Mike Fruchey enters his ninth season as Head Women's Cross Country Coach and sixth season as Head Women's Track and Field coach at IPFW.

During his tenure, the women's cross country team has improved its NCAA Great Lakes Region placing each year and this past fall won IPFW's first Summit League Championship in any sport. This accomplishment earned Fruchey Summit League "Coach of the Year" honors. Individually in 2007, Crystina Martinez was IPFW's first NCAA Great Lakes All-Region Runner and also the first United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-American.

Prior to coaching at IPFW, Fruchey had spent three years as a volunteer coach at Taylor University and three years as a volunteer coach at Carroll High School.

Coach Fruchey holds a Master's degree in Physics from Ball State University and a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Taylor University. He also has attained a USATF Level II Coaching Certification in Endurance and is certified as a USATF Level 1 Instructor.

Coach Fruchey by the numbers (2000-Present):

NCAA Division I Great Lakes Regional team places of 14^th(2007), 16^th(2006), 17^th(2005), 20^th(2004), 26^th(2003), and 32^nd(2002).

NCAA Great Lakes All-Region Runners: 1 (2007) (Crystina Martinez)

Summit League Championships: 1 (2007) (First year as a conference member)

Summit League All-Conference Runners: 2 (2007) (Crystina Martinez and Crystal Martinez)

Summit League Coach of the Year: 1 (2007)

USTFCCCA All-Academic Team from 2002-2007.

Best season record of 122-28 (81% winning percentage) (2006)

The top six all-time 5k performances led by Ashley Ritchey's 2006 record of 17:56.15.

The top ten all-time 6k performances led by Crystina Martinez's 2007 record of 21:40.32.