Coach Laurie Schoenfeld is entering her 18th year as head coach of the girls' track program at Reavis High School, and specializes in distance running. She has coached numerous All-Conference distance runners throughout the 24 years coaching, a few frosh/soph team championships, many state qualifiers , team Sportsmanship award many times, and had the privilege of coaching Sam Laskowski, at the state meet in the 800m. Coach Schoenfeld is very proud of her committment to encourage her athletes to participate in track and field or cross country in college.
Coach Schoenfeld graduated from Joliet West High School, where she qualified for the IHSA state meet in the 800m three times, and was finally an All-State runner in the 800m her senior. She also ran on state qualifying cross country teams. She attended Lewis University, where she competed in track and cross country all four years. While she was a Flyer, she was a provisional national qualifier in the 1500m and All-Conference in cross country. She earned her BA from Lewis U in mathematics and her MA from Lewis U in C/I.
Currently, Coach Schoenfeld teaches math at Reavis. She also coaches Cross Country. She married in 2006 to her husband Kevin, and enjoys every precious moment she has with her daughter Kaylee who is almost 10 years old.