Women's Cross Country

Head Coach: Arnold Minkoff

Coach Minkoff is in his second round of coaching at Farmingdale State. After 12 successful years of high school coaching at Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood Queens (Dual meet record 125-40), Coach Minkoff became the Head Coach at Farmingdale Junior College from 1980-1989. The team obtained National recognition placing 8th and 10th in the NJCAA Championships. His dual meet record was 44-7 with 4 National Champions, 57 All-Americans, 5 Eastern Junior College Team Champions, 2 New York State Junior College Team Champions and 15 Regional Junior College Team Champions. In 1983, the 4x800m Indoor Relay set a National Junior College record of 7:39.47.

In 1989, Coach Minkoff moved to C.W. Post College as an Assistant and became Head Coach from 1991-1995. At C.W. Post, he coached 14 more NCAA Division II All-Americans and another National Champion. Six of Coach Minkoff??s athletes have competed internationally for their respective countries. Coach Minkoff has been a member of 10 United States Maccabiah Teams as an athlete, coach and overall team manager.

In 1995, Coach Minkoff became the Athletic Director of the Oyster Bay Schools. In 2002, he retired and returned to Farmingdale State as Head Coach in 2003. Coach Minkoff received his Bachelor??s Degree from the University of Buffalo and his Master??s from NYU. He also has his School Administration Certificate from NYU.

Assistant Coach: Frank McHugh

Since he was 14 years old, he has been involved in Track & Field. At St. John??s Prep, he was on the Penn Relay Championships 2-mile relay and continued his running career at St. John??s University. Frank??s first coaching position was at St. Augustine where he coached Joe Kearney, who finished second in the National Championships. After leaving St. Augustine, he moved to Elmont High School where he coached for over 30 years. During his tenure at Elmont, he coached 10 State Champions, 31 All-State athletes and 5 All-Americans.

Assistant Coach: Caryl Senn-Griffiths

Coach Senn has been a volunteer coach at Farmingdale State from 1986 ?? present. She is a former USA and Olympic Track Coach of the USA Amputee Team where she coached for 15 years. International competitions she took part in include, Barcelona, Spain; the Atlanta Olympic Games; the World Championships in Berlin, Germany; the Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico; and the Paralympic Revival in Duderstadt, Germany.

As a track runner, she was a Two-Time All-American in the Heptathlon at Ithaca College. She is a former ECAC Champion and Record holder in the Heptathlon and Pentathlon while she attended Ithaca. She is a 14-Time Empire State Games Champion in the Heptathlon. She is a Master??s World Record holder in the Pentathlon and 4x400 Relay, as well as a Master??s American Record holder in the Heptathlon.

Coach Senn has been a Physical Therapist and Director of Sports Medicine at a facility in Massapequa for the past 16 years. She was recently inducted into the Massapequa / Berner High School Hall of Fame for career and athletic achievements.