Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

The 2020-21 season marks the fifth for Chris Navarro as a member of the Southeast Missouri track and field coaching staff. Navarro serves as an assistant coach with an emphasis on multis, pole vault, hurdles and jumps.
 
This past indoor season, Navarro coached Shea DeGraaf to a Silver medal finish in the heptathlon with 4,353 points at the 2020 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship. Nicholas Yaeger earned Bronze and John Whitcomb completed the two-day competition with 3,982 points for sixth.
 
Nick South successfully defended his indoor OVC pole vault Championship with a personal-best height of 15-11.75 (4.87m) on his first try. Tanner Teigen grabbed Silver after overcoming the PR mark on his second attempt. South and Teigen have now combined to capture the indoor title each of the past three seasons.
 
Navarro also coached high jump Bronze medalists Tallyn Brazell and Ellie Gamradt in 2020. 
 
In 2019, Navarro coached OVC Indoor and Outdoor Pole Vault Champion Nick South and OVC Outdoor High Jump Champion Titouan Sajous. 
 
Navarro had a successful career as a student-athlete at Southeast, capturing six gold medals at OVC Championships. He was victorious during both heptathlon and decathlon events in the men’s dominant 2014 season, helping win both the indoor and outdoor conference titles. The following season, Navarro took first in the 60m hurdles and heptathlon at the 2015 indoor championship only to follow with gold in the 110m hurdles and decathlon at the outdoor championships.
 
Currently, Navarro holds the Redhawks’ outdoor record for 60m hurdles (8.07), ranks ninth in 110m hurdles (14.31) and ranks eighth all-time in javelin (204-7).
 
Prior to competing at SEMO, Navarro earned Junior College All-American Honors in the decathlon, 110-meter hurdles and javelin while at Riverside Community College. He also helped the Tigers win back-to-back California Junior College State Team Championships.
 
Navarro is a graduate of Vista Murrieta High School where he earned All-California Interscholastic Federation honors. He was also a Team National Champion at Nike Track Nationals in 2010.