Jennifer Ann Svoboda

• Co-Create throwing and lifting programs and implement them according to the athlete’s individual needs and levels of expertise.
• ·Cultivate a safe and authentic environment for student-athletes to maximize their potential
• Coached individual participants in skills necessary for excellent achievement in target event.
• Promoted a culture of accountability and acceptance
• Promoted proper stretching, warmups and conditioning exercises to prevent sports injuries
• Organized special events for the track and field team to ensure team comradery,connection formation, and show appreciation and gratitude for all involved

Achievements:

• ·Coached Virginia Miller to be a 2x All-American in the Women’s Javelin, placing 6th at the 2021 US Championships. Her PR landed her #4 on our ultra competitive top ten list (55.26m).
• Guided Max Mckhann to a school record in the men’s weight throw (21.91m), as well as a lifetime best of 64.62m in the men's hammer throw, which is #10 on Stanford's top all-time list
• Trained Max Mckhann to achieve an appearance at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships, where he earned a 12th place finish and NCAA All-American status
• Piloted Sam Liokumovich to a Personal Record toss of 18.20m in the men’s indoor shot put, moving himself into Stanford’s All-Time #4 position.
• Encouraged Jordan Fong to a new PR of 62.11 in the women’s hammer throw, good enough for the #3 spot on Stanford’s All-Time 10 list.
• Recruited student-athletes of highest caliber to elevate team performance.

• Supervision of 75+ students
• Taught Science or related topics to K-12
• Maintained inclusive learning environment to enable students to gain maximum benefit from lessons.
• Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.

• Assisted in guiding the Women’s team to a team title, contributing the most to the point total out of all the disciplines
• Assembled and developed practice plans, training programs and developmental strategies
• Constructed yearly strength and conditioning plans for discipline area
• Responsible for scouting and recruiting national and international athletes
• Served as the Director of Operations for the Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field teams
• Officials and Meet Director for home events hosted by the University

Achievements:

• Guided Emron Gibbs to a 5th finish at the NCAA national championship in the men’s javelin, he was the school record holder and set the Grenadian National in the event, later overtaken by Anderson Peters
• Partnered with Nadia Maffo to qualify for the U23 Championships where she represented team Italy
• Coached Tom Peters to a spot on the World Junior Team in the men’s javelin representing team USA
• Led Alexis Chiles to a school record, conference USA title, and a showing at the NCAA outdoor championship in the women’s shot put
• Broke 7 school records in the throws discipline
• Coached 7 Conference USA champions
• Nominated for Regional Coach of the year

• Worked with the athletic department to ensure the academic success of the university’s student athletes
• Responsible for compiling and tracking academic progress of 50 student athletes each semester
• Interacted daily with professors to ensure the athletes were progressing towards benchmarks to help their success
• Advised student-athletes on class selection as well as future career options

• Competed in the SEC in the shot-put, weight-throw, discus, hammer and javelin events
• Qualified for the first round of NCAA's in the Mideast Region in both the shot put and discus
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll with the highest GPA on the team in 2009.
• Effectively communicated with diverse group of athletes, coaches and game officials using dynamic listening and open-ended questioning skills.