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Matt Lonergan

Matt Lonergan enters his seventh season as Associate Head Coach of Cross Country and 12th season as Assistant Coach of Track and Field in 2024-25.

Coaching Highlights:

Olympians (2)
• Marla Runyan, 1500m 8th (2000 Sydney)
• Marla Runyan, 5000m (2004 Athens)

USA World Championship Team Members (4)
• Marla Runyan, Half- Marathon (2003)
• Nolan Swanson, Cross- Country (2003)
• Jenny Crain, Marathon (2005)
• Shadrack Biwott, Half- Marathon (2014)

USA Pan American Team Members
• Jenny Crain, 10,000m (2003)

USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers (10)
• 2000 Marla Runyan (1500m)
• 2004 Marla Runyan (1500m, 5000m, Marathon)
• 2004 Jenny Crain (10,000m, Marathon)
• 2004 Kevin Castille (10,000m)
• 2008 Sopagna Eap (Marathon)
• 2016 Kevin Castille (Marathon)
• 2020 Kerri Ruffo (Marathon)
• 2020 Jordan O'Dea (Marathon)
• 2024 Cameron Dickson (Marathon)
• 2024 Alexander Korczynski (3000mSC)

• 8 Individual USATF Track/Road National Champions (Marla Runyan)
• 2002, 2006 USATF Long Distance Runner of The Year (Marla Runyan)
• 2013 USATF Road Circuit Overall Grand Prix Champion (Shadrack Biwott)
• 29 USATF National Championships Track, Road, Cross-Country Top 10 Individual Finishes

• 7 NCAA All-Americans 
• 3 NCAA Cross- Country Individual National Qualifiers
• 21 NCAA Preliminary Round Qualifiers
• 37 CAA Conference Individual Champions
• 33 Northeastern University Track and Field Program Records
• 12 CAA Conference Team Championships
• 2020 CAA Conference Cross- Country Coach of The Year
• 7 CAA Athletes of The Year Awards
• 3 CAA Conference Rookie Of The Year Awards
• 3 CAA Championships Athlete of The Meet Awards
• 8 NCAA Cross- Country All- Region Individual Awards
• 19 New England Individual Champions

Athletic Career:
  • Cross Country/Track and Field Athlete at the University of New Hampshire (1991-1996)