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Lonnie Speidel, Head Men's Coach
Lonnie Speidel, Head Coach
Lonnie Speidel begins his eighth season at Cornell College.
Prior to coming to Cornell, Speidel spent three years at Illinois State University in Normal (Aug. 1997-July 2000), which produced four Missouri Valley Conference championship teams and five MVC runner-up teams during his tenure as an assistant coach.
Speidel graduated from Mount Vernon (Ill.) High School in 1993 and Elmhurst (Ill.) College in 1997, earning a bachelor's degree in physical education while competing in cross country and track and field. He was team captain for the Bluejays during his senior campaign. He earned a master's degree in sports management from Illinois State in 2000.
Speidel has completed his USATF Level II certification for the sprint/hurdles/relays, jumps, endurance, and multi-event areas. He is also a USATF Certified Level I instructor.
Under Speidel, 81 school records have been set in the past seven seasons. The Rams have also crowned seven All-Americans, 31 NCAA provisional qualifiers, 12 Iowa Conference champions, 45 All-Iowa Conference performers.
Cornell’s track & field athletes also excel in the classroom. The 2007 men's and women's track and field teams were honored by the United States Track and Field Coaches Association as All-Academic teams.
Speidel resides in Lisbon with his wife, Keri, and sons, Baylor and Brody.
All-Americans
James Klobucar 2007 Outdoor 110 Hurdles (Sixth)
Lynn Schneider 2005 Outdoor Shot Put (Eighth)
Lynn Schneider 2005 Indoor Shot Put (Third)
Andy Stoecken 2004 Outdoor High Jump (Seventh)
Ean Caskey 2004 Indoor 800 run (Eighth)
Andy Stoecken 2004 Indoor High Jump (Third)
Julie Carne 2002 Indoor 400 dash (Seventh)
NCAA Provisional Qualifiers
James Klobucar 2007 Outdoor 110 Hurdles
James Klobucar 2007 Decathlon
James Klobucar 2007 Indoor 55 Hurdles
Jessica Axen 2006 Outdoor 100 Hurdles
James Klobucar 2006 Indoor 55 Hurdles
Heather Axen 2006 Indoor Pole Vault
Heather Axen 2005 Outdoor Pole Vault
Lynn Schneider 2005 Outdoor Shot Put
Lynn Schneider 2005 Outdoor Hammer Throw
Lynn Schneider 2005 Outdoor Javelin Throw
Heather Axen 2005 Indoor Pole Vault
Brandi Rheberg 2005 Indoor Shot Put
Lynn Schneider 2005 Indoor Shot Put
Ean Caskey 2004 Outdoor 800 Run
Matt Ditch 2004 Outdoor Long Jump
Andy Stoecken 2004 Outdoor High Jump
Heather Axen 2004 Outdoor Pole Vault
Lynn Schneider 2004 Outdoor Shot Put
Lynn Schneider 2004 Outdoor Hammer Throw
Jaime Scholz 2004 Outdoor 3000 Steeplechase
Ean Caskey 2004 Indoor 800 Run
Andy Stoecken 2004 Indoor High Jump
Lynn Schneider 2004 Indoor Shot Put
Matt Ditch 2003 Outdoor Long Jump
Andy Stoecken 2003 Outdoor High Jump
Andy Stoecken 2003 Indoor High Jump
Dan McHugh 2002 Outdoor 400 Dash
Julie Carne 2002 Outdoor 400 Dash
Lynn Schneider 2002 Outdoor Hammer Throw
Julie Carne 2002 Indoor 400 Dash
Ian Benedict 2001 Outdoor 1500 Run
Iowa Conference Champions
James Klobucar 2007 Indoor 55 Hurdles (7.71)
Jason Williams 2006 Outdoor Shot Put (44-8 1/4)
James Klobucar 2006 Indoor 55 Hurdles (7.71)
Lynn Schneider 2005 Outdoor Shot Put (43-3 ¼)
Heather Axen 2004 Outdoor Pole Vault (11-0) MEET RECORD
Andy Stoecken 2004 Indoor High Jump (6-10 ¾) MEET RECORD
Lynn Schneider 2004 Indoor Shot Put (44-4 ¾) MEET RECORD
Jaime Scholz 2004 Indoor 1,000 Run (3:08.06)
Matt Ditch 2003 Outdoor Long Jump (22-10)
Heather Axen 2003 Outdoor Pole Vault (10-4)
Ean Caskey 2003 Indoor 800 Run (1:57.05) MEET RECORD
Dan McHugh 2002 Outdoor 400 Dash (48.37)
 Dan Schofer , Assistant Coach (distance)
Dan Schofer enters his second year at Cornell College as head coach of men’s and women’s cross country and assistant coach of men’s and women’s track and field in 2007-2008.
In his first year at Cornell, Schofer was selected by the student-athlete advisory committee as the school’s Coach of the Year, as he guided the women’s cross country squad to its best season in the program’s history, highlighted with a fourth-place finish at the Iowa Conference Championships and two All-IIAC performers. That success continued during the track season, as the women's distance squad earned two more All-IIAC awards and broke school records in four different events. The men’s team also saw improvement in Schofer’s first year at Cornell, and both teams enter the 2007-2008 year with solid recruiting classes and high expectations.
Schofer came to Cornell from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., where he served for four years as assistant coach of men’s and women’s cross country and track and field. During his time at Rhodes, he helped coach 40 individual all-conference performances, one team and nine individual conference championships, one team and seven individual NCAA Championships qualifiers, and four NCAA All-American performances.
The Wilmette, Ill., native graduated magna cum laude from Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., in 2000 with a major in biology. He earned an MS degree in exercise physiology from the University of Oregon in December 2001. While at Oregon, he taught running and weight training courses in the physical education department, worked as a teaching assistant in the exercise physiology department, and competed for Team Eugene, a running club active in the Pacific Northwest.
Schofer also served as assistant coach for the Carleton women's track and field program for the 2002 winter and spring seasons.
During his junior and senior years at Carleton, Schofer captained both the cross country and track and field teams. Additionally, he earned three most improved awards, several all-conference citations, and qualified as an individual for the NCAA Cross Country Championships in the fall of 1999. Coach Schofer has continued to train and compete at a high level since graduating from college.
Schofer has USA Track and Field Level I coaching certification and is a member of the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
“I have high expectations for the student-athletes in our program, in terms of discipline, hard work, sportsmanship, and citizenship. Participating in cross country and track at Cornell is one of the most demanding aspects of our students’ college experience, but there is no question that it is also one of the most rewarding. From our fastest to our slowest runners, all members of our program enjoy the lifelong bonds of friendships formed and the satisfaction gained from working hard and improving as part of a competitive team.”
Schofer and his wife, Marie, a competitive distance runner herself who works in Cornell’s office of admission, live in Mount Vernon.
 Kory Swart, Assistant Coach (sprints)
 Josh Rife, Assistant Coach (throws)
Rife, a Mount Vernon native, begins his second season as throws coach for Cornell. He graduated in 1996 from Mount Vernon High School, where he was a member of state championship football teams in 1993 and 1994 and one conference championship track and field team. He was an individual conference champion in the shot put and an all-district football player. Rife was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter for St. Olaf College in football and earned two varsity letters in track and field for the Oles. He is ranked second all-time in school history in the outdoor hammer throw and third in the indoor weight throw. Rife earned All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference recognition in both football and track. A National Merit Scholar, he received a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2001. Rife has been an assistant girls’ track and field coach and assistant football coach at Mount Vernon.
Chad Compton, Assistant Coach (jumps/multi-events)
Compton is in his second season as assistant coach at his alma mater. He earned four letters each in cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field before graduating from Cornell in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in physics. He earned All-Iowa Conference honors in 2006 in the indoor 800-meter run, placing third with a time of 1-minute, 57.46-seconds. Compton was named Cornell’s MVP in outdoor track and field in 2006 and was the most improved runner for the Rams in cross country in 2004. He was named all-conference in 2003 as a member of the third-place distance medley relay team in indoor track and field. Compton is a native of Zimmerman, Minn.
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