Plymouth State University

Alice Field was named interim head coach of the cross country and track & field programs in Dec. 2023, then promoted to head cross country coach and associate head coach of the track & field teams three months later. She first joined the staff as an assistant coach with the cross country program in 2013, and has been on the staff of the indoor and outdoor track & field programs since the 2015-16 school year when the men’s program was reinstated and the women’s program was started.
 
Field was part of the LEC Coaching Staff of the Year in three straight seasons as women’s cross country claimed its first conference title in 2021, followed by back-to-back league championships for the men’s team in 2022 and 2023. In all three seasons, PSU boasted the individual race winner as Kim Bowles (2021) and Mike Olson (2022 & 2023) were named Runner of the Year.
 
The indoor track & field teams have experienced success at the conference, regional and national levels under her leadership. On the men’s side, Field has helped guide five different athletes to nine total appearances at the NCAA Division III National Championship, including seven All-America finishes. Olson became the first PSU runner to enter NCAAs as the top seed in 2023-24 (800-meters). The women’s team has had its highest finishes at the New England Regional Championships in two of the last four seasons and previously claimed four straight conference titles in the 4x200-meter relay.
 
Four different athletes have combined for seven appearances at the Outdoor Championships, with Olson finishing third in the 800-meters last spring after running the fastest qualifying time in the prelims. The women’s team finished fourth at the LEC Championships with a program-best 85 points after an historic season from Rose Karow ’27. Karow set and reset the 800-meter school record in four consecutive weeks and finished the year as Cross Country Rookie Runner of the Year and a three-time All-LEC First Teamer and two-time Second Team selection.
 
All told, Field’s guidance has led to significant recognition: 19 NCAA Championship appearances, 11 All-American honors, 22 LEC major award winners, 86 LEC titles and 314 All-LEC honorees to go with three LEC Coaching Staff of the Year awards.
 
Field was a four-year varsity runner at NCAA Division II Southern New Hampshire University, serving as captain of the cross country team during her junior and senior years.