Track & Field
- Title:
- Assistant Coach - Sprints, Hurdles, Middle Distance
- Email:
- gavinoneal@boisestate.edu
Gavin O’Neal joined the Bronco staff at the start of the 2013-14 season as an assistant coach overseeing the Broncos’ sprints, hurdles, and mid-distance groups, and was named interim head coach March 2024.
During his tenure at Boise State, O’Neal has coached an NCAA champion, 30 NCAA qualifiers, 18 individual Mountain West champions and 23 school records.
In 2022, Kristie Schoffield won the women’s 800-meter race at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, after winning the event at both the Indoor and Outdoor Mountain West Championships. Schoffield was the first woman from a school outside of the Autonomous Five conferences to win the event since 2012. She was tabbed the MW Conference Athlete of the Year, West Regional Athlete of the Year, and was a finalist at USA Outdoor Championships, clocking a conference-record time of 1:59.80.
Under O’Neal’s guidance, MaLeigha Menegatti won the women’s 800m at both the 2023 Indoor and Outdoor Mountain West Championships. Menegatti’s time of 2:03.14 at the indoor meet was a conference record and qualified her for the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships. She earned All-America second-team honors.
At the 2023 Mountain West Outdoor Championships, the Broncos also broke the school record in the women’s 4x400m relay, clocking a time of 3:39.16 and winning bronze.
Prior to coming to Boise, O’Neal enjoyed coaching stops at the University of Miami (assistant track & field coach - 2012-13), Columbia University (associate head track & field coach - 2010-12, assistant track & field coach - 2006-10), Williams College (assistant track & field coach and assistant strength & conditioning coach - 2005-06) and Oberlin College (assistant men’s cross country and track & field coach - 1999-2002).
While at Columbia, O’Neal was named the 2010 and 2011 Northeast Regional Coach of the Year while helping the women’s track & field team win the 2012 Ivy League Championship, giving the Lions their first track & field championship in school history.
Olympic Qualifier
2016 Jordin Andrade 400mH (Semi-Finalist)
World Junior Qualifier
2021 Anita Taviore 4x100m Relay (Bronze Medalist)
USA Outdoor Championship Finalist
2022 Kristie Schoffield 800m
USA Outdoor Championship Qualifiers
2015 Jordin Andrade 400mH (Semi-Finalist)
2015 MacKenzie Flannigan 100m
2014 Jordin Andrade 400mH (Semi-Finalist)
NCAA Champion
2022 Kristie Schoffield 800m
NCAA Runner-up
2015 Jordin Andrade 400mH
NCAA All-Americans
2023 MaLeigha Menegatti 800m
2022 Kristie Schoffield 800m
2019 Women’s DMR
2018 Women’s DMR
2015 Jordin Andrade 400mH
30 NCAA Qualifiers
5x 100m
4x 200m
6x 800m
2x 100mH
9x 400mH
1x Triple Jump
1x 4x400m Relay
2x Distance Medley Relays
West Regional Athlete of the Year
2022 Kristie Schoffield 800m
Mountain West Conference Athlete of the Year
2022 Kristie Schoffield 800m
Mountain West Indoor Conference Records
2023 MaLeigha Menegatti 800m 2:03.14
2019 Women’s DMR 10:55.49
Mountain West Outdoor Conference Record
2022 Kristie Schoffield 800m 2:01.09 (1:59.80 USA Championships)*
18 Mountain West Conference Champions
2023 MaLeigha Menegatti 800m (Indoor & Outdoor)
2022 Kristie Schoffield 800m (Indoor & Outdoor)
2022 Anita Taviore 60m
2022 Men’s DMR
2021 Ryan Cavinta 400mH
2020 Men’s DMR
2018, 2019 Women’s DMR
2017, 2018, 2019 Bryce Kirby 100m
2014, 2015 MacKenzie Flannigan 60m, 100m, 200m
2015 Jordin Andrade 400mH
2014 Fernando Martinez 400mH
57 Mountain West All-Conference Athletes
119 Mountain West Conference Scorers
22 Boise State School Records
Indoor Men
2022 DMR (9:44.65)
2016 DMR (9:48.44)
2014 400m - Jordin Andrade (47.03)
Indoor Women
2023 800m - MaLeigha Menegatti (2:03.14)
2023 60m - Anita Taviore (7.36)
2022 60m - Anita Taviore (7.44)
2022 200m - Anita Taviore (23.69)
2022 60mH - Dafni Georgiou (8.20)
2022 4x400m Relay (3:40.69)
2020 60mH – Dafni Georgiou (8.48)
2019 DMR (10:55.42)
2014 60m - MacKenzie Flannigan (7.46)
2014 200m - MacKenzie Flannigan (24.07)
Outdoor Men
2017 4x400m Relay (3:08.60)
2015 400mH - Jordin Andrade (49.24)
Outdoor Women
2023 4x400m Relay (3:39.16)
2023 4x100m Relay (45.30)
2022 800m – Kristie Schoffield (1:59.80)
2022 100mH – Dafni Georgiou (13.40)
2022 400mH – Nyenuchi Okemgbo (58.56)
2021 200m – Anita Taviore (23.18)
2015 100m – MacKenzie Flannigan (11.40)
2015 200m – MacKenzie Flannigan (23.41)
