Staff Directory
Astor, Brooke
Brooke Astor
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
Director of Operations
- Email:
- Phone:
- 610-758-6558
- Alma Mater:
- Lehigh '14
Brooke Astor ’14 enters her 10th season on the Lehigh track and field coaching staff, having been promoted to the positions of Associate Head Coach and Director of Operations. She moved into a new role as the Director of Recruiting and Student-Athlete Development for the 2022-23 academic year.
Astor coaches the multi-events, hurdles and jumps and will now have oversight of student-athlete recruitment, working collaboratively with each head coach and the Associate Athletic Director for Recruitment. Astor will oversee and coordinated student-athlete development initiatives, with an emphasis on Individual Development Plans; and will collaborate with the head coaches on program principles, values, objectives and priority planning. She will oversee the scheduling of all organized team activities and serve as the staff liaison to other support areas within the athletics department.
Astor has worked with 23 Patriot League champions covering the multis and jumps. Trevor Knowles won seven Patriot League titles in the heptathlon/decathlon, while on the women's side Courtney Avery won seven Patriot League titles in the high jump and was a two-time All-American. The winner of Lehigh's Graduating Female Athlete Award in 2014, Astor was also a seven-time Patriot League champion and was twice named Patriot League Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet at the league championships.
In the 2021-22 season, Astor worked with multi-athletes who scored points at the Patriot League outdoor championships. Carly Carpino finished fifth in the heptathlon while Gideon Coprivincar earned an eighth place finish in the decathlon. Two of Astor’s triple jumpers, first-year Casey Talamini-Kelemen and sophomore Nina Cialone, broke the school record during the outdoor season.
The 2020-21 season saw Astor mentor Maddy Harding to a runner-up finish and second team All-Patriot League honors in the heptathlon. The 2020 indoor season wrapped up with high jumper Jordan Otto claiming a Patriot League championship.
During the 2017-18 season, Astor helped coach freshman Maddy Harding to a second place finish in the heptathlon at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships. In 2016-17, she coached Lehigh’s multis to a pair of top-four finishes in the heptathlon at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships, including Sarah Cassidy who won the event and was named the PL Outstanding Female Field Performer of the Meet. Cassidy’s 5,029 points joined her with Astor as the only two females in program history to top the 5,000-point mark in program history. Triple jumper Kiana Wright scored points at the outdoor league championships, and during the indoor season, Astor also mentored Cassidy to a league title in the pentathlon.
During the 2015-16 season, Astor helped mentor multi Gabrielle Wardle who captured three Patriot League Outdoor Championships in the heptathlon, javelin and long jump, and made an appearance at the First Round of the NCAA Championships in the javelin. Junior high jumper Courtney Avery captured league championships in both the indoor and outdoor high jumps, and finished T-11th at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Lehigh’s multis performed well at the league championship meets with Wardle, Sarah Cassidy and Olivia Reinold all scoring in the heptathlon at the outdoor championships, and freshman Tyler Bannister scoring points in the pentathlon at the league’s indoor championships.
Astor, a 2014 Lehigh graduate, was the unquestioned leader of the women's track and field program and completed one of the most decorated careers of any Lehigh student-athlete. The Milltown, N.J. native won seven Patriot League titles in indoor and outdoor track and field and was twice named the Patriot League Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet at the league championship meet. She held five school records at the time of her graduation and led Lehigh to a second-place finish at the 2014 indoor and outdoor championship meets, the highest finishes in program history.
Achieving success beyond the Patriot League as well, Astor won the 2014 ECAC Pentathlon in March as she competed against the best Division I athletes from the northeast. She set a new school record in the heptathlon with an impressive 5,324 points competing against Olympians and professional athletes at the prestigious Mt. SAC relays in Walnut, California in April. Astor also traveled to Eugene, Ore. to coach freshman standout Courtney Avery at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships.
In addition to her strong performances on the track, Astor was a two-time co-captain who initiated and followed through on goal setting session at key points during the season. She is a graduate of every phase of Lehigh's Leadership Academy and a two-year member of the Student-Athlete Council. She exemplified leadership and character by working hard to establish and maintain effective relationships with all teammates and inspire others to maximize their own performances. She earned the athletic department's Graduating Female Athlete of the Year Award, Mary O. Hurley Leadership Award and Distinguished Achievement Award at the end-of-year convocation ceremony in April in addition to the University's Student Life Leadership Award. Astor was also the recipient of the Patriot League’s Leadership and Character Award, given to the one female Patriot League athlete who best represents excellence and leadership while participating in Patriot League athletics.
Astor coaches the multi-events, hurdles and jumps and will now have oversight of student-athlete recruitment, working collaboratively with each head coach and the Associate Athletic Director for Recruitment. Astor will oversee and coordinated student-athlete development initiatives, with an emphasis on Individual Development Plans; and will collaborate with the head coaches on program principles, values, objectives and priority planning. She will oversee the scheduling of all organized team activities and serve as the staff liaison to other support areas within the athletics department.
Astor has worked with 23 Patriot League champions covering the multis and jumps. Trevor Knowles won seven Patriot League titles in the heptathlon/decathlon, while on the women's side Courtney Avery won seven Patriot League titles in the high jump and was a two-time All-American. The winner of Lehigh's Graduating Female Athlete Award in 2014, Astor was also a seven-time Patriot League champion and was twice named Patriot League Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet at the league championships.
In the 2021-22 season, Astor worked with multi-athletes who scored points at the Patriot League outdoor championships. Carly Carpino finished fifth in the heptathlon while Gideon Coprivincar earned an eighth place finish in the decathlon. Two of Astor’s triple jumpers, first-year Casey Talamini-Kelemen and sophomore Nina Cialone, broke the school record during the outdoor season.
The 2020-21 season saw Astor mentor Maddy Harding to a runner-up finish and second team All-Patriot League honors in the heptathlon. The 2020 indoor season wrapped up with high jumper Jordan Otto claiming a Patriot League championship.
During the 2017-18 season, Astor helped coach freshman Maddy Harding to a second place finish in the heptathlon at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships. In 2016-17, she coached Lehigh’s multis to a pair of top-four finishes in the heptathlon at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships, including Sarah Cassidy who won the event and was named the PL Outstanding Female Field Performer of the Meet. Cassidy’s 5,029 points joined her with Astor as the only two females in program history to top the 5,000-point mark in program history. Triple jumper Kiana Wright scored points at the outdoor league championships, and during the indoor season, Astor also mentored Cassidy to a league title in the pentathlon.
During the 2015-16 season, Astor helped mentor multi Gabrielle Wardle who captured three Patriot League Outdoor Championships in the heptathlon, javelin and long jump, and made an appearance at the First Round of the NCAA Championships in the javelin. Junior high jumper Courtney Avery captured league championships in both the indoor and outdoor high jumps, and finished T-11th at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Lehigh’s multis performed well at the league championship meets with Wardle, Sarah Cassidy and Olivia Reinold all scoring in the heptathlon at the outdoor championships, and freshman Tyler Bannister scoring points in the pentathlon at the league’s indoor championships.
Astor, a 2014 Lehigh graduate, was the unquestioned leader of the women's track and field program and completed one of the most decorated careers of any Lehigh student-athlete. The Milltown, N.J. native won seven Patriot League titles in indoor and outdoor track and field and was twice named the Patriot League Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet at the league championship meet. She held five school records at the time of her graduation and led Lehigh to a second-place finish at the 2014 indoor and outdoor championship meets, the highest finishes in program history.
Achieving success beyond the Patriot League as well, Astor won the 2014 ECAC Pentathlon in March as she competed against the best Division I athletes from the northeast. She set a new school record in the heptathlon with an impressive 5,324 points competing against Olympians and professional athletes at the prestigious Mt. SAC relays in Walnut, California in April. Astor also traveled to Eugene, Ore. to coach freshman standout Courtney Avery at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships.
In addition to her strong performances on the track, Astor was a two-time co-captain who initiated and followed through on goal setting session at key points during the season. She is a graduate of every phase of Lehigh's Leadership Academy and a two-year member of the Student-Athlete Council. She exemplified leadership and character by working hard to establish and maintain effective relationships with all teammates and inspire others to maximize their own performances. She earned the athletic department's Graduating Female Athlete of the Year Award, Mary O. Hurley Leadership Award and Distinguished Achievement Award at the end-of-year convocation ceremony in April in addition to the University's Student Life Leadership Award. Astor was also the recipient of the Patriot League’s Leadership and Character Award, given to the one female Patriot League athlete who best represents excellence and leadership while participating in Patriot League athletics.
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