Awards & Honors
2011 Pac-12 Men's Coach of the Year
2011 Pac-12 Women's Coach of the Year
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After 23 years as the Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach at the University of Arizona, Fred Harvey announced his retirement in June 2025. He will remain on the staff as a volunteer assistant. Harvey was an assistant and associate head coach for 15 years before taking over as head coach during the 2002-03 season.
Over the years of his head coaching career, 45 women and 56 men have earned outdoor All-America honors under Harvey, while 31 women and 28 men have earned indoor All-America honors. During Harvey’s tenure, he has coached four Individual Women Outdoor National Champions (Sage Watson, Brigetta Barrett 3x, Julie Labonte, Elizabeth Patterson), four Individual Women Indoor National Champions (Brigetta Barrett 3x, Julie Labonte, Liz Patterson, Amy Linnen), four Individual Men Outdoor National Champions (Jordan Geist, Lawi Lalang 3x, Jake Arnold 2x, Robert Cheseret 2x), and three Individual Men Indoor National Champions. (Jordan Geist, Lawi Lalang 4x, Nick Ross) for a total of 25 NCAA Individual Championships. Harvey has also coached 14 Olympians, 12 personally. Additionally, he has coached multiple National and Conference Champions in the hurdles, which is his event group of specific expertise.
During the 2024 campaign, the Wildcats had six qualifiers for the outdoor NCAA Championships under Harvey’s guidance. Yan Vazquez finished 14th in the 400m hurdles and the men’s 4x100m team of Trayvion White-Austin, Brian Limage, James Onaubosi, and Tyson Tippett clocked a school record time at the outdoor finals. The five Wildcats earned Second Team All-America honors for their efforts. Sir Jonathan Sims also competed in the long jump and triple jump, and White-Austin ran in the 100m and 200m at the finals. At the Wildcats’ final Pac-12 Championships, Emma Gates won the women’s high jump and Sir Jonathan Sims won the men’s triple jump. The Wildcats also broke two school records, White-Austin in the 100m and the men’s 4x100m team in the relay, and set two freshman records, with Sydnie Vanek in the long jump and Jade Brown in the 100m. Additionally, the Wildcats totaled three Pac-12 Weekly Award Winners, 28 first-place finishes, 29 top 10 performances in school history, and 28 scorers at the Pac-12 Championships during the 2024 outdoor season. In the indoor season, White-Austin also broke school records in the 60m and 200m, and the team posted 22 first-place finishes.
Harvey’s 2023 campaign was highlighted by Jordan Geist winning both the Indoor and Outdoor National Championships in the shot put, becoming the first National Champion for the team since 2017 and the first for the men since 2014. Geist also placed third in the hammer throw at the competition and was one of the eight qualifiers for the Wildcats to compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Talie Bonds was the second highest finisher for the Wildcats, placing fourth overall in the 100m hurdles. Other finishers included Youssef Koudssi (11th discus, 18th shot put), the men’s 4x100m team of Trayvion White-Austin, Brian Limage, Carl Hicks, and James Onanubosi (18th 4x100m), Tapenisa Havea (19th discus), Zach Landa (20th shot put), Alexa Porpaczy (20th high jump), and Jared O’Riley (22nd javelin). Porpaczy also won the NCAA Women’s Elite 90 Award which is given out at each of the NCAA’s 90 championship sites to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA that’s competing at the finals.
Geist and Bonds earned First Team All-America honors and Koudssi earned Second Team All-America honors. During the indoor season, Geist earned First Team All-America honors for his indoor shot put victory at the NCAA Championships. Additionally, Bonds finished seventh in the 60m hurdles to be named a First Team All-American and Porpaczy placed 14th in the high jump to be named a Second Team All-American. At the Outdoor Pac-12 Championships, Geist won both the hammer throw and shot put and O’Riley won the javelin for the men. For the women, Bonds won the 100m hurdles. Under Harvey’s guidance, the team set six new school records: Trayvion White-Austin (indoor 200m), Jordan Geist (indoor shot put, outdoor hammer throw), Talie Bonds (indoor 60m hurdles, outdoor 100m hurdles), and the men’s 4x100m relay team (outdoor 4x100m). Furthermore, Geist was named the USTFCCCA West Region Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, the Pac-12 Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, and was one of The Bowerman Award Finalists. Bonds was also named the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year.
During the 2022 campaign, the Arizona track and field program earned four competitors in the NCAA Outdoor Championships with Reinaldo Rodrigues and Jared O'Riley representing the men's team in the championship and Talie Bonds and Shannon Meisberger representing the women's team. Rodrigues finished 18th in the long jump and O'Riley finished 21st in the javelin to represent the program on a national stage in Eugene, Oregon. Bonds earned her way into the finals in the 100m hurdles and grabbed All-American honors and Meisberger earned her second straight All-American nod in the 400m hurdles, becoming the first Arizona women's athlete to earn back-to-back First-Team All-American honors since Sage Watson in 2016 and 2017.
In 2021, Harvey coached Shannon Meisberger to a NCAA runner-up finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a PR and U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time of 55.70. The performance also stands as the fourth-best in school history. Meisberger went on to qualify for the Olympic Trials 400mH semifinals where she clocked a time of 57.22 to close out her season.
In 2018, Harvey coached freshman Maksims Sincukovs to first-team All-America honors in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 50.63 to take seventh place in the finals. Sincukovs was the only freshman to race in the finals.
Harvey traveled down to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics to help Watson compete in the 400-meter hurdles and the 4x400-meter relay for Canada. Watson finished 11th overall in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 55.44 in the semifinals. Watson and Canada would go on to just miss out on the podium in the 4x400-meter relays with a fourth-place finish at 3:26.43.
At the 2016 MPSF Championships, the men and women both finished in ninth place overall. At the NCAA Championships the women finished in 53rd behind their school record-breaking 4x400-meter relay squad of Tatum Waggoner, Gia Trevisan, Nnenya Hailey and Watson. The men finished in 28th with eight total points thanks to Pau Tonnesen as he finished in second-place with a school record 6,027 points in the heptathlon.
At the Pac-12 Championships, Harvey coached three champions. Tonnesen won the decathlon, Collins Kibet won the 800-meter race and Lisanne Hagens won the women’s high jump. The hurdlers and sprinters fared well as Nnenya Hailey just missed out on the 100-meter hurdle Pac-12 title with a second-place finish at 13.10 seconds. Hailey broke the school record earlier in the year with a time of 12.96 seconds. Hailey would go on to finish in third-place in the 400-meter hurdles at 55.83 seconds, behind Watson’s second-place finish at 55.53 seconds. Morgan Struble also placed sixth at 60.72 seconds. Watson would go onto finish third in the NCAA Championships with a time of 54.85 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles. Harvey helped lead both men and women’s 4x400 relay teams to Eugene for the NCAA Championships as well. The women earned second-team All-America honors with a 13th-place finish in the semis at 3:33.56 behind Watson, Katelin Warren, Trevisan and Jasper Gray. The men’s squad of Michael Demby, Kibet, Bryce Houston and Miles Parish earned honorable mention accolades by placing 19th with a time of 3:07.97, the second-best time in school history.
At the 2015 MPSF Championships, the women finished in seventh place while the men finished in ninth place. At the NCAA Championships, the women finished in 49th place, led by Nnenya Hailey who took seventh in the 60-meter hurdles. She set a school record in the preliminaries with a time of 8.16 the day before. Harvey helped coach the school record holding 4x400-meter relay team of Blake Eichler, Pete Lauderdale II, Bryce Houston and Miles Parish broke a 34-year school record at the NCAA West Prelims with a time of 3:04.51. That relay teal also took second at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 3:06.35. The relay team of Isaac Hing, Tyrell Johnson, Eichler and Ty Brandt took sixth place at the Pac-12 Championships in the 4x100-meter relay. The relay team of Bealoved Brown, Tatum Waggoner, Traci Lynn-Hicks and Rachel Johns earned a fifth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships in the 4x100-meter race with a time of 45.21. Also, the 4x400-meter relay team of Gajda, Hailey, Jasper Gray and Waggoner finished in 10th at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 3:42.99.
At the 2015 Pac-12 Championships Traci-Lynn Hicks took fifth in the 100-meter hurdles and advanced to the NCAA West Preliminaries, where she set her season-best mark of 13.34 in the prelims of the event. In the 400-meter hurdles, Hailey earned a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 56.98. Earlier in the year, she finished in third place at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 56.53. Hailey also went on to compete in the USA Championships and set a personal-best time of 56.43 in the preliminaries. She went on to run in the semifinals of the event but did not qualify for the finals. Morgan Struble finished in eighth place at the Pac-12 Championships in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.87 as well. For the men, Miles Parish took third place in the 400-meter hurdles by clocking a time of 51.48 and competed in the NCAA West Preliminaries. He did not qualify for the NCAA Championships however.
At the 2014 MPSF Championships, the women’s squad earned a third-place finish while the men finished in fifth place overall. For the NCAA Indoor Championships, the men’s team took seventh place and the women’s team had three athletes earn All-America honors but they didn’t score any points. For the men indoors, Lalang earned second-place finishes at the mile and the 5K along with Nick Ross who took second in the men’s high jump competition. At the 2014 Pac-12 Championships, Arizona finished in fifth place on the women’s side and the men’s team took third place. At the NCAA Championships, the women’s squad tied for 22nd place while the men finished in seventh overall. Elvin Kibet took fourth place in the 10K and Julie Labonté was the fourth-place finisher in the shot put.
For the hurdlers and sprinters in 2014, Harvey had a successful year yet again. Indoors, Nnenya Hailey made it to the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60-meter hurdles and earned a 13th-place finish in the event, good for second-team All-America honors. Outdoors, Harvey led Hailey to the NCAA Championships once more. She competed in the 400-meter hurdles and took the dreaded ninth place, just missing a spot in the final by one place. Nevertheless, she earned second-team All-America accolades. As just a sophomore, Hailey’s personal-best time of 56.99 is the third-best mark in UA history.
At the 2014 Pac-12 Championships, Hailey and Morgan Struble earned top-five finishes in the 400-meter hurdles. Hailey was the second-place finisher while Struble was fourth. It is the first time in program history that two athletes have earned all-conference honors in the event same year. Struble made it to quarterfinal of the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA West Preliminaries but failed to advance to the semifinal at the NCAA Championships. On the men’s side, freshman Miles Parish earned a third-place finish in the 400-meter sprint at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 46.45, a personal-best time and the No. 8 time in UA history. The women’s 4x100-meter relay of Tamara Pridgett, Romero, Traci-Lynn Hicks and Poston set the school record in the event with a time of 44.27. The previous record was set in 2006. Hicks and Pridgett were coached by Harvey while Romero and Poston worked under Francesca Green.
Parish did not make it to the NCAA Championships but he did compete at the 2014 USA Junior Outdoor Championships where he finished in sixth place overall in the 400-meter sprint. Parish went on to make Team USA for the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships and he won a gold medal for his work on the 4x400-meter relay team.
The dynamic pairing of Harvey and Georganne Moline continued in 2014. Moline entered her first full season as a professional athlete with Nike. She competed at the 2014 USA Championships and earned a silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles. Moline’s season-best time of 54.00 was the third-best mark in the world in all of 2014. Moline also took fourth place in the IAAF Diamond League standings for her work in the 400-meter hurdles as well.
Indoors, the men finished in ninth place at the 2013 MPSF Championships while the women took third place. At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Arizona, Oregon and Arkansas were the only programs in the country to have both teams finished in 10th place or better. The men tied for sixth place and the women tied for seventh place. Only two men represented the program, Lawi Lalang and Edgar Rivera-Morales. Lalang earned 20 points by himself, winning titles in the mile and 3K. Rivera-Morales earned a seventh-place finish in the men’s high jump, adding two points. On the women’s side, Brigetta Barrett (NCAA Champion), Julie Labonté, Alyssa Hasslen and Georganne Moline all earned first-team NCAA All-America honors. Jen Bergman was a second-team NCAA All-American.
For the 2013 outdoor season, Harvey’s squad took second place at the Pac-12 Championships on the women’s side while the men took seventh place. Following the conference championships, Harvey was named the West Region Women’s Coach of the Year for the outdoor season. Arizona claimed three individual championships on the men’s side and three for the women. At the NCAA Outdoor Championships, the women tied for sixth place and the men claimed a tenth-place finish. The Wildcats claimed three individual titles, two from Lalang (5K, 10K) and one from Barrett. Bergman, Labonté (shot put and discus) and Moline all earned first-team NCAA All-America accolades for the women’s squad. On the men’s side, once again, Lalang and Rivera-Morales were the only representatives and both scored points for the team. Rivera-Morales tacked on one-half point for the Wildcats and earned first-team NCAA All-America honors in the high jump.
The 2013 season was another very successful one for Moline under Harvey’s guidance. She earned first-team NCAA Indoor All-America honors for the only time of her career, taking fifth place at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 400 meters. Her personal-best time of 52.09 came at the NCAA Championships and stands as the Arizona record. Outdoors, Moline waited until the last race of the season and of her collegiate career to clock a personal-best time of 53.72, the No. 3 time in collegiate history in the 400-meter hurdles. She took second place in the race at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and earned first-team NCAA All-America accolades. Moline earned a runner-up finish at the Pac-12 Championships as well.
Moline also earned a second-place finish at the USA Outdoor Championships after her collegiate career ended. She punched her ticket to the World Championships as a member of Team USA. Entering the race with the No. 4 time in the world, Moline fell over the eighth hurdle again and failed to advance to the semifinal round.
Harvey led the men’s squad to the best finish in school history (indoor or outdoor) during the 2012 indoor season. With only four student-athletes, the Wildcat men managed to take third place at the NCAA Championships. All four men combined to earn six All-America accolades and three individual titles. The women earned an 11th-place finish, only sending three women. Each member of the trio earned All-America honors and they also managed to secure one individual title. Outdoors, Harvey and his staff led the men’s and women’s squad to third-place finishes at the Pac-12 Championships. The men and women combined to win four individual titles. At the NCAA Championships, the men took seventh place with eight athletes claiming 11 All-America certificates. The UA women finished in 19th place and had four athletes earn individual All-America honors, along with the women’s 4x400-meter relay team.
Under the guidance of Harvey, Georganne Moline became one of the best 400-meter hurdlers in the world during the 2012 season. Throughout the collegiate season, Moline won eight of nine races in the 400-meter hurdles, setting the school record and the No. 1 collegiate time in the country. She claimed her first individual Pac-12 Championship in the event. Moline did not end the collegiate season the way she wanted to, falling over the eighth hurdle in the semifinal at the NCAA Championships. However, Harvey and Moline stuck together and worked harder than ever towards making Team USA for the London Olympics.
At the U.S. Olympic Trials, Moline ran the two fastest races of her life up to that point, punching her ticket to London with a second-place finish in the final of the 400-meter hurdles, clocking a time of 54.33. The London Olympic Games were Moline’s first experience on a U.S. National Team, at any level. Despite her lack of experience, Moline advanced to the final of event. She won her heat in the first round, clocking a-then personal-best time of 54.31. In the semifinal, she took second place with a time of 54.74, good for a spot in the final. Her personal-best time of 53.92 was good for fifth place overall, the No. 3 time in Pac-10/12 history and the No. 1 time in UA history.
Harvey was named the 2011 Pac-10 Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year and, on the national scene, the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA) named Harvey its West Region Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year. Harvey led both squads to runner-up finishes at the Pac-10 Outdoor Championships before taking the teams to top-10 national finishes with the women finishing fifth and the men seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.
Harvey has worked countless hours to create his "Template for Success." The top-three factors in this template include recruiting the top student-athletes, recruiting the top staff and having the total support of his athletic department. His coaching expertise, combined with his enthusiastic recruiting, has continually kept Arizona ranked among the top teams in the nation since his promotion to head coach.
A native of San Francisco, Harvey came to Arizona from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, where he was the assistant women's coach for seven years and coached 14 NCAA Division II National Champions, 52 NCAA Division II All-Americans and two Division I All-Americans. During his seven-year stint, the Mustangs won four NCAA Division II National titles.
Harvey was selected to coach the U.S. men at the 2003 Pan American Games. During the five-day event in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, he led the team to 21 total medals - seven gold, seven silver and seven bronzes.
Harvey's has coached other Olympians along with Moline, including Tucsonan Michael Bates. Bates was the 1992 bronze medalist in the 200-meter dash at the Barcelona Games before going on to an illustrious career in the NFL as a kick returner. At the 2000 Olympic Games, Patrick Nduwimana, a Harvey pupil, advanced to the semifinals in the 800 meters. Others who advanced to Olympian status include triple jumper Yuliana Perez, long jumper Mareike Veltman and sprinter/hurdlers Lade and Tayo Akinremi. Harvey's male Olympians also include sprinters Troy Douglass, Bart Williams and Joe SaiSai.
Another of Harvey's student-athletes, hurdler Michelle Johnson, nearly made the U.S. Olympic team in the 400-meter hurdles. In her competing tenure, however, she was a four-time All-American and 1999 World Championship team member. At the 1999 World Championships in Spain, Nduwimana advanced to the semifinals of the 800 meters for his native Burundi and Johnson finished sixth in the 400-meter hurdles, running 54.23 in the final.
He developed Brianna Glenn into one of the top female sprinters and long jumpers in the nation. In 2001, Glenn won the 200-meter dash and the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, becoming the only athlete in history to accomplish that feat. She would go on to win the long jump title at the USA Championships in 2003. She was a member of Team USA for the 2001 World Championships and the 2002 World Cup.
In 2001, Harvey added to his resume, becoming Arizona's Sprint Development Coach, working with the Wildcat football team. He trained the football players in the dynamics of sprinting and speed development that season, and it made a noticeable difference on the field.
In 2004, Harvey was named to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA) Executive Committee. In 2005, Harvey was also named as a Vice Chair for the USTFCCCA Advisory Board.
He was a fine student-athlete himself at San JoseCityCollege and Cal Poly-SLO. In 1979, he ran 5.81 in the indoor 50 meters, the fifth-fastest time in the world that year. In 1981, he ran the sixth-fastest time in the world in the same event. During his competitive years, Harvey had personal-best times of 10.1 (100 meters), 20.78 (200 meters), 45.7 (400 meters) and 1:50.2 (800 meters). While competing at Cal Poly-SLO, Harvey earned three NCAA Division II All-America honors and was a member of the winning 4x100-meter relay team at the NCAA Division II National Championships.
Harvey earned his bachelor's degree from Cal Poly-SLO in 1983. He is married to Janet Harvey, a former elite hurdler and long jumper. They have a son, Lauren, and two daughters, J' Lynn and Imani Lee.
