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Wellness and Human Performance Division (WHP) Building M, Room 847/925-6464 847/925-6038 fax Email: rzellner@harpercollege.edu |
Academic Credentials | Physical Education | Institutional Activities | Athletics
-Post Graduate hours- Health, Fitness, Coaching
-Masters Degree- Physical Education/Health, Northwestern University,
-Bachelors Degree- Physical Education/Dance/Recreation, Sociology,
Health Fitness Instructor Certification,
Health , Ped 203-050 Click to view the syllabus for this telecourse
Health, Ped 203 General Course Content
Introduction to Coaching Ped 218
Track and Field Techniques, Ped 220
Other Physical Education Department Programs
Personal Trainer Preparation, Instructor
Fitness and Dance Classes, Coordinator
ASEP Coaching Certification
Wellness
Promotions
Sabbatical
Coaching/Men
and Women's Track and Field
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About the Program
The
Competition
Our competition is primarily with neighboring four-year institutions, which include Division I, II, III, and NJCAA teams. We only have a few meets, which are team scored. We are very fortunate to have schools who respect each other's programs and are willing to host a large competitive invitational. North Central College, Illinois Benedictine, Carthage, University of Chicago, Lewis, Loras College, Wisconsin Lutheran, University of Wisconsin @ Madison and Butler @ IUPUI are some of the host schools.
For current schedule, go to TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE
Events
We compete in 21 events, which also includes the 3200m relay.
Regional IV Competition
This year the men placed 1st in the Region and the women placed 2nd.
Women Region champions included:
Betsy Bailey 1st place in the shot put, 3rd in the hammer, 2nd in the javelin and the discus; Vanessa Mensie 1st in the hammer and discus, 3rd place in the shot put. Irene Valladares 1st in the 10k and 5K; Chelsea McPherson, 2nd in the 10k and 3rd place in the 1500m; Diana Cruz 3rd place in the 800m. The 3200m Relay of Valladares, Cruz, Banasik, and McPherson 1st place.
Most valuable field athlete: Vanessa Mensie
Men Region champions included:
Chris Brown 100m, Chris Hoffman 5k, Travis Pruitt long jump, Shareef Chandler EL triple jump, Ryan Asta shot put and discus, Matt Royer hammer (school record 183’5 55.90m***), Sargon Youssef javelin. 2nd place finishers- Blake Heyman, 400m hurdles, Shareef Chandler high jump and long jump, Cornelius Watkins shot and discus, Ryan Asta hammer. 3rd place finishers- Fernando Castillo 400m, Chris Brown 200m, Chris Hoffman 1500m, Sagar Patel 5k, Carlos Carabajal pole vault, Cornelius Watkins hammer, Jake Rohn javelin.
Other important contributors- Anthony Bavaro 400m, Sager Patel 1500m, Blake Heyman 110H, and Pat Souder 400mH,
Most valuable field athlete: Ryan Asta
National Competition
MEN
This year the men's team came back to win their third (back to back) NJCAA Division III National Championship title (2009). This was a first for the Harper College Athletic program. Harper College and Delhi were tie going into the last event, the 1600m relay, and the Harper team only had to get the baton around and did so in style placing 2nd All American with a personal record time of 3:20.80.
National Champions- 1st place All Americans:
Ryan Asta set a National Meet Record in the shot put (55’ 2 ¾) and in the hammer (173’ 8)
Second place All-American was Ryan Asta discus (152’6), Matt Royer (165’ 7). Cornelius Watkins shot (51’ 5 ½), C. Brown, Bavaro, Karwowski, Castillo, 1600m relay team.
Third place finishers were Shareef Chandler EL triple jump (46’), Cornelius Watkins, hammer (158’11) and discus (145’5), Ryan Asta javelin (159’4).
Other important contributors were:
Sargon Youssef javelin 4th (153’5), Fernando Castillo 4th 400m (49.80), Travis Pruitt 4th long jump, Matt Royer 4th shot put, Blake Heyman 4th 110H (15.90), Darius Voss 4th triple jump, Maxwell Jackson 4th high jump, Michal Karwowski 5th 100m and 200m, Chris Hoffman 5th k, Brown C, Brown J, Pruitt, Karwowski, Heyman 5th 400m relay 42.99, Tyler Austin 5th high jump. Isiah Holcombe 5th triple jump, Carlos Carabajal 6th place PV, Chris Hoffman 6th 10K, Sagar Patel, 8th 10k,
NJCAA MOST VALUABLE FIELD ATHLETE: Ryan Asta (2 years in a row)
WOMEN
This year’s women's team placed 5th with only 6 athletes.
National
Champions:
Vanessa Mensie hammer (new school record 148’110) *** and shot put, Betsy Bailey shot put, Victoria Mikszta high jump.
Other important contributors were:
Chelsea McPherson 5th 5k and 10k, Betsy Bailey 4th in javelin, 5th discus and 6th in hammer, Vanessa Mensie 4th shot put.
NJCAA MOST VALUABLE FIELD ATHLETE: Vanessa Mensie
(Click here for School Records)
About the Coach
Renee Zellner has coached men and women's track and field for the past 30years. Eight of her women's teams and 10 of her men's teams have won regional titles. More that 100 athletes have qualified for nationals and numerous athletes have earned the status of All-Americans. Coach Zellner specializes in the sprints, jumps, throws, hurdles, 400m, 800m events and she works on developing athletes into combined event athletes. In 1994, she was selected as an assistant coach/manager for the North Team at the Olympic festival and has been an official at several major Invitational and National meets. She is also a United States Track and Field Master’s level official. She has been president and an officer of the NJCAA Region IV Track and Field Coaches Association for many years, and president and officer of the NJCAA Men and Women’s Coaches Association. Presently she is Vice President of the NJCAA Division III Coaches Association.
In 1997, Coach Zellner was inducted in to the NJCAA Division I Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame and in 2000 she was awarded NJCAA Division III Ron Buss Women's Coach of the Year. In 2005 she was inducted into the Region IV Hall of Fame. In 2007 she added the men's NJCAA Division III team championship to her accomplishments, a first in the college's history and last year she added her second team championship to her list of accolades which includes the honor of Men's Coach of the Meet award. This year her men’s team made Harper College Athletics’ history by winning the 3rd consecutive National Championship title. The honor included Coach of the Meet award and the prestigious honor or being voted the Ron Buss Men’s Coach of the Year honor.