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St. Olaf College Names Katie Bretscher '08 Women's Track and Field Coach

St. Olaf College Names Katie Bretscher '08 Women's Track and Field Coach

August 20, 2015

Katie Bretscher, a 2008 graduate of DePauw University, was today named head coach of the St. Olaf College women's track and field program. Bretscher comes from Cornell College in Iowa, where she has been assistant cross country and track and field coach for more than three years.  In her new role at St. Olaf she will also serve as an assistant coach for the women's cross country team.

"Bretscher was track and field student-athlete at DePauw University," notes the announcement. "She was the team's most valuable track performer in 2007, a coach's award winner in 2006 and broke five school records in her career. Bretcher stayed at DePauw as an assistant coach in 2009-10 and was an intern for the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships."

dp newspaperA mathematics major at DePauw, Katie Bretscher graduated cum laude and earned her M.Ed. in educational leadership from St. Lawrence, where she was an assistant track and field coach for two seasons.

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