"First do not let these semi positive reviews fool you. Katie is TERRIBLE! I fully am surprised that she is still employed there. She is mainly the distance coach but when I first came there as a freshman the sprint coach was fired for sexual harassment apparently and so she tried to be the Sprints coach herself but had no idea what she was doing. She had us doing so much volume and didnt care to listen to any of us sprinters on our concerns. The jumps coach is also not so good at all but he's funny so it makes up for it. It seems Katie hated the other coach who coached the multis athletes because they had so much tension but tbh he was so nice and a good coach. Everyone really liked him but she would always try to bash him or not allow him to really fully coach I felt so bad for him. Like these two athletes even tried to fight him and he seemed so helpless and Katie did nothing about it. I was a freshman so I didnt know what was going on fully at the time but Katie is just not for the people, lets put it that way. She only cares about herself and scoring points. There is so much drama and Katie almost fuels that by creating such a toxic environment. She tries to be motivating and positive but it comes off super fake. When you first join she will make it seem like it's a family and the athletes will almost fool you into thinking its such a great team but then by the time I was a sophomore I knew it was such BS. I would have transferred if I wasn't already cemented in my major and paid so much money to this expensive school. There is not team chemistry or bonding and Katie seems to favor distance over everything else unless you run really fast or jump far. She even selectively chooses certsin events to post on the youtube page. She will film various races hut if they arent good enough for her you will never see the footage. The jumps coach trashes the multis coach. Katie talks negative about the multis coach. The hurdle coach is sooooo chill. Honestly if they got rid of the Jamaican coach and Katie and had the hurdles coach and multis coach be the only coaches then I would recommend the school fully. I don't know much about the throws, they practice at a completely different time. But again Katie should not be a head coach. She also doesn't know how to budget and plays favorites ESP with scholarship money and race opportunities. She will allow selected people to compete at certain meets even if they arent as fast as someone else just because she liked them over other people who may be just as qualified if not more. Again DO NOT go here as long as Katie is the head coach. You legit will waste your entire college career and end up getting slower or hurt"

"Coach Fakas seemed to target certain people on the team, treating them unfairly and harsher than the rest. And I’m sad to say that these people were the only people on the team that were not white. Additionally, she did not seem motivated, empathetic or aware. Overall, I would say avoid her if you can."

"I had a bad experience with coach Fakas. She seemed to target certain players and was not supportive of our team"

"Coach Val (Count) us a great coach, in Jumps,sprints and Hurdles. I have learned so much from him. My college years were very successful because of him. He knows his stuff"