. as they placed third overall. James led the way with a 13th-place finish while Hannah Ielfield took 19th and Lianna Surtz earned 22nd. James, Ielfield and Surtz were named to the

Carrie Schonter-Cherry has served as the director of operations-Olympic sports and business administrator at The University of Toledo since 2015. Prior to her appointment in the Athletic Department, Schonter-Cherry served in a variety of finance positions at UToledo from 2005-11. She left Toledo to become a purchasing card coordinator at the University of Michigan from 2011-12, and then moved on Owens Community College to serve as the Upward Bound specialist from 2012-15 before returning to the Glass City to work for the Rockets. A native of Erie, Mich., Schonter-Cherry graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1998 with a bachelor of science in telecommunications and film. She earned her masters in education from The University of Toledo in 2008. Schonter-Cherry and her husband Roy are proud owners of two Corgis named Sonny and Reacher.

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Holden Tincher is in his second year as an assistant strength & conditioning coach for the Olympic sports teams at the University of Toledo, after joining the staff full time in August of 2022. Tincher served UT's strength & conditioning intern during the 2019 fall semester, before taking the role as Bedford High School's Strength and Conditioning Coach from 2020-22. He then served as the Strength & Conditioning Coach at St. John's Jesuit High School while working part-time with the Rockets during the 2022-23 season. A native of Temperance, Mich., Tincher received his bachelor of science degree in exercise science, with a concentration in health, performance, and fitness promotion from the University of Toledo in 2019, and earned his master's degree in recreation administration-recreational and leisure studies from Toledo in 2021. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) in the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Tincher and his wife, Shelby, reside in Toledo.

Louis Vazquez was named the Associate Head Coach for Cross Country and Track & Field in August of 2025. In his first season with the Rockets, Vazquez led the...

Mariah Copeland joined the University of Toledo Student-Athlete Support Services staff in August 2023 as an Assistant Academic Coordinator. She was promoted to Learning Specialist in August of 2024. Copeland currently oversees the women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country, women's track & field, and women's swimming & diving programs. A native of Toledo, Ohio, Copeland is a University of Toledo graduate, having earned her bachelor's degree in business marketing in 2021 and her master's degree in business administration (MBA) in 2022. Copeland's connection to the University goes beyond academics. She was a member of the Women's Basketball team from 2017 to 2022. During her time at Toledo, she also gained experience as an intern with the UToledo athletics marketing department and served as a Mid-American Conference Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion intern.

Melody Jebiwot Takes Second in 10,000m as Rockets Conclude Day One of MAC Outdoor Championships Melody Jebiwot Takes Second in 10,000m as Rockets Conclude Day One of MAC Outdoor Championships Thursday, May 14