High Point University has added Jenna Wrieden as assistant coach of men's and women's cross country and track & field, head coach Mike Esposito announced on Monday. Wrieden previously worked at Queens University, Arizona State and Appalachian State.

"We are really excited to have Jenna join our program and help us win conference championships," said Esposito. "She has an educational background in the sciences, has a wide variety of experience, and competed at a high level, which is what we were looking for. She has been mentored by several prominent coaches, including Scott Simmons at Queens and Greg Kraft and Louie Quintana at Arizona State."

Wrieden was most recently assistant coach at Queens, helping guide the women's cross country team to its first-ever Div. II NCAA Championship appearance and the men's cross country team to a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championship in 2009. She contributed to the coaching of 10 All-American performances, including NCAA champions Tanya Zeferjahn (10,000-meter) Michael Crouch (5,000-meter). Wrieden also had recruiting responsibilities and coached multiple event groups.

Prior to Queens, Wrieden spent a year as graduate assistant coach at her alma mater, Arizona State. One of the top track & field programs in the country, Arizona State's men's and women's teams both placed fifth at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championship and the women placed third and the men placed eighth at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championship. Wrieden worked with individual student-athletes, developed strength training drills and routines and provided nutritional education. She also assisted in organizational and administrative areas.

As a student-athlete, Wrieden competed for a Sun Devils cross country squad that placed 14th at the NCAA Championship in 2003. Arizona State was runner-up at the Pac-10 Championship all four years that Wrieden was there. In track & field, Wrieden competed three seasons and ran in the Pac-10 Championship twice. She earned six Pac-10 academic awards.

Wrieden attended graduate school at Appalachian State, competing for the Mountaineers during the 2006-07 season before serving as assistant coach in 2007-08. In cross country, Wrieden posted an All-Region finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional in 2006 and was runner-up at the Southern Conference Championship. She posted times that ranked in the top-five all-time in the indoor 3,000 and 5,000-meter and the outdoor 5,000-meter and steeplechase at Appalachian State.

Wrieden was assistant coach of the highly-successful men's and women's programs at Appalachian State in 2007-08. She also interned with the elite training program ZAP Fitness in 2006 and 2007. HPU graduate Cole Atkins is currently training with ZAP Fitness.

Wrieden earned her bachelor's degree in Kinesiology from Arizona State in 2006 and earned her master's degree in Exercise Science from Appalachian State in 2008.