Coaching Series Episode 5: Jenna Wrieden – Hoka NAZ Elite (IHA Episode 453)
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SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Jenna Wrieden is the assistant coach for Hoka NAZ Elite. She joined their coaching staff in January of 2021 after a long and successful coaching career in the NCAA system. She has lived all over the country for her coaching career including Appalachian State, ZAP Fitness, her alma mater Arizona State University, High Pointe University, Queens University, and most recently the University of Louisville.
Jenna also ran at Arizona State University with Amy Cragg and Des Linden!
I loved hearing about her role at NAZ Elite, her journey to get there, and being a mom and a coach.
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What we talked about:
5:30- Her path to becoming a coach
7:10- Running for Arizona State University
18:35- Getting the job at NAZ Elite
30:35- Creating a strong team culture
33:35- Coaching with a family
40:00- Transitioning to coaching longer distances
41:40- Writing training for each different athlete
43:20- Jenna’s coaching role
45:20- Coaching with Alan Culpepper
47:00- Recruiting new athletes to the team
51:20- End of podcast questions
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Sandyway Productions Podcast. |
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| 0:57.9 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hine. |
| 1:03.9 | Alright, today for the coaching series, I am so excited to welcome Jenna Reardon to the podcast. |
| 1:10.9 | She is the assistant coach for Hoka and AZ Elite. |
| 1:15.9 | She joined their coaching staff in January of 2021 after a very long and successful career in the NCAA. |
| 1:23.4 | She has really traveled all over the country for her coaching career, including jobs at Appalachian State University, ZAP Fitness, |
| 1:32.4 | Timpé Arizona, where she worked with the Sun Devils, which also happens to be her alma mater. |
| 1:39.9 | She also worked at Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina, High Point University, where she was twice named Big South Coach of the Year. |
| 1:48.9 | And most recently before heading to an AZ Elite, she was the assistant coach at the University of Louisville, where she coached since 2016, |
| 1:58.9 | and worked with multiple NCAA All-Americans, including a 2017 National Steeple Chase Champion, and a 10,000 meter runner-up. |
| 2:07.4 | So Jenna also ran at Arizona State University, and some of her teammates included Amy Craig and Des Lyndon. |
| 2:16.4 | So you better really be asked about that as well. |
| 2:18.9 | I loved hearing about her role at an AZ Elite, and also her journey to get there. |
| 2:24.4 | Also, being a mom and a coach and what that looks like, she's got some really interesting things to say about that as well. |
| 2:31.4 | Thank you so much, Jenna, for coming on the show. |
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