Gordon Reiter was named the 2024 NCAA DIII Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Assistant Coach of the Year. Reiter, in his 11th year at Washington (Mo.), coached athletes to score 26 of the Bears’ 49 points at the 2024 NCAA DIII Indoor Track & Field Championships. Emma Kelley, his prized pupil, won the 800-meter title in an NCAA DIII-record 2:04.13. His relay teams finished second in the 4×400 and sixth in the distance medley. Entering the NCAA Championships, Reiter’s athletes were ranked first, second and fourth nationally in the 800.