Casey Carroll, a 1994 graduate of
UNH, returns for his 13th season guiding the UNH
women’s track and field Program. During his tenure, the team
has steadily worked its way to the top of the America East
conference, New England and beyond.
The 2010 season was arguably the
best year in the history of the UNH women’s track and field
program. At the ECAC Championship, the team finished eighth,
its highest finish ever. The indoor team was also third at the
America East Championship and fourth at the New England
Championship. At the outdoor New England Championship, the Wildcats
finished second and had five individual champions, while the
outdoor America East Championship resulted in a third place finish
for the ‘Cats.
The 2009 campaign was also a very
successful year. The indoor team finished third at both the America
East Championship and the New England Championship. The outdoor
team garnered a second-place finish at the America East
Championship and another second-place finish at the New England
Championship. At the indoor and outdoor ECAC Championships, a total
of ten athletes achieved All-ECAC honors.
In the last five years, UNH has
sent numerous track and field athletes to compete at the NCAA
Championships and the USATF Junior National Championships in the
distance, hurdles, jumps and throws events. In the last nine years
the team has placed in the top five at every Outdoor New England
Championship. In 2008, Carroll was named New England Outdoor Track
and Field Coach of the Year. In the last 10 years of the
men’s and women’s track and field and cross country
seasons, he has been on the America East Coaching Staff of the Year
13 times. Since his arrival, the team has set new school records in
28 different indoor and outdoor events. Carroll is a USATF Level II
certified coach in all track and field disciplines.
While a student at UNH, Carroll
spent four years as a member of the track & field and cross
country programs. A distance runner, Carroll was team captain for
two years. His senior year, Carroll was a top-10 finisher at
the North Atlantic Conference Cross Country Championship and
All-Conference in the 5000 meters at the outdoor Track and Field
Championship. In 1998, Carroll received his Master’s of
Science degree in Psychology of Sport and Exercise Science from the
University of Oregon. Carroll still is a competitive runner on the
roads and was the winner of the Maine Marathon in 2003, the Eastern
States 20-Miler in 2007 and the Hampton Rockfest Marathon in 2010.
Robert Hoppler, a 1989 graduate of
the University of Rhode Island, is the head women's cross country
coach and assistant coach with the track and field programs. He is
currently in his 16th year with the cross country and distance men
at UNH, and in his 11th year as the head women's cross country
coach.
While at UNH, Hoppler has helped
guide the men and women to 14 conference championships (seven cross
country, four outdoor, three indoor). The women have three top-10
NCAA Regional finishes to go along with three ECAC University
Championships since 2002.
On the track, Hoppler has
coached multiple school record holders, conference and New England
Champions, as well as over 30 IC4A/ECAC honorees. In 2008, Hoppler
coached Cathy Parker to an All-America finish at the NCAA Cross
Country Championships. In addition, Hoppler coached Joanne Dow to
the 2008 United States Olympic Track Team in the 20K race walk.
Coach Hoppler has also coached multiple provisional NCAA track
qualifiers, as well as four cross country Academic All-Americans
and four America East Scholar Athletes in the past five years.
Under Coach Hoppler, the Wildcat women have been named as an
All-Academic Team over the past four seasons and acheived a 3.40
team GPA in the fall of 2009.
Coach Hoppler lives in Brookfield,
N.H., with his daughters Katie, Madison and Lauren.
