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Mark Young, an assistant coach for the United States Olympic Track and Field team for the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia, has built nationally recognized women's cross country and track and field programs at Yale since arriving in New Haven in 1980. The national Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1987, Young also earned District I honors in 1985, 1986 and 1987. Young has led Yale teams to six Heptagonal (Ivy League plus Naval Academy) Championships and four top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships (best finish was 3rd in 1987). Yale has also won four ECAC titles under Young's guidance. Many individuals have been recognized for their accomplishments during Young's tenure. Thirteen women have earned All-America status in cross country and eight more have been individually honored in track and field since 1982.
In track and field, Young was named NCAA District I Outdoor Track Coach of the Year in 1987, when Yale won the outdoor Heptagonal Championship and finished second indoors. In addition to the Olympic team, Young has had several other impressive international coaching assignments. In March of 1995, he was the head coach of the U.S. Women's Team at the World Indoor Championships in Barcelona, Spain. In the summer of 1999, he was an assistant coach at the World University Games in Mallorca, Spain, a post he previously held in 1993 at the World University Games in Buffalo. In 1990, he served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Junior National Team when it traveled to Bulgaria for the World Championships. Young also served as both an assistant track coach for the East Team at the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival and the head coach for the same squad in 1989. Off the track, Young chaired the NCAA Track and Field Committee from 1989-1992, and served as Co-Commissioner of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Athletics Venue.
A 1968 Yale graduate, Young captained the 1968
outdoor Heptagonal champion Bulldogs. He won IC4A titles at 440
yards outdoors, 600 yards indoors and anchored the mile relay team
to the current outdoor record of 3:09.6 and an IC4A championship.
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David Shoehalter enters his 16th year as the men’s and women’s coach of the sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers. After beginning his career in 1989 as a volunteer assistant at his alma mater, Penn, he moved on to Lafayette in 1990. In his four years at Lafayette, Coach “Shoe” established a preeminent hurdle and jumps program for the Leopards. He guided numerous athletes to All-Patriot League and all-East status, including current men’s assistant coach Marc Davis. In 1994, Shoehalter began his career with the Bulldogs, making an immediate impact on the sprints, hurdles and jumps.
Shoehalter has coached numerous Bulldog athletes to All-Ivy, All-East and All-American honors, including Yale's first IC4A champion in the hurdles since the 1970s and All-American Jihad Beauchman ’06 in the high jump. Under Shoehalter’s guidance, many athletes have broken records in the sprints, jumps and hurdles. Ten years ago, Shoehalter took over the horizontal jumps, meeting with unprecedented success. He mentored Joslyn Woodard ’06 to eight consecutive Ivy long jump titles and a total of 20 career titles at the Ivy Championships.
As the track and field recruiting coordinator, Shoehalter brings a tireless enthusiasm and knowledge of the sport to the program. In 2000, he was promoted to Associate Head Coach of men's and women's track and field. His stated goal is to create a program that is competitive in all event areas and on all levels. Shoehalter is USATF level II certified in the jumps and sprints/hurdles. He was the secretary of the Ivy Coaches Association and is currently the third vice president of the IC4A Coaches Association.
A 1989 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in History, Shoehalter captained the Quakers as a senior and was a scorer in the hurdles and the pentathlon at the Heptagonal Championships. He earned medals in the hurdles and was a member of the 4x400 relay team for the USA in the 1989 World Maccabiah Games. He resides in Stamford, Conn., with his wife Gina.
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Marc Davis is in his fifth year at Yale and works primarily with the Bulldog men's and women's sprinters. Under the guidance of Coach Davis, the Yale sprinters have seen a great deal of success and have begun to establish themselves as a threat on the east. In 2004, Davis' speedsters earned many accolades throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons. On the women's side, Katrina Castille ’07 and Joslyn Woodard ’06 both captured Ivy League Championships, with Castille winning the 60m crown and Woodard winning the outdoor 200m championship. Woodard also sped to a school record and All-East performance at the ECAC championships in the 200m where she finished in 2nd place. Castille and Woodard teamed with Jessica Pall ’07 and Aisha Cort ‘05 on the 4x100m relay team to earn a third-place finish and an All-East performance at the ECAC championship hosted by Yale.
On the men's side, Davis' sprinters have a newfound enthusiasm, During the 2004-05 indoor season, Russell Kempf ’07 raced to an All-Ivy performance finishing second in the 60m, and Robert deLaski ’06 had the fastest time in the Ivy League for the 500m. During the outdoor season Kempf once again was an All-Ivy performer in the 100m and qualified for the Junior National competition in the 200m. Davis also coached the 4x100m relay team in its fastest time in the last six years and a spot on the Yale all-time lyist.
Prior to Yale, Coach Davis spent one and a
half years at Lafayette and three and a half years at Millersville.
While at Millersville he helped to guide numerous athletes to the
NCAA Division II national championships and to All-East
performances. He continues to bring a wealth of technical knowledge
and enthusiasm to the Yale program. Davis competed as an
undergraduate at Lafayette under the tutelage of current Yale Coach
David Shoehalter. He was a two-time Patriot League champion in the
sprints and was an all-East performer at 200m indoors. He graduated
from Lafayette in 1995 with a degree in Sociology.
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Dan Ireland is in his 11th year as coach of the men’s middle distance and distance runners. He joined the Bulldog staff in January of 2000 and made an immediate impact on those areas and on the cross-country squad. The 2008-2009 school year was another successful campaign as the Bulldogs once again made numerous additions to both the indoor and outdoor all-time lists. In addition, the Elis had great success at the Heptagonal Championships and the Penn Relays as Ireland’s runners garnered All-Ivy in the indoor 4x800m relay and a runner-up finish at the Penn Relays, breaking the meet record in the College section, in the 4x800m relay with a time of 7:25. In his tenure he has guided his runners to two All-American performances, 12 NCAA Regional qualifiers, 36 All-Ivy performances (nine Ivy Champions), 112 All-East performances and 11 school records. In addition, 56 of his athletes have run performances that place them among the 15 best all-time at Yale. He has also directed numerous other Bulldog runners to scoring places at championship meets from 800m to 10,000m. While annually improving the athletic performances at Yale each year Ireland has continued with the tradition of academic excellence as the men’s cross-country team achieved All-Academic status again and is the only school in the country that has accomplished this for the last 10 years in a row.
As an athlete at Georgetown, Ireland was a three-time NCAA participant as a member of the Hoya cross country squad, and the Big East Champion and IC4A bronze medalist at 10,000m. He went on to coach at his alma mater for the next six years under the guidance of former Hoya mentor Frank Gagliano. In addition to his collegiate duties with Georgetown, Ireland cut his coaching teeth with the preeminent distance running club in the US, the Reebok Enclave in Washington, D.C. During his stint with the Enclave, Ireland worked with numerous world and national class athletes, including four Olympians. He brings an extensive background in middle distance and distance training to New Haven.
A 1991 graduate of Georgetown with a
degree in international relations, Ireland earned his masters in
1998, and has brought a renewed enthusiasm to Yale Cross Country
and Track and Field, with the goal of establishing a national class
program. He lives in Branford, Conn., with his wife, Christi,
an assistant cross country and track and field coach at Yalw, and
their two children, Jacob and Alaina.
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Christi Ireland is in her 11th year as a full-time assistant coach for cross-country and track and field. She has played an integral role in the revitalization of the Bulldog cross country and distance programs. With her knowledge and enthusiasm the Elis look to remain on the national scene.
A 1993 graduate of Georgetown, Ireland was an eight-time NCAA All-American (four cross country and four track). She placed third in the 10,000m at the NCAAs during both her freshman and senior years. In the 5,000m at the Indoor NCAAs she placed fifth her junior year and fourth as a senior. In the fall of 1992 she was runner-up in the Big East Cross Country Championships. In the spring of 1993 she was both the Penn Relays and Big East 10,000m champion, as well as the Outdoor ECAC 3,000m and 5,000m champion. Her PRs include 4:45 for the mile, 16:04 for the 5k and 33:40 for the 10k.
Prior to
coming to Yale, Ireland was the Fitness Director at Georgetown's
Yates Fieldhouse. Her husband, Dan, is the men's cross-country
coach at Yale University. They have two children, Jacob and
Alaina.
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Mahon is entering her sixth year coaching at Yale. Since beginning in 2004-2005, she has had had athletes break five records (women's indoor shot, women's disc, men's discus, men's outdoor and indoor shot; the shot records were set in 1950 by Jim Fuchs and broken in 2007 by John Langhauser). She has also had numerous athletes qualify for the NCAA Regional and National Championships.
Mahon was the 2002 U.S. Indoor and Outdoor Champion with a throw of 23.56 meters in the 20-pound weight and 72.01 meters in the hammer. She broke the American record in the hammer three times in 2002 and held the record until the spring of 2004, when it was broken by Erin Gilreath with a throw of 72.12 meters. Norgren Mahon has been a member of two World Championships Teams (2001, 2003), placing seventh in the Paris World Championships in 2003. She was also a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team in Athens. She has been ranked in the top 12 in the world in the women's hammer for several years, with a high ranking of fifth in 2002. She is a 1996 graduate of the University of Vermont, where she competed in the hammer throw.
Outside of Yale, she has worked as a full time
English teacher since 1997, and is now the English Department
Chairperson at Amity High School in Woodbridge, Conn. She and
her husband have two children: Grace and Lance.
