JaKia Gumby completed her seventh season with the Kutztown University track and field team in 2017-18.
Gumby joined the KU track & field coaching staff in 2011 and works primarily with the throwers. She is no stranger to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), having both coached and competed in the conference.
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While at Kutztown, Gumby has coached five PSAC champions – John Lowery, Nicole Wildermuth, Rosealine Farrell (two-time champion), and April Doyle, the first woman to win eight PSAC titles in one event.
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In 2014, Gumby coached two PSAC outdoor champions and three All-PSAC throwers at the PSAC Outdoor Championships. In 2012-13, Gumby's athletes combined for seven top-three finishes at the PSAC Indoor and Outdoor Championships, including three PSAC champions.
Gumby came to Kutztown after serving as a graduate assistant at Slippery Rock in 2009 and guided one PSAC champion in the throwing events.
As an undergraduate, she competed at Lock Haven from 2005-09, and won the shot put at the 2008 PSAC Indoor Championships.
Gumby holds both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in sports management. Â
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