Gillian Urycki joined the Catamount family in August, 2022.
Urycki heads to Cullowhee from the South Dakota School of Mines, spending the previous two seasons as an assistant coach where she mentored the sprinters, jumpers, hurdles, and multi-event student-athletes. Under her direction, nine new school records were set with one RMAC event champion. As a student-athlete at Iowa from 2016-20, Urycki qualified for the 2018 NCAA Outdoor National Championships and earned All-Big Ten Conference honors. Her personal best high jump height of 5’9.25” ranks sixth all-time in Iowa program history.
