Bowling Green State University Athletics
Lashawn Alexander Named Assistant Track Coach
August 25, 2003 | Women's Track and Field
Aug. 25, 2003
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Lashawn Alexander has been hired as an assistant track and field coach at Bowling Green State University. Alexander will coach the hurdles, sprints and horizontal jumps events for the Falcons of head coach Scott Sehmann, and also will assist with the cross country programs under head coach Cami Wells.
"Lashawn brings enthusiasm and a wealth of knowledge obtained through his years of competing as well as his coaching experience at Ohio University this past year," said Sehmann. "He will have an opportunity to further the talents of our present athletes, such as MAC 100-meter hurdle runner-up Alicia Taylor and standout freshman Amber Walker, in addition to guiding the careers of numerous talented incoming recruits."
Alexander comes to BGSU after spending the 2002-03 academic year as a graduate assistant with the track and field program at MAC member Ohio University. With the Bobcats, he worked with the sprinters and hurdles competitors, and helped three female athletes to NCAA regional qualifying marks in the 100-meter hurdles and an additional runner to a qualifying mark in the 400-meter hurdles.
A standout runner at another MAC school, the University of Toledo, Alexander graduated in May of 2002 with a bachelor's degree in sports administration. While with the Rockets, he captured a MAC title in the 110-meter high hurdles during the 2002 outdoor season, and also placed first in the 60-meter high hurdles at the All-Ohio Championships in both 2001 and 2002. In the latter event, Alexander's NCAA provisional qualifying time of 7.84 was the second-fastest indoor time in the conference.
Alexander finished second in the long jump (23-10 1/4) and third in the 110 hurdles at the 2001 MAC Championships, and also was a member of UT's 4x110-meter shuttle hurdles relay team that set a school record (56.79) in 1999.
Alexander captained the team in each of his final two years at UT. At Ohio, he has completed coursework toward his graduate degree.
