Coaching Staff

Elizabeth Krug | Head Coach

Elizabeth Krug took the reins of the Lawrence University track and field programs in October 2024.

Krug came to Lawrence from St. Norbert College, where she has coached since 2017. Krug was an assistant coach with the Green Knights for five seasons and has served as associate head coach for both track and field and cross country for the past three seasons.

"Lawrence has been such a welcoming environment," Krug said. "I look forward to working with coach (Shelby) Baldwin and coach (Jason) Fast and building on the momentum they've created these past few years. The team has a lot of growth ahead of them and bringing in student-athletes that will have an immediate impact and help us move that needle at conference is our overall goal."

Krug helped the Green Knights win seven Midwest Conference championships in track and field. St. Norbert took the women's indoor titles in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and took outdoor titles in 2018, 2019 and 2021. The St. Norbert men also won the outdoor track title in 2021. Krug also helped St. Norbert win women's cross country championships in 2017 and 2018.

When St. Norbert moved to the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference, the Green Knights kept up their winning ways. The St. Norbert women won three consecutive NACC indoor and outdoor conference championships (2022-24) and the men have won three consecutive indoor titles (2022-24) and two of three outdoor titles (2022, 2024). The St. Norbert women also captured NACC cross country titles in 2021 and 2023.

Before joining the staff at St. Norbert, Krug spent two years as a graduate assistant at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., where she worked with sprints, hurdles, javelin and combined events. Krug coached 11 Liberty League individual champions and coached an All-American in the 400-meter hurdles.

An accomplished athlete at Hendrix College in Arkansas, Krug won the NCAA Division III national championship in the heptathlon in 2013. Her mark of 5,074 points stands as the eighth-best mark in Division III history. Krug was a four-time All-American in the heptathlon and also an All-American in the pentathlon as a junior.

Jason Fast | Assistant Coach

Jason Fast has transformed the Lawrence University cross country and track and field programs.

Fast has won three Midwest Conference championships and earned three Coach of the Year honors from the league since he started at Lawrence in 2009.

Lawrence athletes have earned 233 All-Midwest Conference honors spread among 80 individual student-athletes. The Vikings have won 38 individual conference titles during Fast's tenure with 14 different individual champions. Lawrence has broken 58 school records during Fast's tenure.

Fast's student-athletes have earned two NCAA Division III All-America honors, and Lawrence has had seven NCAA Championships qualifiers during his tenure. Five Lawrence student-athletes have also earned NCAA all-region honors as well. 

In only his third season as head coach of the Vikings, Lawrence captured the 2011 MIdwest Conference men’s championship and had the individual winner. Fast, who also serves as Lawrence's head track and field coach and assistant director of athletics, earned conference Coach of the Year honors in 2011.

For the first time in Lawrence history, the Vikings swept the team titles in cross country at the 2021 Midwest Conference Championships. Lawrence also had the individual women's winner, and Fast and his staff earned Coach of the Year honors for both the men and women.

Fast, a native of Menasha, Wis., came to Lawrence in July 2009 from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, where he served as an assistant cross country and track coach from January 2006-July 2009.

A 2004 graduate of UW-Oshkosh with a bachelor’s degree in public administration, Fast brought to Lawrence a history of both athletic success as a runner and as a coach.

Fast, who has a Master’s degree in exercise and sport science/sport administration from UW-La Crosse, competed in cross country and track and field for the Titans and won conference, regional, and national honors. A team captain in cross country, Fast earned All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and All-Midwest Region honors. Fast ran on the 2002 NCAA Division III championship team and is one of only four UW-Oshkosh runners to be a part of three WIAC championship teams.

In track and field, Fast was a four-time All-WIAC honoree in the 5,000 meters, 3,000 meters, and 3,000 steeplechase. Fast also was a provisional qualifier for the NCAA Division III Championships in the 5,000 meters indoors and the 3,000 steeplechase.

As an assistant coach at UW-Oshkosh, Fast was part of the coaching staff that helped the Titan men’s track team win the 2009 indoor and outdoor NCAA Division III championships. During his time at UW-Oshkosh, the Titan men finished third at the NCAA indoor championships for three consecutive years (2006-08), and had two top-10 finishes outdoors. Fast assisted in coaching 15 national qualifiers, eight All-Americans, and one national champion at UW-Oshkosh. Fast also helped coach the UW-Oshkosh men’s cross country teams to two top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships.

Fast and his wife, Kristy, have two children, Max and Maya, and live in Menasha.

Shelby Baldwin | Strength and Conditioning Coordinator/Horizontal Jumps and Pole Vault

Shelby Baldwin joined the Lawrence University coaching staff in the summer of 2021.

A native of Middleton, Idaho, Baldwin came to Lawrence from Defiance College in Ohio where she had been working as an assistant coach for the track and field and cross country teams since August 2020.

Baldwin's primary duties will include working with Lawrence's sprinters and jumpers and coordinating recruiting efforts for the teams.

Baldwin was a three-sport athlete at Middleton High School, competing in track and field, soccer and basketball as a prep athlete. Baldwin went on to attend NAIA institution Graceland University in Iowa. Baldwin was a 400- and 800-meter runner at Graceland and earned all-league honors in the Heart of America Conference. She graduated in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in corrective exercise and performance enhancement with a minor in coaching.

Baldwin went on to attend Emporia State University, a NCAA Division II member in Kansas, and was a graduate assistant coach with the track and field program. During her time with the Emporia State program, the track and field program produced eight All-Americans and three individual Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association champions. Baldwin earned a Master of Science in health, physical education and recreation from Emporia State in 2020.

During her time at Defiance, Baldwin has coached three Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference champions, including two at the recently concluded league championships.

Abby Martin | Assistant Coach / Throws

Robby Cicciarelli | Assistant Coach / High Jump & Hurdles Coach

Coach Hauser | Pole Vault Coach (Volunteer Assistant Coach)