Cougar Athletics
30 NAIA National Championships
95 GSAC Championships
...and counting

pgrey@apu.edu

Preston Grey is in his third season as the director of the Azusa Pacific men's and women's distance programs and his fourth year with Azusa Pacific.

Grey has continued to build upon the work of his predecessors, Bill Reeves and Irv Ray, taking Azusa Pacific to new heights in program history. Last year, he guided the Cougar men to their finest showing ever at the NAIA cross country championships, a third-place finish that was improvement upon their fifth-place showing the year before, Grey’s first at the Cougar helm.

Likewise, the Cougar women have improved under Grey’s leadership, moving from an 18th-place finish in 2005 to a ninth-place showing at last year’s NAIA title meet.

In cross country, Grey has already coached 3 NAIA All-Americans (Whitney Jacobsmeyer, Jaime Canterbury, Aron Rono) and in track & field, he has led 6 different Cougars to All-America recognition, including NAIA champion Rono and school-record holder Tim Ramirez.

Grey came to Azusa Pacific in the summer of 2004 as a graduate assistant coach in the Cougar track & field and cross country program. He had just completed an outstanding 4-year distance running career at NAIA-member Cornerstone University of Grand Rapids, Mich. Grey was a 2-time qualifier for the NAIA cross country championship meet, earning All-American recognition during his 2003 senior season when he also clocked a school-record 24.48 8K. He was also a 2-time all-region and 3-time all-conference honoree.

In track & field, Grey was a 6-time qualifier for the NAIA championship meet and was a 2-time Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference honoree. He posted career bests of 31:22 (10,000 meters), 14:51 (5000 meters) and 8:46 (3000 meters).

Grey, a native of Champaign, Ill., graduated from Cornerstone in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in business/sports management. He is currently working on his master's degree at Azusa Pacific.