Colorado State University Women's Cross Country

Hart's Coaching Accolades Mountain West Coach of the Year (2023) Mountain West Women's XC Championship (2023) Kelly Hart joined Colorado State prior to the 2022 season as an assistant coach before getting elevated to head coach before the 2023 season. Hart now enters her third season at the helm of the CSU cross country program. In her first season as head coach, Hart led the Ram women to the Mountain West Championship and advanced all the way to the 2023 NCAA Championships. Between the men's and women's programs, Hart mentored a total of five all-conference honorees. This included graduate student Sarah Carter, who captured the MW individual title with a time of 19:48.5. For her efforts, the Ram leader was selected as the 2023 Mountain West Cross Country Coach of the Year. Her second season saw more success as she had two athletes qualify for the NCAA Cross Country National Championships in Lars Mitchel (men's) and Anna Petr (women's). As a team, the Ram men strung together an impressive performance to finish runner-up at the MW Championships, while the women's program finished third. During her first season in Fort Collins in 2022, she helped both cross country squads return to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2004, both earning at-large bids. Both squads were also nationally ranked heading into the Mountain Regional for just the second time in school history. At the Mountain West Championship, she helped set eight personal records on the women's side and thre