STORM LAKE - Buena Vista University head cross country and track & field coach, Colt Slack, has announced that Evelyn Kammeyer will join his staff as an assistant coach for both programs beginning this fall.

Kammeyer's main focus will be to assist with the distance runners.  She is fresh off a successful collegiate career of her own with the bulk of it coming in the American Rivers Conference.  She was a three-time all-conference performer and a team captain in 2017 while competing at Central College in Pella.  She also received USTFCCCA all-region accolades during that time and was a conference runner up and a national qualifier in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2018 while placing 18th.

"I am extremely excited to have Evie on board here at BVU!" says Slack.  "She brings a wealth of knowledge in the distance events and has a lot of enthusiasm for the sport. Evie had national success as a student-athlete and she knows what it takes to compete at a high level. She will certainly be a valuable member to this staff."

Kammeyer wrapped up her collegiate eligibility at Division II University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., this past spring while continuing work on her master's degree in Kinesiology.  She finished third in the steeplechase at the Northern Sun Conference championships.

In 2018, Kammeyer, a native of Urbandale, Iowa, graduated from Central College with a bachelor's degree in Biology and minors in both Environmental Science and Chemistry.