Track & Field
Viershanie Latham
- Title:
- Assistant Coach - Jumps
- Email:
- lathamv21@ecu.edu
- Phone:
- (252) 737-1418
Viershanie Latham was named an assistant coach for the East Carolina track and field program in August of 2021.
In 2024, Latham helped her jumps group to several top 10 marks in program history, keyed by Elizabeth Taylor's fourth-place finish in the long jump at the American Athletic Conference Championships.
In 2023, Latham guided Jared Harrell to a sweep of American Athletic Conference long jump titles, indoors and outdoors, while being named AAC Freshman of the Year at the Indoor and Outdoor Championships.
Prior to ECU, Latham most recently served as an assistant coach at Lubbock Christian University during the 2020-21 school year, helping start the program from scratch and mentoring the jumps squad.
Before arriving at Lubbock Christian, Latham worked as a volunteer coach for Texas Tech, conducting practices for the jumpers. Along with her duties at Texas Tech, Latham coached horizontal jumps for the West Texas Select Track & Field team as well as conducted private coaching sessions. Many of her athletes improved their marks by at least one foot.
After graduation, Latham competed professionally, qualifying for the USA Track and Field Championships from 2017 to 2019. She finished in fourth place in the triple jump in 2017 and moved up one spot for a third-place finish in 2018.
As a Texas Tech student-athlete, Latham captured one Big 12 individual title in the triple jump. She was selected as the Big 12 Athlete of the Week once in 2017 and named a NCAA All-American four times during her collegiate career.
Latham graduated from Texas Tech University in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in biology.
In 2024, Latham helped her jumps group to several top 10 marks in program history, keyed by Elizabeth Taylor's fourth-place finish in the long jump at the American Athletic Conference Championships.
In 2023, Latham guided Jared Harrell to a sweep of American Athletic Conference long jump titles, indoors and outdoors, while being named AAC Freshman of the Year at the Indoor and Outdoor Championships.
Prior to ECU, Latham most recently served as an assistant coach at Lubbock Christian University during the 2020-21 school year, helping start the program from scratch and mentoring the jumps squad.
Before arriving at Lubbock Christian, Latham worked as a volunteer coach for Texas Tech, conducting practices for the jumpers. Along with her duties at Texas Tech, Latham coached horizontal jumps for the West Texas Select Track & Field team as well as conducted private coaching sessions. Many of her athletes improved their marks by at least one foot.
After graduation, Latham competed professionally, qualifying for the USA Track and Field Championships from 2017 to 2019. She finished in fourth place in the triple jump in 2017 and moved up one spot for a third-place finish in 2018.
As a Texas Tech student-athlete, Latham captured one Big 12 individual title in the triple jump. She was selected as the Big 12 Athlete of the Week once in 2017 and named a NCAA All-American four times during her collegiate career.
Latham graduated from Texas Tech University in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in biology.
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