2008-09 Track and Field
Jay Myers
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Jay Myers - Assistant Coach
Jay Myers is the Assistant Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at Bethany College.
 
Myers comes to Bethany after retiring in July, '08 after 32 years teaching in Kansas public high schools, the last 25 at Smoky Valley in Lindsborg, Kan. He brings to Bethany 31 years of coaching experience, including 23 years in football. Myers spent seven years as a head coach, including two years as an assistant under previous Bethany football coach Dr. Kessinger and one year as head JV coach. In the two years at Bethany, the Swedes won the KCAC both times. While Myers was the defensive coordinator at SVHS, the Vikings were state champions in 1988 and runners-up in 1991.
 
He also has accumulated 24 years of coaching basketball. He spent 12 years as a head coach, two years as an assistant coach for the Swedes, and one year as head JV coach. While head basketball coach at SVHS, Myers and his squad had a run of winning league three out of four years after a 15-year winless streak.
 
Myers has 20 years of experience coaching track & field. In eight years as head coach at SVHS, the teams won six league championships, one girls' state championship, and one boys' state runnerup. 
 
As an assistant or head coach, Myers has coached athletes to school records 34 times, along with 43 state medalists and 15 state champions.
 
Myers' playing experience includes being one of only two tudents at Wichita Heights to have lettered in the combination of football, basketball, and track. He played basketball and ran track both years at junior college as well as played baseball for one year. At Bethany, Myers played basketball.
 
Myers has served as a clinician several times including the KSHSAA coaching school.
 
Myers is married to Debbie Myers. The couple has two children, Carly and Curits.

2008-09 Women's T&F Roster
#NameCl.EventHt.HometownPrevious School
 Nadia ArmbrusterFRDistance Lindsborg, KS0
 Courtney ChandlerFRSprints Drumright, OK0
 Mollie DahlFRThrows Lander, WY0
 Courtney GallardoFRSprints/Jumps Pueblo West, CO0
 Hannah HembergerFRThrows Argonia, KS0
 Molly McElgunnFRSprints Hutchinson, KS0
 Catherine SpicerFRThrows Bennett, CO0
 Shane ValdezFRMulti-Events Moscow, KS0
 Lindsay GrivettiSOJumps Longmont, CO0
 Jaci KeplerSOHurdles/Sprints Bassett, NE0
 Morgan SalterSODistance Holcomb, KS0
 Josie SchampSOThrows/Jumps Arvada, CO0
 Gilda AlvarezJRThrows Yuma. AZ0
 Amber DunhamJRThrower Independence, KS0
 Adela JirikovaJRDistance Olomouc, The Czech Republic0
 Stephanie WilsonJRMiddle Distance Pomona, KS0
 Jessica BeckerSRThrows Capitan, NM0
 Summer LaceySRSprints/Jumps Phoenix, AZ0
 Marcie SchottlerSRDistance Marysville, KS0
Aaron Davis - Head Coach
Jay Myers - Assistant Coach

2008-09 Men's T&F Roster
#NameCl.EventHt.HometownPrevious School
 DeWayne AutryFRSprints South Houston, TX0
 Kwame BanksFRSprints Las Vegas, NV0
 Ty BiekerFRSprints Sharon Sprigs, KS0
 Travis DavidsonFRSprints Friendswood, TX0
 Trey GoodchildFRSprints The Colony, TX0
 Brennon JacobsonFRThrows Magnolia, TX0
 Anthony KingFRSprints The Colony, TX0
 Tomas OrtizFRMiddle/Distance Lyons, KS0
 Josh SniderFRMiddle/Distance Tehachapi, CA0
 Brian VanorsbyFRSprints/Jumps Wylie, TX0
 Kenneth WhitacreFRMulti-Event The Colony, TX0
 Ira Autrey, Jr.SOSprints/Jumps Houston, TX0
 Lorenzo AravjoJRSprints/Hurdles Larned, KS0
 Jorge EscobarJRMiddle/Distance Emporia, KS0
 Jordan GrayJRThrows Fort Worth, TX0
 Jesse MuntzJRMulti-Event Dexter, KS0
 Nick O'LaughlinJRSprints Hugoton, KS0
 James BowdenSRSprints Salina, KS0
 Sean DahleySRSprints Phoenix, AZ0
 Trent DavisSRSprints/Jumps Salina, KS0
 Willie EdwardsSRSprints Mobile, AL0
 Hugo EscobarSRMiddle/Distance Emporia, KS0
 Nhial MaliaSRDistance Houston, TX0
 Caleb SvatySRThrows Ellsworth, KS0
Aaron Davis - Head Coach
Jay Myers - Assistant Coach