Track and Field
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Women's Middle Distance & Distance
- Email:
- mc4024@columbia.edu
- Phone:
- 212-854-2803
Michelle Chewens was hired as the assistant track & field and cross country coach at the beginning of the 2014-15 season.
Chewens comes to Columbia having most recently served as an assistant coach at the University of Toledo. During the 2013-14 season, Chewens aided in the coaching of one NCAA Outdoor Track All-American honorable mention, as well as three NCAA Outdoor East-Prelim qualifiers. Additionally, Chewens is also a USATF Level 1 Certified Coach.
Prior to her time at Toledo, Chewens helped out at UNC Greensboro as a cross country and track & field assistant coach. From the spring of 2012 until July 2013, Chewens coached three All-Americans on the track and one in cross country, while also coaching six qualifiers in the NCAA Outdoor East-Prelims.
As a student-athlete, Chewens was a four-time letterwinner in both cross country and track, earning Academic All-SoCon honors all four years, and was a part of UNCG’s first SoCon Championship in 2011.
Chewens graduated from UNCG in August 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and a concentration in sports medicine. A native of Cornwall-On-Hudson, N.Y., she is the daughter of Robert and Lucy Chewens, and has one sister, Nicole.
