Headed into 4th season as the head coach for the WWU Track & Field and Cross Country programs, and his 2nd on a non-interim basis ... won all 12 possible GNAC Coach of the Year awards in 2023-24 and 2024-25 ... overall in his 14th year as a coach at WWU … Stensland has coached over 24 NCAA Division II All-Americans and written training programs for several more during his coaching tenure ... During his time as a coach at WWU the Vikings have won 17 GNAC team titles ... Rejoined the WWU track & field program for 2016-17 academic year after a one-year hiatus with Western Oregon University ... Has coached sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers, multi athletes and throwers for Vikings ... Worked with national champion javelin throwers Monika Gruszecki (2011) and Bethany Drake (2014, 2017) as well as four-time All-American javelin thrower Katie Reichert (2012-2016) ... Also coached Gruszecki, Drake and Reichert at the USA Track & Field Championships in 2014 and 2017 … In all, has coached 26 NCAA Division II All-Americans and written training programs for another 12 during his coaching tenure ... Has coached student-athletes to 63 Great Northwest Athletic Conference individual champion titles and student-athletes setting 57 indoor and outdoor school records ... WWU has won 12 GNAC team titles and had 12 top 25 finishes at NCAA II Indoor and Outdoor Championships during his tenure ... Competed in football at WWU and was three-sport athlete at Ventura Junior College (football, baseball, track and field) … Graduate of Sequim High School.
Updated July 9, 2024
