LEMAIRE NAMED WORCESTER STATE
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK & FIELD
COACH
WORCESTER, MA, July 12, 2007 - Worcester
State College athletic director Susan Chapman has
announced that Mathew LeMaire has been hired as
the new Worcester State women's cross country and track and field
head coach.
Coach LeMaire is a 2004 graduate of Westfield State College where
he starred for the Owl track team in multiple events earning
numerous All-New England, Alliance, MASCAC and ECAC honors.
LeMaire was named the captain for the Owl squad for his senior
season becoming just the second captain in the history of the
successful Westfield State program.
He is the Westfield State record holder in the decathlon and earned
the Owl's most prestigious student-athlete honor in 2004 receiving
the Peter Mazza Athletics Award.
Coach LeMaire is a USA Track and Field Level 1 certified coach and
is also a certified track and field official. Following his
graduation Coach LeMaire spent a year at his alma mater as an
assistant coach and since 2005 has been the head girls indoor and
outdoor track and field
coach at Grafton High School.
Chapman remarked about the hiring, "We are fortunate that Mat was
available for this position. His background and ambition made
him quite an attractive candidate and I anticipate that his style
and approach will reap immediate dividends for the women's
program."
Coach LeMaire is a physical education teacher at the Grafton Middle
School and currently resides in Charlton, MA.
