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Shaun Meinecke Former Georgia Southern head coach Shaun Meinecke is entering his second season as an assistant coach with the RedHawks' track and field program. Meinecke handles the sprints, jumps and pole vault for the Red and White. In his first season at Miami, Meinecke produced three national qualifiers and three Mid-American Conference Champions. During the indoor season, Kristina Bolterstein (high jump) and Sarah Landau (pole vault) each qualified for the NCAA Championships, while Bolterstein and Lashonda Davis (long jump, 60 meters) won MAC indoor titles. Bolterstein was perhaps the most impressive Miamian, as she tied an all-time MAC record with a clearance of 6-1 1/2 and was named the USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year. Meinecke's athletes also totaled 51 team points at the MAC indoor meet. Meinecke's athletes continued their impressive performances during the outdoor season, as he produced three regional qualifiers including Bolterstein, who finished as the MAC high jump runner-up. Bolterstein went on to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships where she was the eighth American finisher and became the first high jump All-American in program history. Bolterstein also tied the outdoor school high jump record twice, including in the national high jump preliminaries where she cleared 5-10 3/4. Now in his sixth season in the college coaching ranks, Meinecke compiled an impressive resume while at Georgia Southern, winning back-to-back Southern Conference Outdoor Coach of the Year honors in 2005 and 2006. In his two seasons at the helm, Meinecke mentored seven conference champions, 13 regional qualifiers and one NCAA qualifier. Meinecke also helped the Golden Eagles to back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Southern Conference Outdoor Championships, including the highest conference point total in program history at the 2005 meet. Prior to his head coaching tenure, Meinecke was an assistant coach at Georgia Southern (2001-03) and was in charge of the horizontal jumps, vertical jumps, sprints and heptathlon. In between coaching stints in Statesboro, Ga., Meinecke started and ran his own business (2003-04) specializing in speed training and strength and conditioning. During his time as a student-athlete, Meinecke was a two-time NCAA Division III All-America decathlete at Luther College. Meinecke also was a three-time national qualifier and won a national championship as a member of the distance relay team. In addition, Meinecke also excelled post-collegiately, finishing as the 2003 USA Double Decathlon World Champion and 2004 World Double Decathlon Champion. Meinecke earned his bachelor's degree in sports management from Luther College in 2001 and went on to earn his master's degree in sports management from Georgia Southern in 2003. |
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