Kristin Cupido Welcomed to Cross Country Staff

HANOVER, N.H. - The Marjorie & Herbert Chase '30 Director of Dartmouth Track & Field and Cross Country, Mike Nelson, has announced the addition of Kristin Cupido the Big Green cross country and track and field program. Cupido will serve as Assistant Coach, Cross Country / Distance.

"Kristin has a proven record of success, and we're excited to add her to the Big Green track & field/cross-country coaching staff. She has worked with several conference championship teams along with multiple NCAA national qualifiers. Her depth of knowledge and experience coaching the distance events will be a tremendous asset to our program. I am confident that she will continue to build upon the legacy of success of the Big Green distance runners!" said Nelson.

Prior to Darmouth, Cupido worked at Miami University as an assistant coach. Highlights of Cupido's time in Oxford include men's cross country team titles in 2018 and 2022 (and eight consecutive top three team finishes overall), as well as RedHawks sweeping the men's and women's individual titles at the 2022 MAC meet for the first time ever (Obsaa Feda and Carmen Riano). Miami also claimed the men's outdoor track title in the spring of 2021.

Cupido arrived at Miami with a depth of knowledge in coaching distance runners. A native of New Jersey, she attended Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, where she was a strong contributor to the school's cross country and track and field programs.

Prior to arriving at Miami, Cupido was a graduate assistant at Lipscomb University. She gained her Master of Science in Exercise and Nutrition Science while helping lead the Lady Bisons to a historic six-peat team win at the Atlantic Sun Cross Country Championships, while sending a slew of runners to the NCAA preliminary meet in track.

Before joining the Lipscomb coaching staff, she worked at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. In her first season as the women's assistant coach, the women's cross country team captured the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championship, had five All-ODAC Performers, three all-region competitors, and sent two runners to the NCAA Championship.

Her track and field team finished second by a two-point margin at the ODAC Indoor Track and Field Championship and was the runner-up during the outdoor season. The team also set a school record for most points during the outdoor championships with 155 points.

While competing at Kutztown University, Cupido was a three-time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete as well as a three-time member of the NCAA Division II All-Academic Cross Country team. She also earned All-PSAC honors for her performance in the 5,000 meters during the 2008 indoor season.

She led her cross country team to the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in 2009. In 2010, her team garnered the highest finish in school history placing 13th overall at the championships. During her senior season, Cupido was named team captain of both the cross country and track and field squads.

Cupdio graduated from Kutztown in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in Leisure and Sports Studies. She is a USTFCCCA Level II Endurance Specialist coach.

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