The College of Wooster Women's Track & Field

For 41 years, Dennis Rice has been behind the success of The College of Wooster’s men’s and women’s cross country and track & field programs. Now in his 37th year

Brian Clymer joined The College of Wooster as an assistant track and field coach in January 2025. Clymer primarily works with the Fighting Scots' throwers and plays a key role in recruiting for the entire program. In his first year leading Wooster's throwers, Clymer saw every one of his athletes set at least one personal record. Leading the way was Evie Sanford, who won the North Coast Athletic Conference outdoor shot put title and upped the school record to 43 feet, 9.25 inches. Sanford ranked in the top-40 nationally in the event. Clymer has 20 years of collegiate coaching experience. Prior to Wooster, Clymer spent seven years as Kenyon College's lead assistant and recruiting coordinator. He coached Sierra DeLeon to national runner-up honors in the 100-meter hurdles in 2014, a fifth-place finish in the 200 meters, and helped lead the Owls to a program-record 16th-place finish at the national championships. He helped the Owls to 17 school records and multiple NCAC individual titles in the sprints, triple jump, long jump, and shot put. Prior to Kenyon, Clymer coached jumps, sprints, and multi-events at Wake Forest University. As a key recruiter, Clymer helped assemble the ninth-best women's recruiting class in 2012. He helped Brent LaRue to All-America honors in the heptathlon and mentored several NCAA and U.S. national qualifying athletes in the triple jump. He accompanied the U.S. national team as an assistant coach to the NACAC Combined Events Championship in the Dominic

David Mackey joined The College of Wooster as the program's part-time pole vault coach in January 2025. Mackey is the managing director of a highly successful pole vault club in Wayne County. He regularly works with 70 athletes each year ranging from middle school to post-collegiate levels. Nearly 50 Mackey-coached pole vaulters have won state championships, and over 300 of his clients have qualified for the state meet over the last 14 years. He regularly works with area coaches with pole selection, individual training programs, and safety training certifications. Mackey has coached or officiated track and field in some capacity for the last three decades. Outside of coaching, Mackey is the owner of Peep's Pallets and Surplus, an overstock and surplus retail store in Wooster and owns DGM Sports, a screen printing and sports equipment specialist company. Mackey attended Ashland University and graduated with a business administration degree.

Kara Owens has served as a full-time assistant with The College of Wooster's cross country and track and field program since Jan. 5, 2026, working closely with the jumps, sprints, hurdles, and recruiting. She came to Wooster from Wittenberg University where she was a graduate assistant for athletic operations and a volunteer assistant track and field coach, gaining key experience in meet management, student-athlete development, academic monitoring, and recruiting. Her coaching career started at Chatham University, where she worked closely with the program's long and triple jumpers, guiding Aurielle Brunner to All-America honors in the outdoor heptathlon, long jump, and triple jump, plus the indoor long jump, with Brunner placing as high as fourth nationally. As a student-athlete, Owens competed in the triple jump and long jump at Wittenberg, logging collegiate-bests of 31 feet, 7.5 inches in the triple jump and 15 feet, 2.25 inches in the long jump. She holds a bachelor's degree in sports management and is working towards a master's in sport administration at Wittenberg.

Liam Regan, a relay staple at championship meets during his College of Wooster track and field career, has joined the Fighting Scots' staff as a volunteer assistant coach. The 2025 Wooster alumnus was part of nine North Coast Athletic Conference scoring relays during his career and was a mainstay on the Scots' top 4x100 and 4x400 relays as a junior and senior. Regan's top NCAC finish was sixth in the 4x200 (1:33.66) at the 2025 indoor conference meet. The two-sport Scot was a defensive back in football and earned College Sports Communicators' Academic All-District® status for the 2023 season. That year, Regan played in all 10 games, which included a pair of starts. He finished the 2023 season with 15 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, a sack, and a fumble recovery, which was returned 37 yards for a touchdown at Wilmington College. Regan graduated with a degree in education and mathematics.