Kevin Lucas Completes Coaching Staff for 2007-08 Season

Fifth-year head coach Kevin Lucas of the Heidelberg College men’s and women’s cross country and track and field teams has announced the addition of Kelly Graher, Tia Trent and Keith Roberts to his 2007-08 coaching staff. Graher joins Lucas and current assistant coach Jason Rose at the helm of the cross country teams, while Trent and Roberts join Lucas and current assistant coach Tyler Hohman in leading the track and field teams.

Before coming to Heidelberg, Graher was head varsity track and field coach for both boys and girls at Russia Local Schools and worked as a Re-Generation Coordinator for the Council on Rural Service Programs. She graduated from Defiance College in 2004, where she lettered in cross country, track and field, and basketball. As a member of the Jackets track team, Graher helped the team win Heartland Conference Championships in 2002 and 2003.

Graher is a native of Covington, Ohio and a 2000 graduate of Covington High School. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communications from Defiance, and completed some master’s coursework there before coming to the Berg to complete her graduate degree in education.

Trent joins the Berg coaching staff following a stint as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Mifflin High School in Columbus, Ohio. She attended Indiana University and was a member of the 2003 NCAA USA Championship team and the 2000 Big Ten Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship team.  Also while at Indiana, Trent qualified twice for the Indoor Track and Field NCAA Championships and four times for the Outdoor Track and Field NCAA Championships, reaching the finals twice. In 1999, Trent won the 400-meter dash Big Ten Outdoor Championship.

A native of New Albany, Ohio, Trent attended Westerville North High School. She graduated from Indiana University in 2002 with bachelor’s degrees in culture and communication and African-American history and diaspora, along with a minor in philosophy.

Prior to arriving at Heidelberg, Roberts was head coach for the Logan County Elite Track Club in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He also was an assistant coach for Bellefontaine High School and the Summit Academy in Herman, Pa. for the 2006 season and from 2005-2006 assisted at the University of Pittsburgh. While at Kent State University he won the Mid-American Conference Championship in the indoor 60-meter hurdles, and currently holds the indoor 55-meter hurdles record at KSU. Roberts also placed 11th in the nation in Division I in the indoor 60-meter hurdles in 2003, and was named a Freshman Verizon All-American in the outdoor 110-meter hurdles.

Originally from West Liberty, Ohio, Roberts attended Bellefontaine High School, and graduated in the fall of 2005 from Kent with a bachelor’s degree in interpersonal communication.