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JEFF WAYTON
ASSISTANT COACH
TRACK & FIELD
6th SEASON
Track & Field Assistant Coach Jeff Martin
Jeff Martin begins his sixth year as
the pole vault, long jump and triple
jump coach at Indiana State. During
his first five years as an assistant
coach, Martin has had six athletes
qualify and compete in an NCAA
Indoor and Outdoor Championship.
His athletes also have had great
success at the MVC Championship
as well. He has guided athletes to
17 conference titles and 32 All-MVC
awards.
The tradition of pole vault excellence
continued in 2011 under Martin’s guidance as Nicole Hope
won the MVC Outdoor title and finished second at the MVC
Indoor Championship. Richelle Kimble formed the other
half of a dynamic duo for Indiana State as she tied Hope
for second at the MVC Indoors and finished second behind
Hope at the MVC Outdoors. Both also competed in the NCAA
East Preliminary as did ISU triple jumper Ernest Rollins.
Shayne Cureton and Nigel Jolly competed in the long jump
while Marcel Hamilton in the triple jump at the USA Junior
Nationals this past year.
During the 2010 season, Martin coached senior Kylie
Hutson to repeat championships in both the NCAA Indoor
and NCAA Outdoor Championships in the women’s pole vault
as she continued to reset the Indiana State records both
indoors and outdoors, and became one of the top women
pole vaulters in the United States. Hutson, who cleared 14’-9”
indoors and 14’-9.5” outdoors to establish ISU records, was
also named the Great Lakes Region women’s field athlete of
the year both during the indoor season and outdoor season.
Martin also coached Lauren Martin to her best finish at the
NCAA Indoors in the women’s triple jump (fifth) with an
ISU record leap of 43’-7.75” and a 13th place finish at the
NCAA Outdoors. Both were named Indoor and Outdoor All-
Americans. Alicia Fritchi was the runner-up in the 2010 MVC
Outdoor Women’s Pole Vault while Ernest Rollins was the
runner-up in the 2010 MVC Indoor and Outdoor Men’s Triple
Jump.
The 2009 season was highlighted by junior Kylie Hutson
capturing both the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor
championships in the women’s pole vault while also continuing
to set new Indiana State and Missouri Valley Conference
records. Hutson set the all-time Indiana State and MVC
mark of 14’-4.75” in winning the indoor title and set the alltime
Indiana State and MVC mark of 14’5.25” in winning the
outdoor title. Hutson is a three-time All-American.
In addition, junior Lauren Martin set an all-time Indiana
State and MVC record of 43’-1” in winning the women’s triple
jump at the MVC Indoor Championship. She also set an alltime
Indiana State and MVC record of 44’-4.75” in placing
second in the women’s triple jump at the Mideast Regional.
She finished 10th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and
tied for 15th at the NCAA Indoor Championships, earning
All-American status at both championships.
During the 2008 season, three of Martin’s athletes broke
school records: Kylie Hutson in the indoor and outdoor
pole vault, Lauren Martin outdoor triple jump, and Steve
Daniel outdoor triple jump. In addition to breaking these
school records, all three advanced to the NCAA Outdoor
Championship in Des Moines, Iowa. Hutson enjoyed her
2008 season by breaking both the indoor and outdoor Alltime
MVC records, winning both the indoor and outdoor
MVC titles and qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Her mark of 14’-1.5” in the pole vault ranked her 5th in the
NCAA, 16th in the U.S., and 63rd in the world during the
2008 season.
Since his time here at Indiana State, Martin has continued
the great tradition of great jumpers for the Sycamores. He
has coached four women Sycamores over the 19-foot mark
in the long jump and three men over the 52-foot mark in
the triple jump. His athletes continue to place and win MVC
championships in the horizontal jumps.
Prior to heading to the collegiate coaching ranks, Martin
coached the Terre Haute South Braves to a girl’s track and
field regional team championship in 2006 and a boy’s track
and field regional and sectional team championship in 2005.
His cross country teams also excelled, with boys cross country
sectional team championships in 2004 and 2005. Under
his tutelage, his athletes set 14 school records, qualified
for state 58 times, named all-state 20 times, captured 12
individual regional championships and 43 individual sectional
championships.
As a member of the ISU track team from 1997-2001,
Martin was a four-year varsity letter winner and six-time All-
MVC selection. He was also a member of the shuttle hurdle
relay team that set a new school record with a time of 55.06
at the 2001 Drake Relays and was an MVC champion as a
member of the ISU 4x400 meter relay team at the 2000 MVC
Championship. Prior to Indiana State, Martin was a two-time
state champion at Warren Central High School; including
winning the 110 meter high hurdles in 1995.
Martin is joined on the staff by his wife, seventh-year
assistant coach Angela (formerly Bruecker) Martin. They
reside in Terre Haute and have two children, Emma and
Blake.
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