Dominika Stokowska begins her fourth season working with the Zips track and field program, serving as Akron's coach for hurdles, sprints and relays.

Stokowska, who served as the Zips' volunteer assistant her first three years on the staff, was promoted to full-time status in August of 2011.

During her time at UA, Strokowska helped develop a number of Mid-American Conference champions, including Zach Harper, Tyshaun Peoples and KC LaCross.

In particular, Peoples has excelled under Stokowska's guidance, earning league crowns in both the 60m (2009) and 110m (2011) hurdles. Both Peoples, who broke his own school record in the 60m hurdles last January with a time of 7.83, and LaCross advanced to the NCAA Preliminaries last spring.  

Stokowska, a 2006 graduate of Kent State, was a standout with the Golden Flashes and twice qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400m hurdles. She was also a two-time, MAC runner-up in the event and excelled in the classroom – earning Academic All-MAC honors with a 3.4 GPA in human movement studies during her senior year.

Prior to Kent State, Stokowska was a member of the 4x400-meter relay that won gold at the 2001 Polish Junior Championships (Under-19). She also participated in the 2001 World Junior Championships in the 400m hurdles.