University of Toronto Athletics

Jill Mallon has been the associate head coach of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues track and field program since 2000. While completing her master’s degree at U of T, she was a member of the 1997 and 1998 women’s CIS track and field championship teams.

Mallon is an NCI-certified level four middle distance coach who has guided athletes to numerous OFSAA, OUA, CIS and national championship medals. Mallon currently coaches Tamara Jewett, a two-time national team member at the 2008 and 2009 world cross country championships and 2008 world junior track and field championships, where she placed in the top eight in the 3000m.

Mallon has also coached Jose Carvalho, who was the OUA male track athlete of the meet in 2005, a 2005 Canada Games team member and silver medalist in the 1000m at the 2006 CIS track championships in Saskatoon. Paula McLaughlin, a former Varsity Blue, represented Canada at the 2005 Francophone Games in Niger, Africa. While still a student at U of T, McLaughlin broke the 15-year-old school record in the 600m on her way to making the CIS top 10 all-time list in her event.

Mallon’s international experience includes coaching the 2003 World University Games team in Daegu, South Korea, the 2005 Pan Am junior track championships in Windsor and the 2009 Pan Am junior championships in Trinidad.