Jenna Bell joined the Lions coaching staff in 2012. She spent one season as the full-time assistant and now works with the multi-event student-athletes while also working full-time as a teacher with the Toronto District School Board.
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Bell came to York from the University of Toronto, where she was the junior development coach for hurdles and jumps for four years. In addition to teaching math and science curriculums with the TDSB, she coaches cross country and track and field. Previously, she served as a camp coordinator and instructor at the University of Toronto and an assistant coach with the Ontario Youth Legion Team.
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Bell was also a varsity student-athlete herself, winning a bronze medal in the pentathlon at the OUA championships in 2008 while competing for the University of Waterloo Warriors. She is a three-time academic all-Canadian and was a national-level heptathlete for three years.
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