Miami Loses Womens Track and Field Coach

Rita Arndt-Molis has resigned her position as the Women's Track and Field/Cross Country with Miami University effective July 31. Named the position last August there is no word on the reasons for her resignation. In her first year she lead the Miami Women's Cross Country team to their first ever MAC championship and was awarded the conferences coach of the year award. The redhawks solid season landed many high water marks for both team and individules.

• Two runners were named first-team all-league with a top-seven placing
• Three runners earned second-team honors
• Miami was ranked as high as fourth in the Great Lakes Region during the season and finished sixth at the NCAA Regional competition.
  
• The RedHawks also stood as high as 35th in the national rankings.

The redhaws women indoor track team also had an impressive season finishing tied for third, sending five runners for the NCAA Mideast Regional, and two others earned a place in the USA Track and Field Junior National Championships. Before coming to Miami after four years at Michigan State the program garnered top-15 NCAA Championship finishes in cross country in 2007 (5th), 2006 (12th) and 2004 (14th) with the women’s team earning national championship meet appearances from 2004-07 and the men’s team earning an NCAA Championship berth in 2006. Under Arndt-Molis, Michigan State athletes turned in eight All-America, 23 NCAA Great Lakes All-Region and 21 All-Big Ten performances.