Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Appoints New Track & Field Head Coach

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kendra Reimer as the head coach of the CMS Track & Field Team and instructor of physical education.

Reimer comes to CMS with extensive experience as both an athlete and coach. While a student at Texas A&M University, Reimer competed in the Big 12 Conference in the heptathlon, earning All-American Honors and qualifying in the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship in the long jump, javelin and hurdle events. She then began training for the 2004 Olympic Trials, and placed 11^th in the heptathlon.

“Academic success of student-athletes is a priority for me as a coach,” says Reimer. “I look forward to working with the CMS student-athletes to achieve both their athletic and academic goals.”

Post-graduation, Reimer served as track and field manager at California State University, Long Beach and assistant track and field coach at California State University, Los Angeles. While at CSULA, she coached eight All-Americans, nine CCAA Champions, and twelve All-CCAA athletes. Her athletes also earned two NCAA Division II West Region Athlete of the Year Awards in 2007 and 2008. In 2009, the USTFCCCA awarded Reimer the Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year for the West Region. Currently, she is the assistant track and field coach at Brown University, where in only one season she had five NCAA Championship East Preliminary Round Qualifiers, two All-Ivy and thirteen Top-10 performances and one school record in the Triple Jump.

“I am very pleased that Kendra is joining our department,” states Mike Sutton, CMS Director of Athletics. “She has a tremendous competitive background and has shown herself to be an excellent coach in her previous positions. She understands what it takes to succeed athletically at the highest levels and we are convinced of her commitment to a balance in developing both athletic and academic excellence.

Reimer holds a bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M University. She furthered her education by becoming a Certified Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Reimer takes over for John Goldhammer, who retired as head track & field coach at the end of the track season. Goldhammer will continue to serve as head cross country coach and as an associate athletic director.