Brooke Pleger - Women's Track and Field Coach - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Brooke Pleger

Title:
Assistant Track & Field Coach
Email:
bleger@bgsu.edu
Phone:
419-372-4013

Brooke Pleger was named an assistant coach for the BGSU track and field team in Aug, 2015 following a highly successful career in throws at Bowling Green. She is one of the most decorated student-athletes in Bowling Green State University history and a three-time All-American in the hammer throw, placing third at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships in each of the past two years.

Pleger is the school record holder in the hammer throw with a toss of 228-feet-9 to win her third consecutive Mid-American Conference Championship in May of 2015. She is the first female three-time All-American in BGSU history and is a two-time Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year, a two-time MAC Most Outstanding Field Athlete and a two-time BGSU Female Athlete of the Year. Additionally, she excelled in the classroom, twice being named an Academic All-American, as well as Academic All-MAC and a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete.

Pleger will be involved in all aspects of the program including recruiting, coaching, administrative work and meet management. She will also continue to train as a post-collegian with the goal of competing internationally for Team USA.