Carl Leivers joined the Emory University Track and Field Team as
a volunteer assistant in the spring of 2006 before joining the
program in his current post in the fall. Carl also serves as the
Eagles' assistant cross country coach.
During his time at Emory, Leivers has named as part of the
University Athletic Association (UAA) Coaching Staff of the Year on
three occassions, in addition to helping the squad to
team titles during the 2009 Men's Indoor, 2010 Women's
Outdoor, and 2011 Women's Indoor and Outdoor conference
championships. Twelve of his athletes have won
individual conference championships under his tutelage.
Leivers graduated magna cum laude in earning his bachelor's
degree in sociology from Colorado Springs in 2003. While at CC, he
competed on the both the cross country and track and field teams.
He served as the track team's captain his senior year and was the
recipient of the program's "Most Inspirational" Award. He was team
captain of the cross country team his final year of competition in
2002.
After graduating, Leivers worked in the sociology department at
Colorado College where he served as a tutor for upper-level courses
and thesis projects. In addition, he created course web sites and
maintained the department's web site.
While living in Colorado Springs, he became Head of New Project
Development and Producer with Negative Split Pictures. Among his
duties there were the procurement of corporate funding and in-kind
donations to help finance the film Five Thousand Meters:
Nothing Comes Easy. He is the Co-Founder and Senior Event
Coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Distance Summit.
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