Brad Hunt Named Mid-Atlantic Outdoor Assistant Coach of the Year
June 20, 2025 | Women's Track and Field
PRINCETON, N.J. – Brad Hunt was named Assistant Coach of the Year in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA)'s Mid-Atlantic Regional Awards, the organization announced Friday.
It is Hunt's second time earning the title this year after winning the honor during the indoor season.
Hunt, in his ninth year as assistant coach at Princeton, mentored Mena Scatchard through an outstanding outdoor season that saw the senior break program records in the 800m, 1500m, and 5000m.
At the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Scatchard earned All-America honors after placing ninth in the 1500m final.
Scatchard won Ivy League titles in the 1500m and the 4x800 at Outdoor Heps, before moving on to set a new personal best and program record in the 1500m at NCAA East Regionals.
That Tiger 4x800 squad of Stella Vieth, Hannah Riggins, Olivia Martin and Scatchard set a new Heps record as they clocked in at 8:27.31 to win the gold.
Hunt's athletes also boasted the top-two times in the 800m in the Mid-Atlantic Region, with Scatchard's 2:00.81 and Riggins' 2:02.95.
In addition to serving as an assistant coach for the track program, Hunt is also the head coach of the Tigers' cross country team. Winning the cross country championship in the fall, Hunt laid the groundwork for Princeton achieve a historic third Ivy League Triple Crown when they won the Outdoor Heps title in the spring.
With Hunt's athletes combining for 55 points, and the Tigers scoring in 19 of 22 events, Princeton clinched the Outdoor Ivy title with a score of 202.5 - the most points ever scored by a women's team and the first time a team has broke the 200-point threshold.
Hunt and the Tigers now look back on an outstanding outdoor season that saw Princeton win six individual Ivy championships, set a new 4x800m Ivy Championship record, qualify 16 for regionals and have three athletes earn All-American honors at NCAAs.
It is Hunt's second time earning the title this year after winning the honor during the indoor season.
Hunt, in his ninth year as assistant coach at Princeton, mentored Mena Scatchard through an outstanding outdoor season that saw the senior break program records in the 800m, 1500m, and 5000m.
At the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Scatchard earned All-America honors after placing ninth in the 1500m final.
Scatchard won Ivy League titles in the 1500m and the 4x800 at Outdoor Heps, before moving on to set a new personal best and program record in the 1500m at NCAA East Regionals.
That Tiger 4x800 squad of Stella Vieth, Hannah Riggins, Olivia Martin and Scatchard set a new Heps record as they clocked in at 8:27.31 to win the gold.
Hunt's athletes also boasted the top-two times in the 800m in the Mid-Atlantic Region, with Scatchard's 2:00.81 and Riggins' 2:02.95.
In addition to serving as an assistant coach for the track program, Hunt is also the head coach of the Tigers' cross country team. Winning the cross country championship in the fall, Hunt laid the groundwork for Princeton achieve a historic third Ivy League Triple Crown when they won the Outdoor Heps title in the spring.
With Hunt's athletes combining for 55 points, and the Tigers scoring in 19 of 22 events, Princeton clinched the Outdoor Ivy title with a score of 202.5 - the most points ever scored by a women's team and the first time a team has broke the 200-point threshold.
Hunt and the Tigers now look back on an outstanding outdoor season that saw Princeton win six individual Ivy championships, set a new 4x800m Ivy Championship record, qualify 16 for regionals and have three athletes earn All-American honors at NCAAs.
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