RITA GARY
@RGary2
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𝗙𝗨𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗞 & 𝗫𝗖 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 🏃🏽♀️|| 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 (‘𝟮𝟬 & ‘𝟮𝟰) 🇺🇸 || 𝗠𝗢𝗠 👦🏼 🐕 || 𝗪𝗜𝗙𝗘 👨🏽 || #GirlGang #FU
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I HATE this 💩
RANKING 14 and 15 year old girls?
In a sport where a healthy & patient maturation process is paramount to long-term success?
The carnage from this kind of story is well documented. 😔
Please
@milesplit
, it’s time for a new storyline. HMU for ideas.
#girlgang
🚨 It's here! Our first ranking of the top 50 girls recruits in the Class of 2023.
Who's No. 1️⃣?
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Coaching FIRST 🙃... One of our 4x1500 legs had a bum Achilles pop up during strides... so we were left with only 3/4 relay members.
Freshmen Beth Donnelly: Let me run lead & anchor leg!
Me: 🤔 WTH... 🤷🏼♀️
Result?
✅ Furman School Record
✅ Tennessee Relay Champions
#ridic
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“I am thrilled that USATF has selected me for this position. Leading team USA means a great deal to me because it's both recognition for what I have already accomplished as a coach and an opportunity to continue to grow my skill set.”
WATCH OUT, we growin’ the gang next level 🤫
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Dear clowns - I mean coaches,
Seeding your athletes at a time they HAVE NOT RUN and likely CAN NOT RUN sets them up for failure and makes you look stupid.
XXOO,
Rita.
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Lily never broke 6:00 for the mile in HS.
Last year, she emailed about walking on to the team. I told I’d consider it if she could run sub-18 for 5K.
1 hour later she sent a screen shot of a 17:58 5K on the campus course.
Today she runs 16:51. That’s a special human. 💜
Teamwork makes the DREAMS work ✨
So proud of Lily Feingold!
She asked to walk-on to the team last year, today she runs 16:51 for 5K !🤯
#girlgang
#development
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Let’s debunk the myth that women can’t train together, compete AGAINST each other, AND support & love each other all at the same time.
#GirlGang
Sandi Morris (4.80m) and Katie Nageotte (4.75m) of the U.S., who share a coach, go 1–2 in the
#WorldIndoorChamps
pole vault. Slovenia's Tina Šutej earns bronze (4.75m).
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This is what trying to eat apples & peanut butter looks like in my house….
@GoldretrieverUS
#cantdenyhim
#lookatthoseeyes
#droolpuddle
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THIS CHICK!!!! 🤯
5th woman in FURMAN HISTORY and FIRST FRESHMEN to break 16:00 for 5K!
15:57 SOLO wow wow wow
@bethanyygrahamm
🤩
#GANG
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ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT is never one dimensional.
🗣 YOUNG WOMEN:
1. choose programs where women have leadership roles, &
2. pay attention to the athletes on the line representing them. They should be strong, fit, capable and empowered.
"It reached a point where I was on the starting line and I'd lost the race before I started because in my head all I was thinking of was not the time I was trying to hit, but the number on the scale I saw earlier that day," says Mary Cain
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So Percy and his friends had a lemonade stand today... they provided free jokes with every glass purchased...
And then I saw this on my neighborhood Facebook page. 🙃
#parenting
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My head hurts and my heart is broken.
Let’s respect how seniors in ALL sports are feeling... and if you are LUCKY enough to have another year of eligibility, don’t be dismissive about how damn hard this is for people and ALSO don’t take your opportunities for granted.
Tears in our eyes for our seniors
@the__gabs_
&
#RyanAdams
...
It feels like an opportunity lost for sure... we are gutted.
But we choose to believe there are opportunities ahead this universe is preparing us for. We will stay ready for when it arrives.
#CoronavirusPandemic
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CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS FREAKING TRACK!?! 😍
Celebrating
#PurpleFriday
with our BRAND 💥 NEW 💥 PURPLE TRACK 😈
A heartfelt THANK YOU 🙏🏼 to
@FurmanU
for providing this resource to our athletes...
#FUXC
facilities just went next level 😈
#gameon
#startsmall
#thinkBIG
#outdoortrack
#trackrenovation
#NCAAtrack
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🚨 Update 🚨
We were DQ’d from official results 😞 but not DQ’d from my memory 🥳...
I have never been a very good rule follower anyway... so as far as I’m concerned the results stand LOL.
#gangmentality
Coaching FIRST 🙃... One of our 4x1500 legs had a bum Achilles pop up during strides... so we were left with only 3/4 relay members.
Freshmen Beth Donnelly: Let me run lead & anchor leg!
Me: 🤔 WTH... 🤷🏼♀️
Result?
✅ Furman School Record
✅ Tennessee Relay Champions
#ridic
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23rd team finish in the NCAA.
I realize there are 355 other XC programs that would be thrilled with that finish... I am not.
This isn’t our standard for excellence. We didn’t maximize ourselves today.
But we have learned, we will regroup, and we will be back.
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Between the
#NCAAchamps
and
#OlympicTrails
I won’t my son for 3 weeks. So no, I didn’t recruit this week.
I’m a reference point for what a
#workingmom
looks like & want women I coach should see something that looks sustainable & fun & real.
So I drove a boat instead. 😘
#FU
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@TheRealMerb
Keep being “surprised” by Furman and I’ll put you back in that 12-year coma lol.
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Special night here
@sound_running
...
Former
#GirlGang
member & current
@BeastsTC
STUD paced the 5K where
@the__gabs_
broke the very school record Allie set in 2017 —> 15:33.59 🆚15:35.55
So much respect for both these women and their journeys 💜
#onewayin
#nowayaout
#ganglife
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Hiring women and promoting them to lead women’s teams is important and programs need to be INTENTIONAL about their hiring and promotion practices.
There are enough GREAT female coaches out there that we can hold ourselves to this standard.
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I chose a female coach and my life changed.
At 20, I never thought of being a coach or mom... but seeing
@CoachKelly_FSU
do both with such authenticity & love clearly changed my life.
Oh, she also made me do push-ups for F💣s... so I credit her for my arms too.
#seeherbeher
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Thank you to the ENTIRE
@FurmanPaladins
community for sending the team off in style this morning.
#FUPO
escort all the way to
@GSPAirport
made for smooth sailing 💜
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I want to write the perfect words, but none could capture the past 4 years.
For the awards (which are plentiful)...
For the laughter...
For the tears...
For that long 🍑 hill at the farms...
For the individual & collective MOMENTS...
TY Girl Gang - You are the original. 💜
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✅ NCAA
#1
✅ MEET RECORD
✅ US
#1
Though she’s pushed forward in a bunch of other events,
@the__gabs_
has been away from the steeple game for toooo long.
Dusted off those barrier nerves and put together a good one! 🙌🏼
#backatit
#steeplechick
#FUTF
#outdoorszn
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This has honestly been the best year of coaching ever. EVER!
This team has inspired me & I love them BIG!!! Grateful to be on the journey with them alongside Coach
@MLange15
… this squad is freaking fun.
But now I need a vaca and a strong cocktail 🤪
What a season for the
#GirlGang
!!
✅ longest active NCAA conference streak
✅ 11th STRAIGHT
@thesouthernconference
titles
✅ Auto Qualifier to the NCAA final
✅ Top-25 team
#bestteamever
#Furman
#biggoals
#bigwork
#biglove
#FUXC
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How did I end up with the LAZIEST DOG IN THE WORLD?!? Straight up protesting on a walk in the woods. 🙄
#goldenrug
#dogsprobs
#resist
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Stay right mentally.
Don’t get carried away by results — good or bad.
Be present in your pursuits, loyal in your relationships, and fearless in your efforts.
And when you get a 70-degree day in February? Be thankful. 🙌🏼
SUNSHINE ☀️&
#GIRLGANG
💁🏼♀️ ALL TEMPO TUESDAY 🤗
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I hereby declare this “Rita Day” 🥳
#ifidosaysomyself
😜
MEET COACH RITA GARY!
She has completely re-written the record books from 800m➡️10k...
& in just the last 3 years w/
@FurmanXC
- she has led ✌🏼 top-10 Teams at NCAA XC, coached an NCAA Runner-Up, Oly Trials Qualifier & Pan-Am XC champion.
#girlboss
#eliteprogram
#runfurman
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D1 Track & Field/XC scores an "F" for female head coaches.👎🏽
Recruits: if you don't see a woman in a leadership role, RUN THE OTHER DIRECTION because in a combined programs with 6 (!) coaching slots, let's not pretend there isn't "space" for female coaches.
#womenup
The
@TuckerCenter
released its 2020–2021 Women in College Coaching Report Card
The % of female head coaches went ⬇️ in T&F and ⬆️ in XC. Both sports still receive failing grades.
T&F is doing better *relative to other sports* with its % of BIPOC coaches.
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Looking forward to my 12th trip around the sun with this man. 💜🌞
#HappyAnny
#CovidAnny
#celebratewewill
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Dear recruits:
This is a great time to double down on name checking. 🙃🤪
Sincerely,
Coach
@jwalk1239
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Happy 47th to the one and only... Robert Gary. 💜
So many adventures and memories... with more to come 🙌🏼 (might be easier without this pandemic thing tho...)!
#birthdayboy
#pandemiccelebration
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It 👏🏼 feels 👏🏼 so 👏🏼 GOOD! 😈
*to watch them work their 🍑 off while I sip coffee and take pics*
#coaching
#farmlife
#imnottiredatall
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FASTEST FRESHIE 3K TEAM IN THE NCAA! 🤩
💥Madelynne Cadeau 9:34 (HS 10:45)
💥Jonna Strange 9:35 (HS 10:35)
💥Beth Donnelly 9:38 (HS 10:20)
💥Emily Little 9:43 (HS 10:54)
Development has always been a hallmark of our program...this group looks to carry on that legacy. 😈
#GANG
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Maybe it was the term ‘clowns’? But sarcasm is my love language 😬
Regardless it appears this tweet has ruffled some feathers.
I’m not a meek woman.
I proudly share my opinions.
ESPECIALLY in a profession where they are VERY underrepresented.
I love friendly discourse - DM me!
Dear clowns - I mean coaches,
Seeding your athletes at a time they HAVE NOT RUN and likely CAN NOT RUN sets them up for failure and makes you look stupid.
XXOO,
Rita.
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I so love this woman. 💜
@the__gabs_
I’m so proud of you and I know, you always come back stronger - I can’t wait to watch you grow.
4th at the Olympic Trials & a huge PB on the biggest race… you’re a damn unicorn. 🦄
#girlgang
#Furman
#startsmall
#thinkBIG
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#APPRECIATIONPOST
Misfortune landed her in urgent care the day before her qualifying race... We decided to race just minutes before her event and she raced like a BOSS 🙌🏼
Sadly disappointment is a part of sport; thankfully its also a part of the comeback story 💜
#girlgang
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TRIPLE THREAT! 😈
Excited to 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 welcome Carly Wilkes, Camryn Wennestern, and Jenna Mulhern to the
#GirlGang
!
These women stood out during the recruiting process because of who they were just as much as how fast they’d run (btw hella fast)…can’t freaking WAIT!
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VERY DESERVING RECOGNITION
@USTFCCCA
!
HOWEVER BOTH
@DukeTFXC
&
@MSUTrackFieldXC
are currently seeking a new director. These women do not have job security! 😑
*IF* they are replaced I PRAY it’s with a minority/female w/ equal qualifications; the white male dance card is full.
DID YOU KNOW: There are two female head coaches, who direct both men's & women's programs, that qualified both teams for the
@NCAATrackField
Cross Country Championships next week!
Lisa Breznau,
@MSUTrackFieldXC
Rhonda Riley,
@DukeTFXC
@fast_women
@espnW
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This is what a
#girlgang
looks like💥
Focused
Fighting
and plenty of FU spirit 😈
Hard YES to this squad that grabbed 1 of only 18 AUTOMATIC BERTHS to the NCAA Championships ‼️
We comin for ya 🤫
#startsmall
#thinkBIG
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Proud coach to watch
@ponder_cameron
dip under the 4:00 barrier for the first time...
And proud wife of
@coachrobertgary
as this marks the 20th (!) sub-4 athlete in his coaching career.
That’s an incredible accomplishment by both men.
@TheStrideReport
@FloTrack
@milesplit
🚨FIRST TIME SUB 4:00 ALERT🚨
@ponder_cameron
breaks the barrier for an NCAA
#1
!
#stayready
#subfour
#dinmen
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Would not be where I am without
@CoachKelly_FSU
⤵️
She showed me what it looked like to be a successful working-mom-coach leading athletes to incredible accomplishments while raising two awesome boys, and offering a joke and laugh along the way.
TY Coach Kel 💜
#thebest
After six seasons at the helm of FSU XC, head coach Kelly Phillips is retiring
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I’m about to attempt my first run in 4 LONG weeks. Welcoming all good vibes 🙌🏼😇
#thisisNOTfitness
#longroadback
#startsmall
#nosmaller
#keepgoing
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GET YOU A SQUAD THIS FREAKING DOMINATE 😈💥⬇️
SO proud of our men & women.... TOGETHER!!!
This is THE hardest NCAA championship to make and the squad FREAKING BALLED OUT —>
We. Ain’t. Done. 💥
IT’S OFFICIAL!!!
BOTH
#FU
squads are DANCING for just the second time in school history 😈
Furman is 1️⃣ of only 1️⃣9️⃣ schools in the ENTIRE NCAA to send both a men’s and women’s squad to the NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 💥🔥
#FUallthetime
#dinsontop
#startsmall
#thinkBIG
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THIS gangster! 🙌🏼
Sierra was very low-mileage in HS we’ve mostly keep her there as she adjusted to college.
I was hesitant to race a true freshie averaging 45MPW in a 10K but she’s been so dang steady so we gave it a go!
35:08 & Furman freshie record! MUCH more to come 💜😈
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Not one transfer. Not one ‘hired gun’.
DEVELOPMENT has and always will be a hallmark of the Furman program.
Crystal clear priorities & the discipline to see opportunity... makes all the difference in this game of track & field.
The #️⃣1️⃣ 10K squad in the EAST region and the #️⃣5️⃣ 10K squad in the entire NCAA 😈
The only barriers to success, are the ones you place on yourself.
RUN 👏🏼 WITH 👏🏼 ANYONE 👏🏼
#startsmall
#thinkBIG
#FU
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Without indoor eligibility,
@the__gabs_
took on some big chances on training... rewards would not immediate.
Proud of her for staying steady and nice to see a 4 second mile PB in her free agent szn 😈
#girlgang
#queen
#longgame
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It’s strange to say, but I’m proud 🤷🏼♀️
✅ Earned invite to the NCAA FINAL!
✅ Showed up fit & excited!
✅ Grew together SO MUCH the last 8 months!
You can’t climb to the top of any sport without a few 🍑 kickings... We weren’t good enough today, but we know how to get better 😈
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So there are these things called Sundays....apparently people don’t travel. Don’t recruit. Don’t practice. And don’t actually do anything work-related.
Freaking weird. But interested in seeing how I feel tomorrow.
#gonehiking
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So thankful for
@SalineAthletics
Coach Smith. Coach never expected me to be perfect but always challenged me to be better. Laying him to rest was gut wrenching, but I find comfort in continuing his work.
I picked Killer Hill as his final resting place; those who know, know. 💛💙
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Two little male egos saw
@emmagracehurley
running her WO today (3x mile @ 5:10-05, 8x200) and just assumed they could beat her... oddly gratifying watching them get their asses kicked... Couldn’t even hang for 200m. 😂
Am I doing this parenting thing right? 😜
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When our staff arrived to Furman in 2012, we signed
@abuchalski22
on a partial scholarship as our FIRST EVER recruit in to the women’s program...
We would not be the program we are today without her on board.
Her accomplishments are many, and her legacy is forever! 💜
This Day In Furman History (Nov. 21, 2015) — Allie Buchalski becomes the first All-American in Furman cross country history after a seventh place finish with a time of 20:02.6 at the NCAA Championships in Louisville, Ky.
#FUAllTheTime
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I love this team.
I love watching them crush workouts.
I love seeing their confidence grow after each session.
But… I FREAKING HATE THIS SNOW.
I ready for normal southern life now, please.
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Fun fact: Bethany Graham is always quick to say THANK YOU EVERY day.
She thanks me for coming to practice, she thanks me for taking her to meets, she thanks me for providing gear, she thanks me for loading a bag, she thanks me for EVERYTHING.
Gratitude is good karma. 💜
TWO TIME ALL-AMERICAN AND PROUD UNICORN COACH ✨
HOLY HELL BETHANY GRAHAM 27th IN THE NCAA
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Red, White and Blue Shoes success❗️🇺🇸
Paced my boy to a solid sub-27:30 5K and he only complained about 100 times during the run... so yay!
Happy 4th 🎉
#roadrace
#yeahTHATgreenville
#RWBS
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Wait, does this mean I don’t have to do laundry or scrub toilets this week? 😂
A great honor for our STAFF:
@cneal_FUXC
for putting the squad together,
#RobertGary
for unmatched vision, &
@Chad_Balyo
for an equal hand in execution
AND THE BEST DAMN
#GIRLGANG
IN THE NCAA! 🙌🏼
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THIS TEAM: One of the best I’ve ever coached 💜
We lined up Friday and raced our VERY BEST, and we came up short. That’s not an indictment on who we are, it’s affirmation of who we are becoming.
TY to
@LoganWRoberts
for co-chairing the party and bringing us ☯️
#toopretty
#FU
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Strong ambitious women don’t happen by mistake; they come from equally strong ambitions women who’ve shaped them.
The universe may not have blessed me with a daughter, but I somehow lucked into coaching the greatest group of women ever assembled.
TY
#GirlGang
moms! 💜
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I’ve completely assimilated to southern life.
Found baby copperhead 🐍 while mowing...
remained calm...
walked to garage...
grabbed shovel...
chopped head off in one swipe 😏
#badassery100
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Last time up these hills for the seniors... what a journey it’s been. 💜
Very excited for the final chapter 😈
#stormcoming
#FU
#girlgang
#letsgo
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Lots of
#FUXC
recognition in this article. 😈
The
#DINMen
were UNRANKED most of the year behind people they beat all damn season... and guess what, you should never sleep on Furman.
BEST TEAM in the SE region when it counts. Can we get a new region rep?
#FU
Over performers and under performers, impact of the weather, and possibly the biggest upset in the history of NCAA cross country.
Here are our first reactions from an absolutely wild National Championship meet...
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It’s difficult for me to separate work from pleasure (*hello my husband is my boss* 🙄) so unfortunately when I recruit, I tend to go all in head & heart.
These women? FREAKING UNICORNS! 💜
TY
@LoganWRoberts
for putting this one together 🙌🏼
#growthegang
#girlgang
#sohappy
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Some days I coach, some days I take pretty pictures.
Today was one of those days where I straight *excelled* at both ✊🏼
Oh, and my kid ate overnight oats for breakfast. So basically crushing life. TYVM.
#madskillz
#girlboss
#girlgang
#multitasking
#daydone
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The smallest words of encouragement from your child just mean so much. 💗
Once again reminded that Robert & I are crushing this parenting thing. 🤗
#thanksdad
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My sweet boy is 🔟 😳‼️
He’s a scary combination of opinionated (me) and quick witted (Robert)... which means he’s either going to rule the free world or he’s going to jail.
And what’s cool is that in this day and age, it seems you might be able to do both 🤗
#PercyGary
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PERFECTLY EXECUTED RACE by
@abuchalski22
and
@savcarn
!
Allie went from 4->2nd & Savannah went from 17->15th last 100m... exactly what they’ve been practicing for 6 months!
#coachable
#FUTF
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May or may not have just coached two 11-year-olds to a sub-7 mile PB 😏
#feelingaccomplished
#COY
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When
@BeastsTC
signed
@abuchalski22
last year there was never a doubt in my mind that their
#girlgang
would be transformed... you can build a program around Allie B and I’m so freakin happy to see history repeating 😈🙌🏼
Please join us in welcoming
@allie_ostrander
and
@MerryKarismas
to
@BeastsTC
! Both title-holding collegiate champions care deeply about inspiring runners of all backgrounds, and their glass-half-full attitudes make them the perfect addition to the Brooks
#RunHappy
family!
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@erinstrout
Show me a successful woman who HASN’T been called a ******* ***** and I’ll sell you a unicorn.
We’ve ALL been called this...heard this...suffered this.
I appreciate SO MUCH
@AOC
bringing responsibility to words that have gone unchecked too long.
#womanup
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We recruit women who are so much more than the times they run. These are women who thrive in championship races, are leaders in the community, and confident enough to realize other strong and capable women make them even stronger and more capable women. 🙌🏼
#GirlGang
#MembersOnly
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HIPS 👏🏼 STAY 👏🏼 FORWARD 👏🏼
Mad skillz by the reluctant
#steeplechick
@kriissyyg
😈🥰
#Technician
#steepleU
#NCAATF
#girlgang
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1 of only 5 programs in the entire NCAA to have both men's and women's earn automatic berths to the
#NCAAXC
championships - 5 years ago it felt so far away...
#startsmall
#thinkBIG
#FUXC
#DareToDream
#daretowork
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Just found out my best boy is CANCER FREE 🥳🥹
I’m so dang happy.
And he’s happy too (snoozing on the track this morning).
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First weekend in a LONG time that I haven’t been coaching or recruiting.
So I’m just here. In my house. With nothing to do.
I literally have nothing to do.
How do people live like this?
#XCcountdown
#juneprobs
#bored
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My drive to the Furman track each morning looks fake… and I’m not mad.
#Furman
#itsfallyall
#yeahTHATgreenville
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So NBD but before he threw a WORLD RECORD of 76-8 1/4 🤯 he also came to my son Percy’s 8th bday party and brought a pretty sick gift 🤩
@RCrouserThrows
@TeamUSA
@usatf
#bigguns
#worldrecord
#teamUSA
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I like coaching women who aren't afraid to risk it all. Eventually that mentality pays off.
#thinkBIG
#FU
One of the ONLY women in the field who actually TRIED to win it -- one helluva race
@abuchalski22
😈💜🙌🏼
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