About Ann Vogel
Founder of Born & Raced in West Liberty
2022 marks Ann Vogel’s 30th year of coaching cross country and track and field at her high school alma mater, West Liberty-Salem. She fell in love with the sports in 1974 watching her older brother, Butch Sower compete for the school’s programs under Coach Ken Lehman. She became a member of the first Big Orange girls cross country team in 1982, and earned All-Ohio honors in track and field in 1983-85 under coaches Alan Keirn and Earl Zilles. In 1992 she began her coaching career under the guidance of long-time West Liberty-Salem coach, Larry Steider.
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During Vogel’s tenure at West Liberty-Salem, she has had 12 teams qualify for the OHSAA State Cross Country Championships (2000, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) with ten top 10 finishes, including a runner-up team finish in 2019, and the program’s first girls state championship in 2020. The Big Orange has won nine Southwest DIII District championships (2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), and eight Southwest Regional DIII titles (2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020). The Big Orange has had eleven All-Ohioans.
2019 was a banner year for the Lady Tigers Track and Field team as it won West Liberty-Salem’s first girls state title in any sport under Vogel’s tutelage. After missing the 2020 season, the Lady Tigers came back to win their second DIII state title in 2021.
Vogel has been named the Southwest District Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2020, and earned the same honor in Track and Field in 2019 and 2021. In 2019 Vogel was named the USTFCCA Ohio Coach of the Year for Track and Field, and was the recipient of the Fred Dafler Career State Coach of the Year for Cross Country,
Along with her coaching duties, Vogel is the co-race director of the BOSS Summer Run which started in 1977. She also oversees the Ohio Caverns Big Orange Alumni 5K, and the Big Orange Elementary Run Club. She is passionate about the West Liberty running community, and wants to continue the rich history of outstanding runners.
Vogel and her husband, Jason live in rural West Liberty. They are the parents of three grown children, Adam, Matt, Meghan, son-in-law, Chris and the best dog in the world, Scout.
2019 was a banner year for the Lady Tigers Track and Field team as it won West Liberty-Salem’s first girls state title in any sport under Vogel’s tutelage. After missing the 2020 season, the Lady Tigers came back to win their second DIII state title in 2021.
Vogel has been named the Southwest District Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2020, and earned the same honor in Track and Field in 2019 and 2021. In 2019 Vogel was named the USTFCCA Ohio Coach of the Year for Track and Field, and was the recipient of the Fred Dafler Career State Coach of the Year for Cross Country,
Along with her coaching duties, Vogel is the co-race director of the BOSS Summer Run which started in 1977. She also oversees the Ohio Caverns Big Orange Alumni 5K, and the Big Orange Elementary Run Club. She is passionate about the West Liberty running community, and wants to continue the rich history of outstanding runners.
Vogel and her husband, Jason live in rural West Liberty. They are the parents of three grown children, Adam, Matt, Meghan, son-in-law, Chris and the best dog in the world, Scout.