Abigi Id-Deen
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Abigi Id-Deen is an assistant coach with George Mason University's men's track and field program in 2007-08. During his first year at George Mason, he coached an indoor All-American in the triple jump, Ryan McCoy, and an NCAA East Regional qualifier in the 110-meter hurdles, Brian Hay. He also coached five qualifiers to the IC4A Championships during the indoor season and repeated that feat during the outdoor season.
Prior to joining the staff at George Mason, he spent two years as a member of Richmond's track and field staff, working primarily with the sprints, jumps and hurdle events. In those two years, he guided his first recruiting class of sprinters at Richmond to nine school records.
During his first year at Richmond, he coached Ashley Bell to three Atlantic 10 Conference Championship titles, in the long jump, triple jump and 200-meter dash. Her efforts earned her the conference's Outstanding Field Athlete Award at the indoor championships. In his second year at the school, he coached Jasmine Major to a pair of Atlantic 10 titles in the indoor 55-meter hurdles and the 100-meter hurdles. Major was named the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships' Most Outstanding Rookie and set a school record in the 100-meter dash.
He also coached freshman Jessica Young to the World Junior Championships and five school records, including the 60-, 200- and 400-meter dash indoors, and the 200- and 400-meter dash outdoors. Young was the first female sprinter in Richmond history to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 400-meter dash and outdoors, she was the first female sprinter to qualify for the NCAA East Regional Championships in the 200- and 400-meter dash.
On the men's side, Id-Deen coached Brett Walton to the 2005 Atlantic 10 Decathlon title, guided Joe Mallory to a school record in the triple jump and Adedayo Oladejo to the school record in the 300-meter dash.
Id-Deen also coached the 2007 National Champion for Trinidad and Tobago in the triple jump, Ayanna Alexander. She also earned a gold medal at the 2007 North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Championships in the triple jump.
Before becoming a member of the Spiders' staff he served two years as a volunteer assistant under coach Willie Jones at Phoenix College (Ariz.), primarily working with the sprints, jumps and hurdles.
During the summer of 2003 and 2004, Id-Deen worked with the Cisco Soccer Club in Phoenix, Ariz. as its speed, conditioning and agility trainer. During those two seasons he was instrumental in developing two Arizona State Championship teams (U-13 and U-15) and a State Championship runner-up (U-14). He also attended the 2004 and 2005 Nike Speed/Hurdle Coaches Clinic at the University of South Carolina.
During the 2001-02 seasons Id-Deen was an assistant at Dobson High School in Mesa, Ariz. (Class 5A - highest classification in Ariz.) and coached nine state qualifiers including both sprint relays. He worked with all of the jumpers and assisted with the sprints and relays while at Dobson, the third-largest school in Arizona.
Id-Deen competed in track and field at Central Arizona College from 1997-99 prior to transferring to Arizona State. He set a long jump personal best of 24 ft. 6 in., ran the 200-meter dash in 21.32 seconds and set a personal mark of 47.50 seconds in the 400-meter dash.
A Level I and II USA Track and Field certified instructor in the sprints, hurdles, jumps and relays, as well as the combined events, Id-Deen earned his bachelor's degree from Arizona State in 2002. The Staten Island, N.Y. native graduated from Shadow Mountain High School (Ariz.) in 1997 after a standout prep career in track and field and soccer.
