Cogdill, Jumper earn Class 4A At-Large Coach of the Year honors from IATC

Ankeny girls’ cross country coach TJ Jumper talks to his runners prior to the start of the Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 20 at St. Paul, Minn. Jumper has been named a Class 4A At-Large Coach of the Year by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches. (Photo courtesy of Travis Squires)

Girls’ cross country coaches Eric Cogdill of Ankeny Centennial and TJ Jumper of Ankeny have been named Class 4A At-Large Coaches of the Year by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches.

Cogdill guided the Jaguars to a fourth-place finish in the Class 4A state meet on Nov. 1, equaling the program’s second-highest finish ever. He also guided the squad to four titles this season, including a fourth consecutive regional crown.

Ankeny Centennial coach Eric Cogdill tries to motivate his runners prior to the start of the 2023 state meet at Fort Dodge. Cogdill has been named a Class 4A At-Large Coach of the Year by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches. (Photo by Drue Wolfe)

Jumper, meanwhile, guided the Hawkettes to a third straight seventh-place finish in Class 4A. Jumper, who also coaches the girls’ track team, took over the cross country program in late spring after Quinn Groff departed to become the head coach at North Polk.