Professional Athlete Turned Coach Sarah Inglis on the Trinity Western XC season

There’s a saying that goes: “those that can’t do, train”. It simply so occurs nonetheless that these that may do, typically make a number of the greatest lecturers. That is indubitably the case for skilled distance athlete and Trinity Western College monitor and discipline Coach Sarah Inglis. Having began her working profession on the age of 9, she’s been competing in native, highschool, collegiate {and professional} races ever since. Holding private bests of 14:59 and eight:46 within the 5000 and 3000 meters respectively, her expertise, expertise and information interprets completely to collegiate teaching.

“I’ve been via all phases of competing in highschool after which competing in college after which transitioning from every of these phases or sort of powerful to transition from an in faculty to skilled as properly,” stated Coach Inglis. “It’s ready me as a coach as a result of I have been via all these phases and may relate to related experiences that my athletes are going via.”

The crew put in an entire summer time of preparation for this 2024 XC season which included some standout particular person performances. Many miles had been logged previous to the season’s begin with a stable base of coaching laid as a basis. This coming with an additional layer of in-season coaching has led to some robust crew performances.

“We now have loads of base coaching for the athletes [over the summer]. Quite a lot of simple working, some hills, a number of tempos, perhaps even one exercise every week. Simply basic prep in the summertime getting them prepared for the autumn,” stated Coach Inglis. “I believe for the cross nation season, I went via like 10 years of my coaching diaries prepping for the autumn. A number of the key exercises are tempos, like threshold stuff in the course of the week and at quantity it is as much as like 40 minutes. Most of them are doing between 20 to 40 minutes of tempo work in a exercise, additionally together with a medium long term within the week and a few sort of hill exercise.”

Over the course of this season, Trinity Western has notched two particular person wins on the ladies’s facet, each coming from second yr Constance Nankivell. On the lads’s facet, the trio of Yemane Mulugeta, David Mutai and Justin Kiplagat have produced a slew of prime ten particular person performances, which made the crew a critical risk on the Canada West Championship. This mixed with a collection of younger athletes has made the potential of this younger crew almost boundless.

“Our crew’s fairly younger, so we’ve had fairly a number of highschool athletes transition over. I’ll have an interest to see subsequent summer time, they’ll be extra ready as a result of they’ll be coming via this system for a yr after which constructing into the autumn yr,” stated Coach Inglis. “We now have loads of younger guys on the crew, and it is a very new crew… We have sprinkled in a number of the new guys after which a few seasoned athletes by way of constructing a very optimistic help of tradition. within the crew, and I believe we actually had that momentum going, particularly on our guys’ facet this yr. We simply carried out very well [at CanWest Championships] and I believe constructing that momentum and that optimistic vitality was actually good.”

When it comes to crew tradition, the crew’s roster is pretty small which results in a good knit squad. With a enjoyable and optimistic crew tradition, the bonds shaped at Trinity Western exist outdoors of apply in addition to throughout.

“We now have a number of crew captains who tackle management roles, and so they’re organizing crew dinners, crew occasions and so forth,” stated Coach Inglis. “Quite a lot of the athletes additionally socialize and bond outdoors of apply hours and our crew captains take the lead on that.”

Being on a smaller crew additionally signifies that the persona of recruits issues and never simply uncooked velocity. Having athletes that mesh properly with a tough working, cohesive crew tradition is necessary for Coach Inglis and the remainder of the teaching employees.

“Athletes who’re good folks, who’re going to be good teammates, leaders and work properly with others on the crew are crucial,” stated Coach Inglis. “Then on the person facet, willpower, optimistic perspective…somebody who’s going to contribute to the crew in a great way general is what we’re in search of. I do know it’s a person sport, however it’s additionally very team-oriented, so we’re in search of any person who’s going to be a part of the crew and who’s going to assist construct the tradition as properly.”

The crew completed their season on the USPORTS Nationwide Championships on November ninth with 2 top-4 particular person performances from 2024 Canada West Champion Constance Nankivell (2nd) and Yemane Mulugeta (4th), in addition to a males’s eleventh place crew consequence. This system now turns their consideration to their remaining USPORTS indoor season (as they’re transferring to the NAIA come fall 2025) starting within the new yr.

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