Jon Podeszek II has joined Krug's staff as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s cross country programs in fall 2020 semester.
Podeszek currently works for Avox Systems and designs oxygen drop-down systems for aircraft airworthiness. In addition, he has, for the last 17 months, owned and operated the Pod Running Company which provides coaching services, strength training plans and workouts for runners looking to compete in races of distances ranging from 5K to 100K.
Podeszek has personally completed 24 marathons and ultramarathons while coaching several associates to 50-Mile, 100-Mile and multiple marathons over the years.
Podeszek graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a mechanical engineering technology bachelor’s degree in November 2010 and accelerated directly into his master’s degree program, earning a manufacturing and mechanical systems integration degree in January 2012.