Jon Messner
Assistant Coach | 12th Season
Jon Messner is entering his 12th season as the Assistant XC/Track & Field Coach at Georgian Court University in 2025-26.
Messner has coached numerous school record-holders and conference champions, while reducing the amount of season-ending injuries.
He led the Georgian Court men to their first-ever CACC Cross Country Championship in 2022 as the Lions scored 59 points, winning the meet by six points. Kyle Spector (4th), Xavier Seals (7th) and Alec Valle (10th) all were named All-CACC. At the 2023 CACC Outdoor Track and Field Conference Championship, Messner guided Kyle Spector to a fourth straight championship in the 3000m steeplechase. The first four-time winner in the event in conference history.
The Lions followed that up with a second-place finish at the Cross Country conference meet in 2023 and had their best finish in program history at the NCAA Regional Championship.
The 2022-23 season was the culmination of a successful stretch of distance running for the Lions who continued to run personal-bests in cross country and on the track. At the 2021 CACC outdoor meet, the GCU men’s distance team tallied an unprecedented 77 points. They then went on to finish second at the 2021 CACC Cross Country Championships and scored 66 points in 2022 at the CACC Outdoor Championships.
Messner ran for Steve Dolan at The College of New Jersey. He previously coached at Lamar University (Texas) and Monmouth University (N.J.). He is the owner of Messner Strength Training in Brielle and resides in Eatontown.
Top Conference Finishers under Messner:
2025 Women’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800m - Amirah Beasley - 1st
2025 Men’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800m - Zachary Spoonire - 8th
1500m - Ryan Pettrow - 2nd
5000m - Nolan Kus - 8th
10000m - Joe Jamolawicz - 4th, Nolan Kus - 5th
2025 Women’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
800m - Amirah Beasley - 4th
2025 Men’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
800m - Zachary Spoonire - 6th
1000m - Ryan Pettrow - 1st
Distance Medley Relay - Nolan Kus, James McCoy, Zachary Spoonire, Ryan Pettrow - 4th
2024 Women’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Amirah Beasley - 12th
2024 Men’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Nolan Kus - 4th
Joe Jamolawicz - 21st
2024 Women’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800m - Amirah Beasley - 2nd
2024 Men’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800m - Ryan Pettrow - 6th
1500m - Ryan Pettrow - 3rd
5000m - Kyle Spector - 8th
3000m SC - Kyle Spector - 1st
2024 Women’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
500m - Amirah Beasley - 6th
2024 Men’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
1000m - Kyle Spector - 3rd, Ryan Pettrow - 5th
Mile - Kyle Spector - 4th, Ryan Pettrow - 5th
2023 Women’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Amirah Beasley - 10th
Remi Reinhardt - 22nd
2023 Men’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Xavier Seals - 3rd
Kyle Spector - 4th
Alec Valle - 6th
Max Salgado-Vidal - 19th
Ryan Pettrow - 20th
2023 Women’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800m - Amirah Beasley - 5th, Niya Barden - 6th
2023 Men’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800m - Xavier Seals - 6th
1500m - Xavier Seals - 4th
5000m - Alec Valle - 1st
10000m - Alec Valle - 1st
3000m SC - Kyle Spector - 1st, Will Spector - 4th
2023 Women’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
800m - Amirah Beasley - 5th
1000m - Niya Barden - 4th
2023 Men’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
Mile - Xavier Seals - 2nd, Riley Keffer - 4th
500m - Sean Donnamaria - 4th
800m - Xavier Seals - 1st
1000m - Riley Keffer - 2nd
3000m - Alec Valle - 4th
5000m - Alec Valle - 3rd
Distance Medley Relay - Will Spector, Aamere McKethan, Dylan Navarro, Kevin Knoetig - 2nd
2022 Women’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Amirah Beasley - 20th
Brenna Sullivan - 22nd
2022 Men’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Kyle Spector - 4th
Xavier Seals - 7th
Alec Valle - 10th
Will Spector - 18th
Kevin Knoetig - 20th
Joe Jamolawicz - 22nd
Riley Keffer - 24th
2022 Women’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800 meters - Amirah Beasley - 5th
3000SC - Rachel Pausz - 5th
2022 Men’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800 meters - Kyle Spector - 1st, Chukwuebizie Anuamadi - 3rd, Xavier Seals - 4th, Jarod Brzyski - 8th
1500 meters - Xavier Seals - 1st, Chukwuebizie Anuamadi - 3rd, Jarod Brzyski - 5th, Kevin Knoetig - 6th
3000SC - Kyle Spector - 1st, Riley Keffer - 4th
2022 Women’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
Distance Medley Relay - Niya Barden, Jenna Yascur, Samantha Rozon, Amirah Beasley - 5th
2022 Men’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
500 meters - Xavier Seals - 2nd
800 meters - Chukwuebizie Anuamadi - 1st
1000 meters - Xavier Seals - 1st, Jarod Brzyski - 4th, Riley Keffer - 6th
Mile - Kyle Spector - 1st, Jarod Brzyski - 3rd
3000 meters - Kyle Spector - 6th
Distance Medley Relay - Riley Keffer, Terrell Moore, Nolan Czech, Kevin Knoetig - 1st
2021 Women’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Amirah Beasley - 13th
2021 Men’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Xavier Seals - 1st
Kevin Knoetig - 11th
Kyle Spector - 12th
Jarod Brzyski - 17th
Nolan Czech - 22nd
Riley Keffer - 23rd
2021 Women’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800 meters - Niya Barden 4th
3000SC - Rachel Pausz 5th
2021 Men’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800 meters - Xavier Seals 1st, Chukwuebizie Anuamadi 2nd, Nolan Czech 5th
1500 meters - Xavier Seals 1st, Chukwuebizie Anuamadi 2nd, Kevin Knoetig 3rd
5000 meters - Jarod Brzyski 1st, Kyle Spector 2nd, Kevin Knoetig 6th
3000SC - Kyle Spector - 1st
2020 Women’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
500 meters - Jennifer Tregillies - 3rd
800 meters - Kaitlyn Bragen - 2nd
1000 meters - Kylie Jones - 3rd, Meesha Samuels - 6th
Mile - Kaitlyn Bragen - 2nd
5000 meters - Janice Vargas 6th
Distance Medley Relay - Ashlee Pataky, Sahaviahnah King, Kristaileen Quinones, Alina Chant - 4th
2020 Men’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
500 meters - Chukwuebizie Anuamadi - 1st
1000 meters - Jarod Brzyski - 2nd
Mile - Hussein Elmeshad - 4th
Distance Medley Relay - Nolan Czech, Jake Thoms, Israel Torres, Jarod Brzyski - 3rd
2019 Women’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Kaitlyn Bragen - 1st
Alina Chant - 5th
Kylie Jones - 16th
Jennifer Tregillies - 19th
Ashlee Pataky - 28th
2019 Men’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Hussein Elmeshad - 2nd
Jarod Brzyski - 6th
Nolan Czech - 31st
2019 Women’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800 meters - Meesha Samuels - 8th
1500 meters - Kylie Jones - 7th
10,000 meters - Janice Vargas - 7th
2019 Men's Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
800 meters - Chukwuebizie Anuamadi - 3rd
1500 meters - Hussein Elmeshad - 1st
5000 meters - Hussein Elmeshad - 3rd
2019 Women’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
1000 meters - Meesha Samuels - 7th
5000 meters - Janice Vargas - 6th
Distance Medley Relay - Kylie Jones, Sahaviahnah King, Samantha Rozon, Rachel Pausz - 3rd
2019 Men’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
800 meters - Chukwuebizie Anuamadi - 1st
1000 meters - Liam Solano - 4th, Hussein Elmeshad - 8th
5000 meters - Hussein Elmeshad - 5th
Distance Medley Relay - Nolan Czech, Jake Thoms, Claudeo, Jarod Brzyski - 1st
2018 Women’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Kylie Jones - 23rd
Janice Vargas - 26th
Rachel Pausz - 35th
2018 Men’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Hussein Elmeshad - 3rd
Chukwuebizie Anuamadi - 14th
Jarod Brzyski - 20th
Bethuel Kipngetich - 35th
2018 Women’s Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
400 meters - Kaylie Wessberg - 6th
800 meters - Jessica Handsaker - 1st
1500 meters - Jessica Handsaker - 3rd, Kylie Jones - 6th
10,000 meters - Fransesca Dee - 6th, Elsie Olivera - 8th
2018 Men's Outdoor Track (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
1500 meters - Hussein Elmeshad - 2nd
5000 meters - Hussein Elmeshad - 1st
3000SC - Patrick Parr - 4th
2018 Women’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
500 meters - Kaylie Wessberg - 2nd
800 meters - Jessica Handsaker - 1st
1000 meters - Elsie Olivera - 8th
Distance Medley Relay - Julia Watts, Megan Moser, Elsie Olivera, Kylie Jones - 4th
2018 Men’s Indoor Track (East Coast Conference)
500 meters - Daniel Claudeo - 3rd
800 meters - Thomas Natoli - 7th
1000 meters - Jason Rodriguez - 7th
3000 meters - Hussein Elmeshad - 6th, Patrick Parr - 8th
5000 meters - Patrick Parr - 4th
Distance Medley Relay - Jason Rodriguez, Jake Thoms, Thomas Natoli, Hussein Elmeshad - 1st
2017 Women’s Cross Country (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
Jessica Handsaker - 7th
