Susan Seaton
	Position: Head Women's Coach Alma Mater: German College of Sport Science '91

Phone: 513-556-1507 | Email: seatons@ucmail.uc.edu

Career Coaching Accomplishments: National Champions: 2 (Sweden) All-Americans: 6 Academic All-Americans: 33 NCAA Finals Participants: 14 NCAA Regional/Preliminary Championship Participants: 33 NCAA Team Finishes Top 20: 14 NCAA Team Finishes Top 10: 10 NCAA Team Finishes Top 5: 4 Conference Team Titles: 15 Individual Conference Champions: 22 School Records: 37 Seaton feature in UC Magazine

UC's women's track and field/cross country head coach Susan Seaton is in her eighth year with the Bearcats after first coming aboard as an assistant coach in the fall of 2004. Seaton has quickly elevated the UC program through a team-oriented and family-focused philosophy that has seen UC perform at record-breaking levels on the track while setting new standards for academic achievement.

In Seaton's specialization as UC's men's and women's throws coach, her athletes have re-written the UC record books and now hold 10 out of 12 possible school records. Three of Seaton's UC throwers have earned individual conference titles: Steve Kahle, shot put; Jo Young, hammer throw; Brian Zimmerman, javelin. Additionally, Ian Jarman won the 2008 Penn Relays title in the hammer throw under Seaton's tutelage.

During the 2011 indoor season, the women's team set school records in nine events, won the All-Ohio Championship for the first time, crowned a BIG EAST indoor champion when Kathy Klump won the 500 meters and finished a program-high sixth at the conference championship, scoring its most points ever (62.5) at the conference meet.

The outdoor campaign continued in that fashion with seven new school records, the All-Ohio team title, the BIG EAST 4x400 meters relay title and a program high sixth-place finish at the conference championship meet with a record number of 14 student-athletes qualifying for NCAA regional. Klump would advance to the NCAA national championship meet where she attained All-America honors in the 800 meters.

The 2009-10 season saw the Bearcats in rebuilding mode, but the team improved bit-by-bit throughout the year, culminating in three student-athletes earning NCAA Outdoor Preliminary nods. During the outdoor season, the women's team won the title at the annual Oliver Nikoloff Invitational and placed third at the All-Ohio meet. The indoor season was highlighted by a No. 7 placement in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) regional rankings.

In 2009, Seaton led the women's team to a sixth-place showing at the conference outdoor championships, its best finish since joining the BIG EAST to that date. Seaton also led the indoor squad to a then program-best seventh-place showing at the conference championships. During the outdoor season, the Bearcats had a program-record 23 student-athletes qualify for the BIG EAST championships and six advanced to compete at the NCAA regionals. In addition, UC broke nine indoor and five outdoor school records.

Off the track, the UC women's program has earned U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team Awards in cross country and track and field for the last three seasons, with a program high 3.64 GPA by the women's cross country team in 2009, ranking them 18th in the country amongst all Division I institutions. UC also named 11 individuals to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team after reaching NCAA regional or NCAA preliminary qualifying marks in their respective events while posting GPA's greater than 3.25. The Bearcats also do countless volunteer service hours in the community with organizations like Girls on the Run, the local veteran's hospital, Operation School Bell, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati Freestore Foodbank as well as mentoring at various local schools.

Before joining the Bearcats Seaton spent six seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin and three years as an assistant at Northern Arizona University. During that time Seaton mentored five All-Americans, 16 conference champions, and nine NCAA qualifiers and was part of 15 conference championship team titles and 10 NCAA Top 10 teams.

A native of Saalfeld, Germany, Seaton earned her bachelor's degree from the German College of Sports Science in 1991 and a master's in exercise science from the University of Leipzig in 1994. Seaton was a standout athlete for the East German junior track and field team and competed for her German club team SC Motor Jena from 1984-87. She has competitive experience in the javelin, discus, shot put, multi events, high jump, long jump, hurdles and cross country. At the prime of her career she was a javelin specialist and took third place at the 1989 East German amateur national championships and finished in second place at the 1986 national club championships.

Seaton has earned Level I and Level II USA Track and Field coaching education certifications, is a graduate of the NCAA Women Coaches Academy and a member of the Alliance for Women Coaches.

In the fall of 2010, Seaton was selected to serve on the NCAA Division I Track and Field / Cross Country Committee and recently had her term extended to June 2015. In addition to her committee responsibilities, Seaton has also been a speaker on the topic of throwing events, jumping events and training theory at major coaching clinics throughout the United States.

Susan and her husband, Robert, reside in College Hill, Cincinnati, and are parents to sons Patrick (25) and Aidan (5).