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Demitrius Snaer	Men's Track&Field Head Coach Demitrius Snaer Phone: (209)575-6279 Fax: (209)575-6145 E-mail: Track & Field Assistant Coaches: Dick Nugebauer, , Donovan Walker, Cameron Stephens, Melissa Snaer, Shawn Caris,

Demitrius Snaer, now in his third year as Head Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Coach, enjoyed a very successful cross country season. The season was highlighted by a State Cross Country Championships birth. In the 2006 Track season, Demitrius was named CVC Coach of the Year as well as Nor-Cal Coach of the Year by his peers. In Snaer’s 3 year tenure he has helped produce 2 state champion sprinters, the first in MJC history. Brant Gilbert won the 200m in 2005 and Joe Turner won the 400m in 2006. Turner is also the school record holder in 200 meter with a time of 20.74. Demitrius is a graduate of California State University Fresno where he earned a BA in Mass Communication and Broadcast Journalism and Fresno Pacific University where he earned an MA in Kinesiology.

Achievements

Athletic:

*California Community College 200m State champion (San Joaquin Delta College)

*National JUCO 200m and 4x100m relay champion (SJDC)

*California/Nevada 100m and 4x100m relay champion (CSU Fresno)

*2 time All American (CSU Fresno)

*Top ten all-time 100 and 200 meters (CSUF)

*School record holder 4x100m and 4x400m relays (CSUF)

Coaching:

*2 State Champions
*52 state meet qualifiers
*12 post-collegiate athletes
*USATF level I certified Coach

Goals:

*Re-establish MJC as a dominant cross country and track and field program at the state level
*Establish positive relationships with the community, coaches, and athletes
*Assure MJC athletes compete with dignity and respect
*Afford every athlete the opportunity to succeed on and off the track

Program History

Originating in 1921, Modesto JC's Track and Field was one of the first Community College programs in the state. Over it's proud seventy-nine year history at Modesto Junior College can boast 3 Gold and 1 Bronze Olympic Medallists, 1 World Champion, 11National Champions, 25 State Champions, 67 Nor-Cal Champions, and 32 inductees into the MJC Hall-of-Fame.

In 2002, both the men's and women's track and field teams won the Central Valley Conference, with the men winning their first Nor-Cal title since 1954. Since 1970, the men's teams have amassed a dual meet record of 244 wins with 53 losses, while the perennially strong women's squads have a 272-16 record since team competition began in 1978. The men can also add nine Central Valley Conference championships to it's credit since 1970, while the women have chalked up eleven titles. Both teams have been ranked number one or two in Northern California for four years in a row.

The men's Cross Country program, which was formed in 1960 with the women's being initiated in 1979, has three state individual champions to its credit with 12 Nor-Cal individual titles and four conference championship titles plus one Nor-Cal team title. The men's team has accumulated a dual meet record of 162 wins and 120 losses with nine teams qualifying for the state championships. The women's team has dual meet record of 117 wins and 67 losses with eleven visits to the state championships. The 2000 teams were the second most successful teams in the college history, second only to last year's banner teams.

Modesto Junior College hosts the longest continual national caliber Track and Field meet in the nation. The Modesto Relays , which have evolved from the California and the S&W Relays, can boast thirty-three world records at one of the premiere facilities in the state. In the sixty-first year, "The Relays" continue to bring some of the World's best athletes to Modesto every second week in May. The 2003 edition will be held on Saturday, 10 May.

MJC Open House for Athletes

Spring 2007