The University of Akron Athletics
Track & Field
Reimer-Gonzales, Kendra
Kendra Reimer-Gonzales
- Title:
- Director of Track and Field/Cross Country (Jumps)
- Email:
- kreimer@uakron.edu
- Phone:
- (330) 972-7964
AKRON, Ohio – Kendra Reimer-Gonzales is her her second year as Akron's Director of Track and Field/Cross Country after being named to the position in August of 2022.
Akron captured its first ever Mid-American Conference men's cross country championship in 2023 after winning the men's outdoor track and field title in the spring at Lee R. Jackson Track and Field Complex, for which Reimer-Gonzales was selected as the MAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year.
Reimer-Gonzales came to Akron after three successful campaigns at San Jose State University where she led the Spartans to a combined 22 school records and 109 all-time top performances in program history over her tenure.
A six-time USTFCCCA (United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) honoree, Reimer-Gonzales led the revival of the men’s program after the program’s 30-year absence following her arrival at San Jose State in 2018.
San Jose State qualified a school-record six athletes to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in 2021 after earning a program-record 21 All-Mountain West Conference honors. The Spartans garnered 33 Mountain West Conference Scholar-Athlete citations, a trio of USTFCCCA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete laurels during her tenure.
Reimer-Gonzales arrived at San Jose State following four seasons (2015-18) as the head coach of women's cross country and track and field at San Francisco State, where her team won the 2018 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) women's track and field championship, the first in program history.
In 2017 and 2018 she was named CCAA Track and Field Head Coach of the Year and four-times (2011, 2013, 2017 and 2018) she earned USTFCCCA West Region Outdoor Head Coach of the Year honors. In 2018, Reimer-Gonzales was also named the USTFCCCA West Region Indoor Head Coach of the Year and in 2009 was a USTFCCCA Assistant Coach of the Year Award recipient.
Her 2018 Gators' team placed 10th at the 2018 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships where eight Gators were named first-team All-America honorees. Her student-athletes earned 15 All-CCAA honors and 11 times were event winners.
In 2017, the Gators' women's 4x400 relay team won the NCAA Division II championship, the first in any sport at San Francisco State. Eight student-athletes advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships where the team finished in 16th place.
In four years at San Francisco State, her student-athletes garnered 18 first-team and five second-team All-America honors, set 17 school records and appeared on the program's all-time top-10 lists 68 times. She coached 17 individual conference champions
From 2010-13, Reimer-Gonzales was the head women and men's track and field coach at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, an NCAA Division III institution in Claremont, California. In four seasons she guided her women and men's teams to four SCIAC championships, while coaching nine All-Americans. Reimer-Gonzales mentored 35 individual conference champions and 153 All-SCIAC honorees, while 13 school records were set during her tenure.
From 2006 through 2010, Reimer-Gonzales was an assistant at Cal State Los Angeles (2006-2009) and Brown University (2009-2010). At both stops, she assisted in the development of 22 NCAA qualifiers, nine conference champions and 19 all-conference honorees.
As a collegian, Reimer-Gonzales attended and competed for Texas A&M. She was an All-American in the heptathlon and upon graduation held the school record in the pentathlon. She competed in the 2004 USA Olympic Trials in the heptathlon placing 11th.
She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology, and then a master's degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M. Reimer-Gonzales is a USATF Level II coach in the sprints, jumps, distance, and combined events. Additionally, she is a certified strength and conditioning coach by the USTFCCCA.
Akron captured its first ever Mid-American Conference men's cross country championship in 2023 after winning the men's outdoor track and field title in the spring at Lee R. Jackson Track and Field Complex, for which Reimer-Gonzales was selected as the MAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year.
Reimer-Gonzales came to Akron after three successful campaigns at San Jose State University where she led the Spartans to a combined 22 school records and 109 all-time top performances in program history over her tenure.
A six-time USTFCCCA (United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) honoree, Reimer-Gonzales led the revival of the men’s program after the program’s 30-year absence following her arrival at San Jose State in 2018.
San Jose State qualified a school-record six athletes to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in 2021 after earning a program-record 21 All-Mountain West Conference honors. The Spartans garnered 33 Mountain West Conference Scholar-Athlete citations, a trio of USTFCCCA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete laurels during her tenure.
Reimer-Gonzales arrived at San Jose State following four seasons (2015-18) as the head coach of women's cross country and track and field at San Francisco State, where her team won the 2018 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) women's track and field championship, the first in program history.
In 2017 and 2018 she was named CCAA Track and Field Head Coach of the Year and four-times (2011, 2013, 2017 and 2018) she earned USTFCCCA West Region Outdoor Head Coach of the Year honors. In 2018, Reimer-Gonzales was also named the USTFCCCA West Region Indoor Head Coach of the Year and in 2009 was a USTFCCCA Assistant Coach of the Year Award recipient.
Her 2018 Gators' team placed 10th at the 2018 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships where eight Gators were named first-team All-America honorees. Her student-athletes earned 15 All-CCAA honors and 11 times were event winners.
In 2017, the Gators' women's 4x400 relay team won the NCAA Division II championship, the first in any sport at San Francisco State. Eight student-athletes advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships where the team finished in 16th place.
In four years at San Francisco State, her student-athletes garnered 18 first-team and five second-team All-America honors, set 17 school records and appeared on the program's all-time top-10 lists 68 times. She coached 17 individual conference champions
From 2010-13, Reimer-Gonzales was the head women and men's track and field coach at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, an NCAA Division III institution in Claremont, California. In four seasons she guided her women and men's teams to four SCIAC championships, while coaching nine All-Americans. Reimer-Gonzales mentored 35 individual conference champions and 153 All-SCIAC honorees, while 13 school records were set during her tenure.
From 2006 through 2010, Reimer-Gonzales was an assistant at Cal State Los Angeles (2006-2009) and Brown University (2009-2010). At both stops, she assisted in the development of 22 NCAA qualifiers, nine conference champions and 19 all-conference honorees.
As a collegian, Reimer-Gonzales attended and competed for Texas A&M. She was an All-American in the heptathlon and upon graduation held the school record in the pentathlon. She competed in the 2004 USA Olympic Trials in the heptathlon placing 11th.
She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology, and then a master's degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M. Reimer-Gonzales is a USATF Level II coach in the sprints, jumps, distance, and combined events. Additionally, she is a certified strength and conditioning coach by the USTFCCCA.
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| 2023 CROSS COUNTRY | • MAC Champions (first title in program history) • Timothy Chesondin named MAC Freshman of the Year • Timothy Chesondin (2nd place), Brian Masai (3rd place) and Chase Easterling (5th place) named First-Team All-MAC • Titus Kirui (12th place) named Second-Team All-MAC • Timothy Chesondin earns All-Region honors at NCAA Great Lakes Regional • Timothy Chesondin becomes second Zips to qualify for NCAA Championships |
• Placed Fifth at MAC Championships • Mary Munga named MAC Freshman of the Year • Mary Munga (5th place) named First-Team All-MAC |
| 2023 OUTDOOR TRACK | • Hunter Garretson named First-Team Academic All-America honoree by College Sports Communicators • 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team recipients • Earning USTFCCCA All-Academic honors were Hunter Garretson, William Gross, Jimmy Harkelroad, Oscar Prieto and Milton Wilson • 10 Zips earns Academic All-MAC honors • MAC Champions (9th title in program history) • Hunter Garretson posts second-place finish at NCAA Championships in pole vault 18-8.25/5.70m) to earn First-Team All-America honors • William Gross garners second-team All-America accolades (weight throw) • Brian Masai (5,000m) and Charles Sanders (400m) named Honorable Mention All-America recipients • Kendra Reimer-Gonzales named MAC Coach of the Year • Brian Masai named MAC Freshman Track Performer of the Year • Josiah Cox named MAC Freshman Field Performer of the Year • Eight MAC titles • Hunter Garretson (Pole Vault), William Gross (Hammer), Jimmy Harkelroad (400MH | 4x400), Brian Masai (5,000m | 10,000m), Dimitrije Novakovic (Long Jump), Charles Sanders (400m | 4x400), Jameel Williamson (4x400), Quentin Woodall (4x400) named First-Team All-MAC • Six Second-Team All-MAC performances • Set three school-record marks (400MH, 5,000m, 10,000m) as part of seven top-five all-time performances in outdoor program history |
• 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team recipients • Nine Zips earns Academic All-MAC honors • Placed Sixth at MAC Championships • Four MAC titles • Amya Clarke (100m | 200m), Makenna Heimlich (800m) and Brynn Rychlik (pole vault) named First-Team All-MAC • Two Second-Team All-MAC Performances • Recorded one top-five all-time performance in outdoor program history |
| 2023 INDOOR TRACK | • Placed third at MAC Championships • Hunter Garretson places 12th at NCAA Championship in pole vault (18-1/5.51m) to earn Second-Team All-America honors • Nine Zips earns Academic All-MAC honors • Brian Masai named Freshman Track Performer of the Year • Four MAC titles • Nuh Andu (high jump), Hunter Garretson (pole vault), Jimmy Harkelroad (400m) and Oscar Prieto (pole vault) named First-Team All-MAC • Five Second-Team All-MAC performances • Set two school-record marks (3,000m | 5,000m) as part of five top-five all-time performances in indoor program history |
• 10 Zips earns Academic All-MAC honors • Placed 10th at MAC Championships • One MAC titles • Amya Clarke (60m) named First-Team All-MAC • Posted one top-five all-time performance in indoor program history |
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