Annika Seuschek was named Averett University’s director of track and field/cross country in July 2024.
Seuschek comes to Averett with experience coaching track and field and cross country at multiple levels. Most recently she served as the head coach for cross country and track and field at Schaumburg Christian School in Illinois from August 2022 until accepting the Averett position. Seuschek previously coached at Division III Albion College in Michigan from 2019-22 as an assistant cross country coach and the middle distance coach for track. She also coached track and field distance at Shaumburg Christian in 2018-19 and was the cross country coach at Glenbard West High School in 2018 after serving as an assistant with the program from 2017-18.
In 2025, her first season in command of the Cougars, Seuschek led the women's team to its first individual conference championship in javelin. Additionally, she oversaw 10 new program records in the indoor season, and seven new program records during the outdoor campaign.
As a student-athlete at Division III North Park University, Seuschek was a member and captain of the cross country and track and field teams, and she set the school record for the outdoor 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2017 and was among the school’s top times in the mile run, 3,000-meter run and distance medley relay during the indoor season. In cross country, Seuschek competed in three NCAA Midwest Regional Championships. She was all-conference in outdoor track in 2017 with her seventh-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. She also had top 10 finishes at the conference meet during indoor season in the 4x400 relay (2017 and 2018) and distance medley relay (2015, 2016 and 2017).
A native of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Seuschek earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise science from North Park in 2018. She and her husband, Shaun, live in Blanch, North Carolina.
| WOMEN'S COACHING HIGHLIGHTS |
• 1 All-ODAC selection
• 1 All-Region Selection |
