Head coach Chris Daymont
	27th season
	SUNY- Cortland
	E-mail: daymont@stolaf.edu
	Phone: 507-786-3810

Daymont has coached at the college level for 32 years, with 27 years at St. Olaf. Daymont has earned the NCAA III Central Region Coach of the Year three times, most recently in 1995. During the Fall 2002, Daymont was named Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Coach of the Year for a second time. Success has been a trademark for her, accompanying runners to national championships 16 times (8th in all-time appearances), ten of those with top ton finishes.

Daymont has mentored over 1000 student-athletes during her tenure. She has coached over 30 different athletes who have earned nearly 80 All-America titles. She also has made her mark as a leader in water training. She serves as a distance and middle distance clinician around the region and worked as a co-director for the 1982 AIAW track and field championships.

A graduate of the State University of New York-Cortland, Daymont went on to earn an M.S. from Syracuse University. Daymont had a five-year hiatus from St. Olaf (1981-86) and taught and coached at Bloomsburg (PA) State and Macalaster.

Daymont teaches in the department of physical education as an associate professor, specializing in exercise physiology. She has coached the women's cross country team for 27 years as well and is credited for the facilitation of the Minnesota State High School cross country championships on the St.Olaf campus for the past sixteen years.


Assistant coaches: Sarah Deeb Patterson, Rob McCarthy