Jesse Chapman named UW throws coach...
Chapman comes to the University of Washington after working as an assistant coach (jumps) and director of operations at San Diego State University.
At SDSU, he worked with Simone Johnson, who was an NCAA qualifier in the triple jump, along with Jenna Fee Feyerabend, who was a Mountain West champion in the pentathlon and heptathlon, as well as an NCAA qualifier in both multi events.
Before coming to San Diego State in the fall of 2020, he served as the assistant coach at Columbia University as the men’s and women’s technical coach for high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump and multi events since 2016.
Chapman coached the 2017 Ivy League indoor champion in the women's triple jump indoor 2017, the back-to-back men’s indoor Ivy League champion in 2019 and 2020, and the women’s high jump champion in 2020.
Before Columbia, Chapman was the assistant coach at Northeastern University and a volunteer assistant at Harvard University.
Chapman, who competed at the University of Connecticut, where he was a teammate of current UW track & field operations director Stephanie Bohannon, was an NCAA qualifier in the decathlon in 2013, where his strong events were in the throws. He was the 2013 Big East champion in the decathlon and won the silver medal at the conference championships during his freshman and senior seasons.
The five-time All-Big East selection in the indoor heptathlon and outdoor decathlon is a 2014 graduate of UConn with a Bachelor’s in Exercise Science.
Chapman replaces Jason Schutz, who became the throws coach at Duke University.
IVERSON HELPS IVY LEAGUE SELECT TEAM TO FOURTH PLACE FINISH IN IZUMO EKIDEN...
Washington alum Acer Iverson ran the second leg of the six leg Izumo Ekiden race as the Ivy League Select team finished fourth over a distance of 45.1 kilometers (27.98 miles) in Izumo, Japan Monday.
In his leg of 5.8 kilometers, Iverson, who ran at Harvard before using his fifth year of NCAA eligibility at Washington last spring, ran a split of 16:25, the third fastest of the 22 team field.
Koku Gakuin University won its second straight Izumo Ekiden, as its team ran 2:09:12, while the Ivy League select team was exactly a minute behind the winners.
The fourth place finish by the Ivy League select team was its highest finish, eclipsing its fifth place finish in last year's Izumo Ekiden.
Washington alum Wil Laird ran in the alternates 5000 meter race, finishing 21st in 14:51.61.
NOTE: The sports information offices of the University of Washington & Columbia University, and Japan Running News contributed to this report.
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