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Jared Wilmes (WILL-muss) enters his second season as the cross
country head coach at Missouri. The Missouri cross country team hasn't
skipped a beat in being one of the toughest teams in the conference.
During the 2000 season, Wilmes led the Tiger women to their sixth
consecutive NCAA Championship appearance and the third consecutive
appearance for the men . The Tiger men finished in an automatic-qualifying
second place at the Regional Championships, and the women finished third to
receive an at-large bid to the National Championships. Wilmes coached Nick
Smith to a third place finish at the Regional Cross Country Championship,
the highest finish by a Missouri male ever at that meet. At the national
meet, the women placed 16th in the nation and the men finished 27th at the
NCAA Championships.
On the track, Wilmes coached junior Mike Pitts to a Big 12
Championship in the 10,000m, the first ever Missouri Big 12 Champion in this
event. In addition, he helped guide the women's distance medley relay to a
conference and National Championship, and a Big 12 record in that event.
Wilmes coached two All-Americans and 11 Conference scorers in 2001,
including two indoor runners-up in the 1000m and 800m events. Wilmes, a
former All-American himself in the 800m, also guided red-shirt junior
Timothy Dunne to a 1:48.81 personal best in 2001.
Wilmes, a Hopkins, Mo. native, is no stranger to Missouri
athletics as he has be involved at Mizzou for over 11 years as a
student-athlete, coach and staff member. As an athlete, Wilmes competed at
MU from 1990-95 and developed into one of the best middle distance athletes
in Missouri history. He went on to claim NCAA All-American honor four times
in the 800-meter run. The three-time team captain was also a Big Eight
champion in the 800m and claimed multiple wins at the prestigious Drake,
Kansas and Florida relays.
A multi-time academic All-America award winner,
Wilmes was a magna cum laude 1994 honors
graduate at Mizzou, earning a dual degree in agriculture economics
and business. He earned postgraduate scholarships from both the Big Eight
NCAA, and earned a graduate degree in 1998 in agriculture economics and
recently finished course work toward his Ph.D. in management.
Wilmes served as a graduate assistant coach for Missouri track and
cross country for three years (1995-98), and stayed on with the athletic
department for the past two years as an economic analyst in the Tiger
business office. During his days as a graduate assistant, Wilmes was
involved in all aspects of theprogram, including being heavily involved in
recruiting.
Wilmes, 29, is married to the former Rebecca Davis, a two-time track
All-American at Missouri.
