Nicole Farr Kramer Named Associate Head Coach

MEQUON, Wis. – Head Coach Russ De Lap has announced Nicole Farr Kramer as the Associate Head Track & Field and Cross Country coach on Wednesday.

"It gives me great pleasure to announce Nicole Farr Kramer has accepted the position of Associate Head Track & Field and Cross Country Coach," said head coach Russ De Lap. "I am delighted Nicole has accepted this position and am confident Nicole will continue to do great things for our programs. We are in good hands with Nicole's leadership capabilities and our student-athletes are at the heart of everything she does."

Farr Kramer is in her second season with the Falcons, where she served as the assistant coach for the cross country and track & field programs.

During her first year, the CUW women's track & field team won the NACC Outdoor Track & Field title.

Before Concordia, she coached at Aurora, where she served as the head coach of the men's and women's cross country programs and as an assistant track & field coach for distance and mid-distance since August 2016.

During her time at Aurora, she was a part of 11 NACC team championships, earned USTFCCCA All-Academic team honors for both men's and women's cross country programs in 2018, the first time both programs received the award in the same year, notched 80 All-Conference honorees, 15 individual conference champions and five All-Region honorees.

Prior to Aurora, she was at Olivet Nazarene University (NAIA), where she served as the assistant coach for distance, recruiting coordinator and home meet director from 2014-16. The Tigers won five of a possible six Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference team titles while she was at ONU. Farr also assisted in coaching the men's cross country team to a third-place national finish in 2014. In 2016, Farr coached a redshirt freshman to an All-American fourth-place finish at NAIA Championships in the 3000-meter steeplechase.

She also had the previous coaching stops at Frostburg State (NCAA Division III) in 2012 and 2013, and Xavier University (NCAA Division I), where she assisted in coaching the first-ever NCAA Division I Championships qualifier for the cross country program in 2013.

Nicole Farr Kramer was a student-athlete at Calvin College from 2006-2010, Farr received All-Region honors with her team that placed second at the National Cross Country Championships in 2008. Farr became an All-American in the Distance Medley Relay in 2009 and was a two-time NCAA provisional qualifier in the steeplechase.

Farr holds a master's degree in sports administration from Bowling Green State University, where she researched NCAA Division I and Division III student-athlete experiences. At Bowling Green, Farr competed in the 2011 indoor track season with remaining eligibility. She has continued to train and compete in road races, triathlons, and most recently the 2019 Boston Marathon. Coach Farr has certifications in Endurance (USTFCCCA), Strength and Conditioning (USTFCCCA), and USATF Level 1.