University of New Mexico-Main Campus Women's Track & Field

(2015-2018) Kyra Mohns, a former UNM student-athlete and Albuquerque native, joined the staff as a full-time assistant coach in August 2021. She works primarily with the sprints, hurdles and multis. Since joining the coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 2019, Mohns-coached athletes have produced nine school records indoors and five outdoors. In 2022, she guided a women’s 4x400m squad to break the women’s indoor and outdoor school records, and Tianna Holmes (indoor and outdoor 200m and 400m), McKenna Watson (60m sprint), Rivaldo Leacock (400m hurdles) and Rebecca Grieve (600m) all set new program records under Mohns. Leacock and Holmes both qualified for NCAA West Region Preliminaries. In 2023, the UNM women broke the indoor and outdoor 4x400m relay records yet again. Victor Akhalu matched the UNM 100m program record in the outdoor season, clocking a 10.28 at MW Outdoor Championships to finish as runner-up. Five women and two men coached by Mohns qualified for NCAA West Region Prelims Athletes coached by Mohns record 14 new personal bests that rank among the Top 10 in their respective events across the indoor and outdoor season in 2024, with Lou-Anne Pouzancre Hoyer running the second-fastest indoor 400m and 200m bests in program history en route to All-MW honors and Brodie Young closing his season with the third-fastest 400m in history at NCAA West Region Prelims. Along with Young, Victor Akhalu also qualified for NCAA Prelims in the 100m. During the 2025 indoor season,

Ryan Conan was named Assistant Coach for Jumps in July 2024. Conan – who joins the Lobos by way of Southern Utah, where he has been a part of the Thunderbirds’ staff for the last seven seasons – will be primarily responsible for coaching long jump, triple jump and high jump athletes at UNM. Conan was an all-conference sprinter/hurdler for SUU during his time as an athlete from 2014-17 and coached in a volunteer/part time capacity for the Thunderbirds for the next four seasons before becoming a full-time coach ahead of the 2021-22 season. “I’m excited to join such a great program with a staff whose goals align so closely with my own,” Conan said on why he chose to join the Lobos’ staff. “The University of New Mexico is an amazing institution – it’s an excellent program with a history of success on the track and I’m ready to see what we can all achieve together!” In his last three seasons at SUU, Conan coached 19 All-Conference athletes, 14 NCAA regional qualifiers and five All-Americans, with his athletes breaking 28 school records in that span. He also coached UNM outdoor and indoor program record holder Lizzie White to her first All-American honors in the long jump in 2022 before she transferred to UNM the following season. “We’re so excited to add Coach Conan to this key role on our staff. After conducting a national search, Ryan rose to the top of our list. He’s done an incredible job of developing national level jumpers at Southern Utah and is a proven commodity.” Most re