Charlotte Imer Added to Delaware Cross Country/Track & Field Staff

8/15/2024 1:30:00 PM | Women's Cross Country, Track & Field

NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware cross country/track & field head coach Josh Hayman is excited to announce the addition of Charlotte Imer to his coaching staff ahead of the 2024-25 season. Imer will serve as an assistant coach for the cross country program and oversee the middle and long-distance event groups.

"I'm very excited to join the University of Delaware's Track & Field and Cross Country staff!," Imer said. "I know that Coach Hayman's leadership and the support from the athletics department will set the women's programs up for monumental success. I can't wait to work with Coach Hayman towards the shared vision of assembling a highly competitive distance program in the Mid-Atlantic, and go after conference titles in the near future!"

Imer makes her way down I-95 to Newark after spending three seasons as an assistant coach for Temple's women's cross country and track & field programs (2022-24). During Imer's tenure in North Philadelphia, the Owls have excelled in women's cross country and distance events in track and field. Laura Nicholson (2022) and Elsa Chan (2023) earned All-Conference honors at the AAC Cross Country Championships. Nicholson also secured a bronze in the mile at the 2023 AAC Indoor Championships, and at the 2023 AAC Outdoor Championships, she won gold in the 1,500 meters and silver in the 800 meters. Her impressive performance earned her a spot at the 2023 NCAA East Regional, where she advanced to the quarterfinals in the 1,500 meters. Nicholson became the first Temple athlete since 2021 to advance beyond the preliminaries and the first since Blanca Fernandez in 2015 to reach the quarterfinals in the 1,500 meters.

Prior to Temple, Imer served as an assistant cross country/track and field coach at Catholic University. Prior to that, she spent two years as a volunteer assistant coach at Tennessee Tech while earning her master's degree in sport management. She also served as a graduate assistant cross country coach at Tennessee-Martin for one year.

"Coach Imer is a great addition to our staff as we look to boost our distance program," Hayman said. "She comes to Delaware with proven experience and played a pivotal role guiding her athletes to impressive achievements throughout her career. Charlotte's extensive background, from her successful tenures as well as her achievements as an All-American athlete, brings a wealth of experience and expertise to our team. Her dedication and coaching prowess will help drive our program forward."

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Imer graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in political science. At EKU, she earned All-American honors in cross country in 2016, finishing 31st at the NCAA Championships — the highest finish ever by an EKU woman at nationals. In 2017, Imer led the EKU women to their first NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, where they finished 23rd.

Imer also achieved All-American status in track & field, earning second-team honors in the 5,000 meters in 2017 with a personal-best time of 15:59.3 at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship. She was named the OVC Track Athlete of the Year and EKU Female Athlete of the Year twice. Imer won the OVC indoor 3,000-meter championship in 2016 and 2017 and claimed the OVC title in the indoor 5,000 meters in 2017. Throughout her career, the Colonels won three consecutive OVC women's outdoor championships.

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