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Coaching Staff for Cross Country, Track and Field

Laura Davis
Head Cross Country Coach, Head Track Coach
Haas Pavilion 108
510.430.3282
ldavis@mills.edu

Laura Davis is a graduate of the Mills College MFA in Creative Writing program, and coached at Wayzata High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota before coming to Mills.  She ran Division 1 cross country and track at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and also ran the Boston Marathon in 2001.  

During her first year at Mills, she started a Track and Field PE class, which set the groundwork for track and field to become a new Mills Athletic team in 2008.

Education

USATF Level 1 Coaches' Education 2007 

University of Nevada Distance Coaching Summit 2007
 
MFA 2006, Creative Writing, Mills College 

BA 2001, English & Creative Writing, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Running Awards

2001 Boston Marathon Finisher

1998 Big Ten Conference Cross Country Team Championship

1998 Big Ten Conference Indoor Track and Field Distance Medley Relay Championship Team

1997–2000 Athletic Scholarship, University of Wisconsin

Coaching Experience

2006–2007 Mills College

2002 Wayzata High School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Classes Taught/Other Activities:

Hiking

Trail Running

Track & Field

Walk/Run Club
 

Bianca Hovda
Assistant Cross Country Coach
biancahovda@gmail.com

Bianca Hovda is a 2003 graduate of Mills College in the psychology program. She has been an assistant cross country coach at Mills College since 2003. During her first year as a student at Mills, she was the coxswain for the rowing team. She then ran 3 years of cross country.

This past season, she assisted the Track & Field PE class, which will turn into a new Mills Athletic team in 2008.

Education

BA 2003, Psychology, Mills College

Running Awards

2003 Muir Woods Marathon Finisher

Coaching Experience

2003-2007 Assistant Coach, Mills College Cross Country 

2007 Assistant Coach, Mills College Track and Field


 

CROSS COUNTRY
Schedule/Results
Roster
Coaching Staff 
For Prospective Student-Athletes

ROWING 

SOCCER 

SWIMMING 

TENNIS 

TRACK AND FIELD

VOLLEYBALL 

Returning Athletes

Visiting Team Info

Contact Information

Haas Pavilion

P: 510.430.2172
F: 510.430.2276
E: athletics@mills.edu