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Ryan Turner begins his first season as head cross country couch and assistant track & field coach at Houston. Turner comes to UH after spending almost three years at the assistant cross country and track and field coach at Cowley County Community College (Kan.). There he led the men's team to the 2006 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference championship of the Eastern Division and a fifth place finish at the National Junior College Athletic Association national meet. He would guide the women's team to a fourth-place finish at the NJCAA National Cross Country meet in 2006. During his three years at Cowley County CC, Turner coached 12 individuals that earned 18 All-America honors. He also coached on All-America relay team, one national champion, eight individual regional championships and three regional championship relay teams, as well as 12 individual and three relay teams that captured conference accolades. He also produced 39 national meet qualifiers. Prior to coaching at Cowley County CC, Turner spent two years at Southewestern College, his alma mater, in Winfield, Kan. There he served as the assistant cross country and track and field coach and he was also a Residence Hall Director. Turner holds a bachelors degree in physical education, a master's degree in education and is USATF Level II certified in the endurance and sprint s/relays/hurdles events. Turner is a certified USATF Level I instructor and was the school director for the USATF Level I school at Cowley County CC in June of 2006 and Hutchinson Community College (Kan.) in June of 2007. As an athlete, Turner was a four-time national meet qualifier and KCAC Conference runner-up in the 1,500 meter run while at Southwestern College. He and his wife Cassie, a third grade teacher, have a 17-month-old daughter, Lauryn Marie. |
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