Ryan
Scheckel
Head Coach
Seventh year at Mount Mercy College
Alma Mater: Mount Mercy College '01
319-363-1323 ext. 1836 scheckel@mtmercy.edu
Coaching
Philosophy
Scheckel,
a certified Level II United States Track & Field Coach,
has produced outstanding results since taking over Mount
Mercy College's cross country and track & field programs
prior to the 2001-02 season.
He was
the NAIA Region VII Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year
in 2001 after guiding the Mustangs to the regional championship
and a berth in the NAIA national meet. In the fall of 2003,
Scheckel was the Midwest Classic Conference Men's and Women's
Cross Country Coach of the Year after leading both squads
to MCC titles -- the first ever for the Mustang men. He
claimed the women's coach of the year award again in 2006
and 2007 when Mount Mercy won the fifth and sixth MCC women's
titles in school history.
The
Mount Mercy women's track & field team has won five
straight MCC outdoor championships and Scheckel was named
MCC Women's Track & Field Coach of the Year in 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Over
the past six years, the Mustang cross country programs have
had 12 individual NAIA national meet qualifiers, while the
track & field squads have had 18 athletes compete at
NAIA national meets. During that time, the cross country
and track & field programs have also counted 12 NAIA
Scholar-Athletes.
Prior
to coaching at Mount Mercy, Scheckel was a member of the
Mustang men's cross country and track & field teams.
A two-year captain and MVP of the men's track & field
team, he set six school records and was a two-time NAIA
indoor track & field national meet qualifier. Scheckel
was also the Most Valuable Performer of the 2001 MCC Outdoor
Track & Field Championships after winning four titles
at the annual conference meet. |
