Track
Yannick Allain
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
Yannick Allain was in his third season as an assistant coach with the Pepperdine cross country and track teams when he unfortunately passed away in January 2022.
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He joined Pepperdine during the 2019-20 school year and worked with the men’s and women’s sprinters. One of his runners, Kennedy Kerr, established Pepperdine school records in the women’s 100 and 200 meters in 2021.
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Allain was an assistant coach in charge of sprints and relays at East Los Angeles College from 2013-16.
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He was also the head women’s track and field and cross country coach at Los Angeles Valley College from 2006-13, and was an assistant coach in charge of the men’s and women’s sprints and relays there from 2001-05. He coached the 4x100 relay team to All-American honors in 2011 and 2012, and the 4x400 team to All-American status in 2012. The women’s team finished sixth at the state meet in 2011 and ninth in 2012.
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Allain was named the Western State Conference Women’s Coach of the Year in 2011.
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Allain tutored under legendary coach and athlete Tommie Smith as a volunteer assistant coach at Santa Monica College in 1997 and 1998, and assisted with the sprints and cross country training program there.
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He is a certified USA Track and Field Level II Jump Coach.Â
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Originally from Los Angeles, Allain graduated from CSUN with a degree in kinesiology/pedagogy in 2001. He ran at Fairfax High School and Santa Monica College before transferring to CSUN.
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He and his wife, Caroline, have a daughter, Sandrine.
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He joined Pepperdine during the 2019-20 school year and worked with the men’s and women’s sprinters. One of his runners, Kennedy Kerr, established Pepperdine school records in the women’s 100 and 200 meters in 2021.
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Allain was an assistant coach in charge of sprints and relays at East Los Angeles College from 2013-16.
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He was also the head women’s track and field and cross country coach at Los Angeles Valley College from 2006-13, and was an assistant coach in charge of the men’s and women’s sprints and relays there from 2001-05. He coached the 4x100 relay team to All-American honors in 2011 and 2012, and the 4x400 team to All-American status in 2012. The women’s team finished sixth at the state meet in 2011 and ninth in 2012.
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Allain was named the Western State Conference Women’s Coach of the Year in 2011.
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Allain tutored under legendary coach and athlete Tommie Smith as a volunteer assistant coach at Santa Monica College in 1997 and 1998, and assisted with the sprints and cross country training program there.
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He is a certified USA Track and Field Level II Jump Coach.Â
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Originally from Los Angeles, Allain graduated from CSUN with a degree in kinesiology/pedagogy in 2001. He ran at Fairfax High School and Santa Monica College before transferring to CSUN.
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He and his wife, Caroline, have a daughter, Sandrine.
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