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Adam Beltran will join the staff to work with Notre Dame throwers

Aug. 3, 2007

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Adam Beltran has joined the Notre Dame men's and women's track and field program as an assistant coach for throws. Beltran replaces former assistant coach B.J. Linnenbrink who served in the same capacity for five years.

Prior to coming to Notre Dame, Beltran was on the track and field staff at Saint Francis (Pa.) University where he worked with the Red Flash throwers and oversaw the program's recruiting efforts. Under his tutelage, 20 St. Francis student-athletes won Northeast Conference (NEC) titles in the men's and women's weight throw, javelin, hammer throw, discus and women's shot put.

During his tenure Beltran watched 17 Red Flash throwing records fall in the men's and women's indoor shot put, discus, javelin, women's outdoor shot put and the men's hammer and weight throw. In 2007, junior Lisa Morse earned the Outstanding Field Performer award at the outdoor conference championships, while Diane Gmiter went on to win the same award at the indoor conference championships.

Before his stint at Saint Francis, Beltran served as an assistant coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He again worked with throwers and coached the athletes to Mid-Continent Conference titles in the shot put and the javelin. Nine of his athletes went on to break UMKC track and field records under his tutelage.

"We are very excited to have a young and energetic coach like Adam," track and field head coach Joe Piane said. "He has had very good success at Saint Francis and I think he could evolve into one of the best coaches in the nation here at Notre Dame."

A 1999 graduate of UMKC, the Austin, Texas native earned his bachelor of liberal arts degree with an emphasis in American Studies and a minor in Black Studies/Cultural Anthropology. He has earned USA Track and Field Level I and Level II certification.