The Coaches

  Recent Highlights  

• 2024 Helderberg to Hudson female champion (1:17:07)
• 2024 Masters winner & course record Firecracker 4 miler
• Second overall female masters at 12k USATF National Masters Championship 
• Second place OF, first masters & course record & lifetime PR Route 50 mile
• 2023 runner up Steamtown Marathon
• 3rd place 2023 3M half marathon (1:17:49)
• 1st place 2022 Stockadeathon 
• 2:41:27 marathon (PR) at the 2022 California International Marathon 
• 2022 Winner Fargo Marathon 
• 5 time Champion CDPHP Workforce Challenge 
• 1st place 2020 Tallahassee Half Marathon
• 2020 Olympic Trials Marathon participant and finisher 
• 1st place 2020 Northern Ohio Marathon
• 2nd place 2019 Mohawk Hudson Half Marathon (1:17:46)
• 2nd overal female, Olympic Trials  Qualifier, 2018 Hartford Marathon  
• 5th overall female, 2019 Eugene Marathon (2:45)
• 33rd overall female, 4th American 2017 Berlin Marathon 
• First place, course record 2023, 2018, 2017 18.12 Challenge 
• First place, course record, 2015- 1812 1/2 Marathon (Watertown, NY)
• 4 time winner of the Troy Turkey Trot
• Multiple time Overall Women's winner of USATF Adirondack Grand Prix Racing Series
• 2015 & 2014 winner of the Bridge of Flowers 10k
• 3-time Champion Adirondack Distance Run (10 miler), 2014-5th fastest time in 38 year race history, fastest time since 1997 (Lake George, NY)
• First American at the 2015 London Marathon, 37th overall female (London, UK)
• Third place 2014 Hartford Marathon (Hartford, CT)
• 15th overall female 2014 USATF National 20k Championship (New Haven, CT)
• 19th overall female 2016 USATF National Half Marathon Championship (Columbus, OH)

PR’s:  

• Mile: 5:03 (2024)
• 5k: 17:29 (2015) 17:02* (2022) *net downhill
• 10k: 36:12 (2021)
• 15k: 55:27 (2022)
• 10 miler: 58:56 (2019)
• Half Marathon: 1:17:07 (2024)
• Marathon: 2:41:27 (2022)

USATF Marathon Specialist- certified coach

USATF LEVEL 1 coaching certification 

Course: 15th Annual Sports Medicine Update

Assistant coach Dream Big project, Albany, NY

Girls on the Run, Albany NY

 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Worcester, MA   

• Masters in Physician Assistant Studies, 2010

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA   

• Masters in Medical Sciences, 2007

Union College, Schenectady, NY   

• Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, 2006

Medical Volunteer Ironman Lake Placid, NY

 Saratoga Summer Sports Symposium: Sports  Medicine Conference, August 2011, Saratoga Springs, NY. 

Recent Running Resume:

• 73rd overall female 2024 Chicago Marathon
• 1st overall female 2024 Run 4 the River 1/2 Marathon
• 12th overall female 2024 Delightful Run for Women
• 3rd overall female 2024 Helderberg to Hudson Half Marathon
• 3rd overall female 2023 Troy Turkey Trot 10k

PRs:

• Mile: 5:05 (2024)
• 5k: 17:41 (2024)
• 10k: 36:45 (2023)
• Half Marathon: 1:19:15 (2024)
• Marathon: 2:48:37 (2024)

Education:

PhD Biomedical Engineering, Syracuse University 2011-2015

BS Biomedical Engineering, Syracuse University 2011

 Recent Running Resume:

·        2024 Chicago Marathon 2:32:56 (PR)

·        2023 Troy Turkey Trot 10K 32:30 (Road PR)

·        2023 Stockadeathon 15K 50:00 (PR)

·        2023 Trials of Mile 13.1 1:10:50 (PR)

Education:

SUNY Oneonta

·        Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, 2013

SUNY Upstate Medical University

·        Doctorate of Physical Therapy, 2016

Our favorite routes in the area!

• Electric City Bike path, Chatham (cinder!)
• Lions Park- flat, maintained path
• Rail trail, Delmar-Voorheesville  
• SUNY Albany- great winter option, always plowed!
• Vischer Ferry- great option with low cars in the winter, trail-like surface in the summer!