CANTON, Mo. - Culver-Stockton College Director of Athletics Joel Dant has announced that Patricia "Tish" Hanna has been hired as the new cross country and track and field coach at Culver-Stockton, replacing Steve Blocker, who resigned last month.

Hanna is the former head cross country and track and field coach at St. Joseph's Academy in St. Louis, where she has coached for the last 12 years. In addition to her work at St. Joseph's Academy, Hanna founded the St. Louis Blazers Youth Track Club, served as an assistant coach with the St. Louis Storm Youth Track and Field Club and was head coach of the Racewalkers Club of St. Louis.

In 2008, Hanna was head coach of USA Track and Field (USATF) for the USA-Canada Junior Meet in British Columbia, Canada, and in 2007 served as an assistant coach for the USA in hurdles and jumps at the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) World Youth Championships in the Czech Republic.

Hanna has been affiliated with USATF since 1993 and is level II certified in sprints, endurance and jumps. She is also a master level official at all levels of track and field, including the 2008 Olympic trials, and she is a member of the Ozark Association Women's Track and Field Executive Board. In addition, she is an IAAF level II official, serving North, South and Central America, serving as an IAAF level II racewalk judge. Her other affiliations include the Missouri Track and Cross Country Coaches Association and the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association.

Hanna, who is also affiliated with the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and her master's degree from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.