Coach Harris began coaching track & field at Pomona-Pitzer in 1999. A 1998 graduate of Pitzer College, Coach Harris, a USA Level 1 certified coach, is an exceptional sprint/hurdle/relay coach for both the Men’s and Women’s Track & Field teams.
While competing for Pomona-Pitzer from 1994-1998, Coach Harris started at guard for the women’s basketball team in the winter, and competed in the sprints, hurdles and relays for the women’s track & field team in the spring.
In track & field, Coach Harris earned six SCIAC titles – three each in the 100 hurdles (1995, 1996, 1998) and 400 hurdles (1995, 1997, 1998). Only a small number of SCIAC women have earned as many individual titles as Coach Harris. In addition, she was a part of SCIAC champion 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams for Pomona-Pitzer.
Coach Harris’s best hurdle times of 15.04 in the 100 hurdles and 64.18 in the 400 hurdles as a senior stand #2 and #3 on the Sagehen all-time lists, and qualified her to the 1998 Division III National Championships.
Coach Harris was a Team Captain during both her
junior and senior years for both basketball and track and field,
and was named as the Most Valuable Player her senior year for both
the basketball and track & field teams.
