Eastern Michigan Athletics
Women's Track & Field
Jerel Langley
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jlangle1@emich.edu
- Phone:
- 734.487.0262
The 2012-13 season marks the third season that Jerel Langley will serve as an assistant coach to Sue Parks with the women’s track and field program.
In his three seasons at Eastern, Langley’s athletes have seen tremendous success on the conference level as well as the national scene. In the 2011 season, Langley guided Jessica Hemingway to a 2nd Team All-American honor at the Outdoor National Championships. Hemingway also set new Indoor and Outdoor school records in the women’s pole vault at 13’7.25” and 13’11.25”, respectively. Hemingway’s jump of 13’11.25” also achieved the “B” standard for the US Outdoor National Championships. Hemingway also captured the 2011 Outdoor MAC vault title, the first of her career, while finishing 2nd at the Indoor MAC Championships. Hemingway also earned Academic All-MAC honors during the outdoor season
The 2012 season saw Langley’s athletes make tremendous improvements. Sophomore Kate Wolanin captured the 2012 MAC Indoor Pentathlon Championship, the first in school history. Junior Meghan Powers captured another EMU All-MAC honor with her 2nd place finish in the indoor pole vault. Senior Angela Scarber shattered the school record in the weight throw with a toss of 58’6.75”. Freshman Lydia Gomez-Diaz also had a successful year throwing, obliterating the previous school record in the hammer throw (166’9”) out to an impressive 190’10” while earning All-MAC honors by taking second at the Outdoor MAC Championship. Both Scarber and Gomez-Diaz earned 1st Round National Championship births at the East Regional. Junior Tatijana Jacobson, a transfer from Bowling Green, leaped to the second best mark in school history in the high jump at 5’8.75”, narrowly missing a 1st Round National Championship birth by virtue of a tiebreak. Langley’s group also had great success academically as well, Powers and Wolanin were named Academic All-MAC for the indoor season while Scarber and Gomez-Diaz were named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for their efforts during the outdoor season.
Langley previously coached at Kennesaw State. In his two years there, he served as the recruiting coordinator as well as direct coach for the combined events, pole vault and javelin. Between 2009 and 2010, Langley coached 15 All-Atlantic Sun performers, saw 12 school records broken, and had five conference champions. Langley also saw 15 Atlantic Sun All-Academic members under his guidance. In the 2009-10 season, Langley was a part of a KSU men’s program that captured the Atlantic Sun Triple Crown.
Originally from Cumming, Ga., Langley attended Roswell High School before ultimately graduating from North Forsyth. He attended Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina, where he graduated with a degree in Sports Management and competed on the Track and Field team. Langley also holds a Master’s degree in Applied Exercise and Health Science from Kennesaw State University.
In his three seasons at Eastern, Langley’s athletes have seen tremendous success on the conference level as well as the national scene. In the 2011 season, Langley guided Jessica Hemingway to a 2nd Team All-American honor at the Outdoor National Championships. Hemingway also set new Indoor and Outdoor school records in the women’s pole vault at 13’7.25” and 13’11.25”, respectively. Hemingway’s jump of 13’11.25” also achieved the “B” standard for the US Outdoor National Championships. Hemingway also captured the 2011 Outdoor MAC vault title, the first of her career, while finishing 2nd at the Indoor MAC Championships. Hemingway also earned Academic All-MAC honors during the outdoor season
The 2012 season saw Langley’s athletes make tremendous improvements. Sophomore Kate Wolanin captured the 2012 MAC Indoor Pentathlon Championship, the first in school history. Junior Meghan Powers captured another EMU All-MAC honor with her 2nd place finish in the indoor pole vault. Senior Angela Scarber shattered the school record in the weight throw with a toss of 58’6.75”. Freshman Lydia Gomez-Diaz also had a successful year throwing, obliterating the previous school record in the hammer throw (166’9”) out to an impressive 190’10” while earning All-MAC honors by taking second at the Outdoor MAC Championship. Both Scarber and Gomez-Diaz earned 1st Round National Championship births at the East Regional. Junior Tatijana Jacobson, a transfer from Bowling Green, leaped to the second best mark in school history in the high jump at 5’8.75”, narrowly missing a 1st Round National Championship birth by virtue of a tiebreak. Langley’s group also had great success academically as well, Powers and Wolanin were named Academic All-MAC for the indoor season while Scarber and Gomez-Diaz were named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for their efforts during the outdoor season.
Langley previously coached at Kennesaw State. In his two years there, he served as the recruiting coordinator as well as direct coach for the combined events, pole vault and javelin. Between 2009 and 2010, Langley coached 15 All-Atlantic Sun performers, saw 12 school records broken, and had five conference champions. Langley also saw 15 Atlantic Sun All-Academic members under his guidance. In the 2009-10 season, Langley was a part of a KSU men’s program that captured the Atlantic Sun Triple Crown.
Originally from Cumming, Ga., Langley attended Roswell High School before ultimately graduating from North Forsyth. He attended Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina, where he graduated with a degree in Sports Management and competed on the Track and Field team. Langley also holds a Master’s degree in Applied Exercise and Health Science from Kennesaw State University.
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