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Track & Field
Hicks, Chereé
Chereé Hicks
- Title:
- Head Track and Field Coach
- Email:
- hicks2cn@jmu.edu
- Phone:
- 540-568-3935
- Physical Address:
- Bridgeforth B108 (261 Bluestone Dr.) / MSC 2301
The 2017-18 season will mark Chereé Hicks' fourth year as track and field head coach at JMU after assuming the role prior to the 2014-15 season.
In 2016-17, the Dukes placed third at the CAA Championships behind Kennedy King's Co-Most Outstanding Track Performer showing. JMU won three events and collected 14 All-CAA performances. Five school records were broken, including the outdoor 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays. Alexys Taylor (100M) and Tessa Mundell (3000M Steeple) both qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary.
The 2015-16 season was one filled with success for the Dukes. JMU placed second at both the CAA and ECAC Outdoor Championships and third at the ECAC Indoor Championships. Hicks guided thrower Amber Monroe to one of the best individual campaigns in JMU history. Monroe broke the school record for indoor and outdoor shot put and outdoor discus, and finished 15th in the shot put at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore.
In her first season in Harrisonburg, Hicks led the Dukes to a third-place finish at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships, including four gold-medal performances. She also guided the Dukes to a second-place showing among 52 scoring squads at the ECAC Championships before then taking three student-athletes to the NCAA East Preliminary in Jacksonville, Fla.
Hicks came to JMU after spending the previous two years at the helm of the women's track and field program at Northern Michigan University. The Los Angeles, Calif., native holds an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Level V certification in jumps, a USA Track and Field (USATF) Level II certification in throws and a U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) sprint, hurdle and relay specialist certification.
While at Northern Michigan, Hicks led her student-athletes to 17 school records while coaching three NCAA Division II All-Americans in both indoor and outdoor competition. She also coached five NCAA Division II qualifiers and five USTFCCCA all-region performers. During her time at NMU, the track and field student-athletes earned a combined five Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) individual event championship titles, earned four All-GLIAC performer awards and 19 All-GLIAC honorable mentions.
Prior to her time at NMU, Hicks made three stops spanning 11 years as an assistant track and field coach at Miami (Fla.) (2005-12), Syracuse (2002-2005) and Portland State (2001-02).
Before going on to NMU, Hicks spent seven seasons at Miami focusing on throwers. While at Miami, Hicks coached an athlete who qualified for the NCAA Championships in four of her seven years with the program. She also coached Miami's first discus All-American, Khadija Talley, and an honorable mention All-American, while helping the program garner two Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Team Championships, five ACC individual championships and 18 All-ACC honorees.
At Syracuse, Hicks coached student-athletes to nine Big East Conference Championship individual titles, 17 All-Big East honors and four school records in women's hammer and women's weight throw. While with the program, Hicks helped develop Johvonne Hernandez, who set a Big East record while earning All-American honors in the hammer throw in 2004. Hicks also helped Kristen Michalski to the 2003 USATF Junior Nationals hammer championship.
Between her stops at Miami and Syracuse, Hicks coached multiple NCAA Division I national qualifiers. Previously, Hicks served one season as the assistant coach at Portland State.
Prior to coaching, Hicks had a decorated career as a student-athlete as Syracuse and Cal State Northridge (CSUN). During the 2000 season at Syracuse, she finished second in shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships and finished second in both shot put and discus in the NCAA outdoor meet. In that same season, Hicks set a Big East Indoor Championship record in the shot put and Big East Outdoor Championship records in both the shot put and discus. Overall, she was a six-time All-American at Syracuse and won six Big East Conference championships (indoor shot put twice, outdoor shot put twice, discus twice).
While at CSUN, Hicks was a four-time All-Big Sky Conference selection and won the Big Sky championship in discus in 1998. She holds the school record in discus, an event she was an All-American in. Additionally, she was a two-time NCAA national qualifier.
Hicks earned her bachelor's degree in public relations from Syracuse in 2000 and completed her masters degree in liberal studies at Miami in 2011.
In 2016-17, the Dukes placed third at the CAA Championships behind Kennedy King's Co-Most Outstanding Track Performer showing. JMU won three events and collected 14 All-CAA performances. Five school records were broken, including the outdoor 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays. Alexys Taylor (100M) and Tessa Mundell (3000M Steeple) both qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary.
The 2015-16 season was one filled with success for the Dukes. JMU placed second at both the CAA and ECAC Outdoor Championships and third at the ECAC Indoor Championships. Hicks guided thrower Amber Monroe to one of the best individual campaigns in JMU history. Monroe broke the school record for indoor and outdoor shot put and outdoor discus, and finished 15th in the shot put at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore.
In her first season in Harrisonburg, Hicks led the Dukes to a third-place finish at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships, including four gold-medal performances. She also guided the Dukes to a second-place showing among 52 scoring squads at the ECAC Championships before then taking three student-athletes to the NCAA East Preliminary in Jacksonville, Fla.
Hicks came to JMU after spending the previous two years at the helm of the women's track and field program at Northern Michigan University. The Los Angeles, Calif., native holds an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Level V certification in jumps, a USA Track and Field (USATF) Level II certification in throws and a U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) sprint, hurdle and relay specialist certification.
While at Northern Michigan, Hicks led her student-athletes to 17 school records while coaching three NCAA Division II All-Americans in both indoor and outdoor competition. She also coached five NCAA Division II qualifiers and five USTFCCCA all-region performers. During her time at NMU, the track and field student-athletes earned a combined five Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) individual event championship titles, earned four All-GLIAC performer awards and 19 All-GLIAC honorable mentions.
Prior to her time at NMU, Hicks made three stops spanning 11 years as an assistant track and field coach at Miami (Fla.) (2005-12), Syracuse (2002-2005) and Portland State (2001-02).
Before going on to NMU, Hicks spent seven seasons at Miami focusing on throwers. While at Miami, Hicks coached an athlete who qualified for the NCAA Championships in four of her seven years with the program. She also coached Miami's first discus All-American, Khadija Talley, and an honorable mention All-American, while helping the program garner two Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Team Championships, five ACC individual championships and 18 All-ACC honorees.
At Syracuse, Hicks coached student-athletes to nine Big East Conference Championship individual titles, 17 All-Big East honors and four school records in women's hammer and women's weight throw. While with the program, Hicks helped develop Johvonne Hernandez, who set a Big East record while earning All-American honors in the hammer throw in 2004. Hicks also helped Kristen Michalski to the 2003 USATF Junior Nationals hammer championship.
Between her stops at Miami and Syracuse, Hicks coached multiple NCAA Division I national qualifiers. Previously, Hicks served one season as the assistant coach at Portland State.
Prior to coaching, Hicks had a decorated career as a student-athlete as Syracuse and Cal State Northridge (CSUN). During the 2000 season at Syracuse, she finished second in shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships and finished second in both shot put and discus in the NCAA outdoor meet. In that same season, Hicks set a Big East Indoor Championship record in the shot put and Big East Outdoor Championship records in both the shot put and discus. Overall, she was a six-time All-American at Syracuse and won six Big East Conference championships (indoor shot put twice, outdoor shot put twice, discus twice).
While at CSUN, Hicks was a four-time All-Big Sky Conference selection and won the Big Sky championship in discus in 1998. She holds the school record in discus, an event she was an All-American in. Additionally, she was a two-time NCAA national qualifier.
Hicks earned her bachelor's degree in public relations from Syracuse in 2000 and completed her masters degree in liberal studies at Miami in 2011.
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