Coaches

Marty Owens, Head Coach
(570) 372-4416 - owensm@susqu.edu

Marty Owens enters his sixth seasons as the head coach of the Susquehanna University men's and women's cross country and track & field teams in 2008.

Owens was previously an assistant cross country and track & field coach and later head indoor track & field coach at Westfield (Mass.) High School from April 2001 to June 2002.

He is a member of the Fleet Feet Racing Team and has competed in a number of marathons and other road races around the country as well as the famed Ironman Triathlon World Championship in both 1995 and 1997.

In 2002, Owens finished fourth in the Washington DC Marathon. He finished in the top 10 in the Vermont City Marathon in both 2000 and 2001. In 1998, Owens took second at the Atlantic City Marathon, and in 1999, he finished 13th in the Las Vegas International Marathon.

Owens has also competed in half-marathons, winning the Las Vegas Track Club Half-Marathon in both 1998 and 1999 while finishing fourth at the New Bedford Half-Marathon in 2000. In 1999, Owens was named the Southern Nevada Male Runner of the Year. His personal record in the half-marathon is 1 hour, 8 minutes, 45 seconds, while his best marathon time is 2:27:32.

He is a 1991 graduate of Ursinus College with a Bachelor of Science degree in health, physical education and recreation. Currently, Owens is pursuing his Master of Science degree in exercise physiology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Owens and his wife, Kathy, reside in Lewisburg, Pa. Kathy is Susquehanna's executive assistant to the president.