Kirsten O'Malley enters her third season as Arcadia's Head Cross Country/Track & Field Coach in 2025-26.
In her first season as the leader of the Knights, she achieved the highest number of conference qualifiers and podium finishes for indoor and outdoor track, as well as had three NCAA appearances, as well as coaching Micah Gordley to the NCAA Cross Country Championship. That same year, O'Malley helped Myles Sams earn National Qualifiers in both indoor and outdoor while he earned All-American status in both.
in 2022-23, O'Malley was part of a coaching staff that guided the women's cross country team to three All-Conference selections and a regional ranking last season. In all, Arcadia's cross country and track & field teams had a combined five All-MAC selections, with Myles Sams becoming the first athlete to qualify for the NCAA Division III Nationals in triple jump, finishing 19th.
Prior to Arcadia, O'Malley served as an Assistant Coach at Susquehanna University, where she helped lead the River Hawks to the men's 2022 Landmark Conference Indoor and Outdoor Championships while also leading the women to the 2022 Landmark Indoor Championships. In addition to the team success, O'Malley coached the 2022 Landmark Male Field Athlete of the Year, three All-Region jumpers, five Landmark Conference champions, and four Landmark Field Athletes of the Week.
Prior to her coaching career, O'Malley had a decorated career at both Division II Bloomsburg University and Division I Mount St. Mary's. O'Malley was a Division II Second Team All-American in the triple jump in 2018, a three-time National Qualifier for the Division II Track and Field National Championships, three-time PSAC Champion, and 16-time PSAC Podium Finisher. She holds four Bloomsburg school records and was an NEC Conference Champion, five-time Scholar-Athlete, Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient, and Underclass Female Athlete of the Year.
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O'Malley graduated from Bloomsburg in 2019 with a degree in Exercise Science, and earned her Master's in College Student Affairs from Bloomsburg in 2021.
