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Lori Schrock
Title: Head Coach
Phone: 540-828-5712

Lori Hertzler Schrock begins her seventh season as the Men's and Women's Head Cross-Country Coach and her 12th season as the assistant Track coach for middle and long distances. Coach Schrock has taken the endurance program to new heights through her training philosophies and bringing in solid high school runners. Workouts are based on exercise physiology principles and experience. Each and every step has a specific purpose and result in mind. Athletes are encouraged to ask questions and to add their thoughts in the training process.

In the past seven Cross-Country seasons, Schrock has coached twenty athletes to All-State honors, sixteen athletes to All-Conference honors, six to All-South/Southeast Regional honors and an NCAA National Qualifier. In 2006 Coach Schrock was named Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year for the men's team's second place finish at the O.D.A.C. championship.

Since coming to Bridgewater as an assistant track coach in 1997, Schrock has coached numerous athletes to new levels in the throws, jumps, hurdles, and distances. Currently, Schrock focuses on the middle and long distance runners. This past spring the vast majority of athletes coached by Schrock set new personal records. Seven of those personal bests became new school records. Schrock has also coached numerous long and middle distance athletes to 210 performances on the College's Top 15 All-Time performance lists. In the O.D.A.C., Schrock has coached numerous athletes to All-Conference honors including the 2004 Men's Track Athlete of the Meet.

Schrock, a 1993 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University, was a four-year letter winner in Track and Field and three year letter winner in cross-country and track. Schrock won thirteen track events at the O.D.A.C. Invitational meet during her career. Schrock also held the school record in the 400m intermediate hurdles at her college alma mater for fifteen years. At one time Schrock was the Virginia Independent School state high school champion and tied the state record for the 300m intermediate hurdles. Before coming to Bridgewater College, Lori was an assistant track coach at EMU with BC alum, Matt Munson for four years.

Coach Schrock holds a Master's of Science in Kinesiology from James Madison University and several professional certifications including; Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist from the NSCA, USA Track & Field Level II Endurance Coach, USA Track & Field Level II Sprint & Hurdles Coach, ACSM Health & Fitness Instructor with Enhanced Qualifications, and ACE Personal Trainer. Most recently, Schrock obtained her USA Track & Field Level III Endurance Coach certification which is the highest level of certification offered by USA Track & Field.

In addition to her coaching duties, Schrock is Program Director for the Funkhouser Wellness Center.

Schrock resides in Mt. Crawford with her husband, Bryan and son, Jon.

Bill Testerman
Title: Assistant Coach

Bill Testerman begins his second year as assistant coach in cross country. Bill is a 1999 graduate of James Madison University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Biology with minors in Kinesiology and Anthropology. Bill was also certified as a personal trainer for four years by the the American Council on Exercise, and has designed numerous strength and endurance training programs based on a solid foundation of exercise science.

Bill has participated in Cross Country and Track & Field at both the Division III and Division I levels, where he competed at distances of 800m to 8km. As a freshman at Washington University in St. Louis, Bill consistently ran among the top seven runners and earned recognition as one of the fastest freshmen in the Midwest Region. As a sophomore, Bill transferred to JMU, where he continued to compete and was named to the Colonial Athletic Association's All-Academic Team for Track & Field.

Currently, Bill is also employed as an Information Technology Administrator, and lives in Weyers Cave, VA.