Jerome Romain |
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Years at Brown:
2nd Year
Phone Number:
401/863-1098
Email Address:
jerome_romain@brown.edu
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Position:
Assistant Coach, Jumps & Multi Events
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Jerome Romain joins the Brown staff as Assistant Coach for Jumps
& Multi Events after spending the last four years as Assistant
Coach for Jumps at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition
to successful coaching experience, Romain brings a wealth of
international competitive experience at the highest levels to his
position at Brown. Romain is also a certified strength and
conditioning specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning
Association. Romain was a finalist in the 1996 Olympic Games, and a
four-time World Championship finalist in the triple jump. In 1995,
as the fourth ranked triple jumper in the world, he earned a bronze
medal at the World Championships and a silver medal at the
Pan-American Games. At the collegiate level, Romain was a five-time
national champion at Blinn Junior College under coach Mark Napier
and earned five All-American honors at the University of Arkansas
where he was the NCAA runner-up in the triple jump three times. His
personal bests include 26-71/4 in the long jump and 57-81/2 in the
triple jump. In his two years as an assistant coach at Brown,
Romain has coached one All-American, five NCAA Regional Qualifiers,
and also one athlete who holds the Ivy League's All-Time record in
the triple jump. Romain was also selected to coach the Dominica
National Team at the 2007 Pan-American Games in Brazil. As an
assistant coach at Wisconsin, Romain produced six individual Big
Ten champions, and four NCAA qualifiers. Romain's athletes helped
Wisconsin to four Big Ten titles during his tenure. A native of
Dominica, Romain graduated from Arkansas in 1996 with a bachelor's
degree in kinesiology/athletic training. He received his master's
degree in kinesiology/exercise science from Arkansas in 2000.