Ingram Named Head Cross Country and Track & Field Coach

Humboldt State University Athletics

ARCATA, Calif. – Humboldt State athletic director Duncan Robins announced that longtime assistant coach Sarah Ingram has been named the head coach of the Lumberjack track & field and cross country programs. 
"Sarah is a talented, motivated coach who is committed to HSU and her student-athletes," said Robins. "We are excited to have Sarah, a homegrown talent, leading our track & field and cross country programs." Ingram is entering her seventh season with the Green and Gold programs after serving as an assistant coach under Scott Pesch since 2011. She was instrumental to the team's historic 2017 campaign, which saw multiple program records fall and featured record-breaking performances at the Outdoor Track & Field Championships. "I am thrilled about my new role serving our team, and the opportunity to continue building upon the recent successes of our program," said Ingram. "It's an honor to be at the helm of a program that personally, as a local athlete, I take so much pride in seeing grow. I look forward to furthering a tradition of relentless hard work, positivity, respect, and commitment to academics, team, and community." The Arcata product has guided her student-athletes to 13 program records within the jump, hurdle, sprint and heptathlon/decathlon events, and 98 Jacks recorded program top 10 all-time performances. Her instruction has helped produce 19 California Collegiate Athletic Association Champions, eight All-Americans and one NCAA National Champion. Ingram coached five All-Americans in 2017, including the program's first individual NCAA National Champion in Marissa McCay. HSU's women's program finished 11th out of 115 teams last season and scored a program-record 23 points. 
Prior to HSU, Ingram established herself as one of the top high school coaches in the area. She developed the McKinleyville High School track & field program into a local powerhouse; coaching 22 athletes to individual Humboldt Del Norte League Championships and the team to back-to-back HDN League Team titles in 2010 and 2011. 
Ingram was a multi-sport athlete in college, ...

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