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Chris Bostwick enters his fourth season as an assistant coach at Miami. Bostwick's duties include coaching the sprints, jumps and pole vault.
The 2004 season was a banner year for Bostwick and his corps of sprinters and jumpers, highlighted by the performance of freshman NCAA qualifier Lashonda Davis, as well as both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Davis, who entered Miami with a personal-record of 18-9 1/2 in the long jump, surpassed the school record in her first jumps in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. School records also fell in 2004 for the 4x100 and 4x400 teams with the 400-meter relay team, Davis included, earning MAC gold and a bid to the NCAA Mideast Regional.
The past year was another record-breaker for Davis, who reset the indoor (20-3 3/4) and outdoor (20-10 1/2) long jump records, won MAC silver medals in both and qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships as well as for the USATF Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Another of Bostwick's student-athletes, rookie Sarah Landau, also qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. She broke the indoor (12-11 1/2) and outdoor (13-7 3/4) Miami pole vault records and was one spot from earning All-America status at the national outdoor meet.
Davis also excelled under Bostwick's tutelage as a sprinter in 2005. She was the MAC Champion in the 60-meter during the indoor season and followed by winning the 100-meter at the MAC Outdoor Championships.
During his first year at Miami in 2002-03, the RedHawks saw unprecedented results, as school records fell in the pole vault, triple jump and 4x400 relays, twice.
Bostwick joined the RedHawk staff after two years at Binghamton University (N.Y.) as assistant men's and women's track coach. In addition to his recruiting duties at Binghamton, Bostwick coached the sprinters, vertical jumps and horizontal jumps, along with the multi-event competitors. Over his last two years, he produced six conference champions, 18 all-conference athletes and five all-east selections.
Prior to his duties at Binghamton, he was a high school teacher and coach, helping 11 athletes place in New York State. Bostwick has earned his Level II certificate in the USATF coaching program in sprints, relays, jumps and hurdles, and he has earned his Level III in sprints, relays and hurdles. Bostwick has also been a featured speaker at the USATF Clinic in New York State, covering the sprints.
While an undergraduate at Cortland State (N.Y.), he competed in the sprint events, earning all-conference honors 10 times. He also was chosen to serve as team captain as a senior.
"Chris has certainly established himself as someone who will move up the coaching ranks, as the success of his athletes shows. Lashonda Davis was a 12.27 (100 meters)/18-3 (long jump) athlete and now she is a 11.76/20-10 1/2," said Ceronie. "Sarah Landau came in having vaulted over 13-0 once in high school, and now she does it on a weekly basis. It was impressive when she won the NCAA Mideast Regional and finished as the top American freshman at the NCAA Championships. Chris is getting excellent results in the sprints and jumps."
Bostwick graduated from Cortland State where he served as a graduate assistant coach under head coach Dr. Jack Daniels. In that time, he coached 21 all-conference athletes and five all-Americans.
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