Wake Forest Athletics
Bennett Named to Head Coaching Position
8/25/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
Aug. 25, 1999
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Annie Bennett has been named the new Head Women's Track & Field and Cross Country Coach at Wake Forest University, director of athletics Ron Wellman announced today.
Bennett comes to Wake Forest after serving as the Head Women's Track and Cross Country Coach at Stephen F. Austin since September of 1994. At SFA, she moved the Ladyjacks consistently up the Southland Conference standings, culminating in a 2nd place finish in 1999. Bennett's athletes broke 10 indoor and 11 outdoor school records during her tenure, and she coached the school's first NCAA individual qualifier.
Prior to her coaching stint at Stephen F. Austin, Bennett previously worked at the University of Texas as an assistant track and cross country coach from 1992 through 1994.
Bennett enjoyed a brilliant career as a student-athlete at Texas, highlighted when she captured the NCAA National Championship in the 5,000 meters and earned All-America honors in 1987. She led Texas to the 1986 NCAA Cross Country National Championship and was a member of the Longhorns' 1986 NCAA Outdoor National Championship team.
A native of Baton Rouge, La., Bennett earned a B.A. in Economics from Texas in 1988 and a master's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Southwest Texas State in 1995.
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Wake Forest: Named Annie Bennett Head Women's Track & Field and Cross
Country Coach.
