Andrew Bloom is coming into his first year with the Seattle University track & field program as a volunteer assistant coach, focusing primarily on the long sprints.
From Walla Walla (Wash.) High School, Bloom went to the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho to continue his education, graduating in 2014. Bloom competed against Seattle U in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) as a 400m sprinter.
A four-year letter winner at Idaho in both indoor and outdoor track and field, Bloom was a member of four WAC Championship teams. In 2014, he placed second in the 400m at WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 47. 9 and holds an all-time outdoor best of 47.72.
While in college, Bloom served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the University of Idaho and for the WAC.
Bloom graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science & Health and a Minor in Business.
Bloom also spent two seasons coaching with the Pullman Comets a local track & field club in eastern Washington.