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- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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- Year:
- 2nd
Bio
A former standout track and field athlete at Cal Poly Pomona, Jill Schmidt enters her second season as an assistant coach with the CMS track and field program in 2020-21.
Schmidt was a two-time NCAA Division II All-America at Cal Poly Pomona, where she competed in the high jump and the heptathlon and served as a team captain. She finished fourth in the nation in the high jump while competing for the Broncos, and earned an eighth-place finish in the heptathlon to become the first All-American at Cal Poly Pomona in the event since 1998.
Prior to attending CPP, Schmidt competed at East Los Angeles College, where she set the school record in the triple jump and the high jump and earned All-America honors in the high jump, despite never competing in track and field during her career at Diamond Bar High School. She returned to Diamond Bar as an assistant coach after finishing her athletic career.