Sarah Morris - Assistant Track and Field Coach - Men's Track and Field Coaches

Sarah Morris

Title:
Assistant Track and Field Coach
Email:
morriss2@queens.edu
Phone:
704-688-2817

Personal Bests
Discus: 181-3 (55.26m)
Hammer Throw: 152-10 (46.36m)
Weight Throw: 52-1.75( 15.90m)

In her second year the Queen’s throwers continued to established new records in the throws. During the outdoor campaign Johanna Schonecker lead a 1-2-3-4 sweep in the Javelin at the conference championships to score 29 points. In all, the women scored 57 of 240 points in four events to help repeat as SAC champions. On the men’s side freshman Khyle Higgs virtually established school records in every throwing event as he set records in the shotput, hammer throw, weight throw and discus. His points proved pivotal at the conference championship as the men outscored rival Wingate by just 17 points. Higgs scored 20 points at the championship. At the national level the throwers continued to improve as three ladies hit NCAA qualifying marks in the javelin during the 2015 campaign.

In her first year with Queens University of Charlotte, Morris guided the men’s and women’s throwers to three school records during the indoor season and six school records during the outdoor season. Coach Morris was instrumental in developing Ella Fox and Johanna Schonecker into national qualifiers in the javelin. Coach Morris’ women’s throwers contributed 41 of the 208 points to win the conference championships in the first year in the South Atlantic Conference. The championship was the first in school history by either a men‘s or women’s team.

"Sarah is a great addition to our coaching staff," Vahrenkamp stated. "She has a lot of experience working with the throws and I am excited to watch her continue the development of our throwing program. It is important that we have a full time staff member devoted to the throws both for recruiting and for the day-to-day instruction of our athletes. Sarah is incredibly passionate and I look forward to watching her instill that same passion in our athletes."

Morris competed in 2012 after exhausting her collegiate eligibility while working as a volunteer throws coach for Western Michigan University. She threw a career best of 181-3 in the discus eclipsing the qualifying mark for the 2012 Olympic Trials.

A native of Mount Pleasant, Mich., Sarah Morris comes to Queens as a 2012 graduate from Western Michigan University. A talented thrower, Morris holds the school record in the discus and took first place in three competitions for discus her senior year including the Alabama Relays, EMU Twilight and the Toledo Invite. In 2009, Morris qualified for the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships. In 2010 she placed 3^rd at the Outdoor MAC Championship and finished 16^th in the discus at the NCAA East Preliminaries. In 2010 she scored in the MAC Championship in the discus and competed at the NCAA East Preliminary Championships taking 15^th overall in the discus.

At Mount Pleasant High School (2003-2007), Morris was named all-state in discus in 2006 and 2007. Four-time district champion and conference champion (2004-07), regional champion in 2006 and 2007 and set the school record with a throw of 143-9.