Women's Track & Field
PJ Van Beurden
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
PJ Van Beurden enters his first season as a Volunteer Assistant Coach for the Rice Owls.
Prior to Rice, Van Beurden was an Assistant Coach and SID at UC Santa Barbara, where he provided student-athlete support, alumni outreach, and fundraising efforts for a new Track & Field facility. The UCSB Cross Country teams achieved top 3 finishes in the Big West Conference and multiple student-athletes set school records during his 2 years there, including the Men’s and Women’s 1500m (3:42.23 & 4:16.62).
Van Beurden graduated with an M.S. in Kinesiology & Sport Management, after putting together research on the effect of heat and humidity training on distance runners. Van Beurden is a USATF Level 1 certified coach.