Superstar Natalie Cook Shares Her Journey From Breaking National Records To Ambitions In The NCAA

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The one and only, the legendary Natalie Cook, comes on The Running Effect Podcast today!

Natalie is one of the most accomplished athletes of our generation. Natalie currently competes for Okhlama State University, where she has quickly cemented herself as one of the top NCAA runners in the country. Most recently, she placed 7th at the 2022 NCAA Cross Country National Championships. Then a few weeks later, she followed that up by running a blistering 15:24.26 in the 5k.

In high school, Natalie was named the Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Player of the Year in 2021, becoming the first female athlete from Texas to win the award after she was the first athlete in girls' high school history to win both the Garmin RunningLane and Eastbay Cross Country Championships for the coveted individual national championship double. In the former, Cook recorded the second-fastest 5K time in high school history, posting a time of 16:03.93 to win the individual championship. She also won the Texas 6A state championship race by a historic 56 seconds on her way to helping Flower Mound to the team title.

This conversation was one I've been wanting to make happen for far too long, so it was a true honor to make it happen! I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Natalie and all the different topics that we discussed, from her start in the sport to current subjects.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the Running Effect podcast with Dominic Schleader.
0:07.8	I'm your host Dominic, and I'm very excited you've clicked on today's episode.
0:11.4	I've been wanting to make this one happen for legitimately over a year.
0:15.4	It's because I get to sit down with the one and only Natalie Cook.
0:18.8	Natalie was so accomplished in high school. She is undoubtedly one of the
0:23.2	greatest runners in Texas high school history. Her senior year, she won both the East Bay and
0:28.8	Running Lane National Championships. She ran like 944 and the 3200. I did some absolutely insane
0:35.2	things. She was the Gatorade cross-country girls player of the year.
0:38.6	So many incredible things in high school.
0:39.9	And now she's a freshman at Oklahoma State where just as a freshman, she placed seventh on the grass at the NCAA cross-country championships just this past fall.
0:49.0	And then a few weeks later, she ran like 1524 in the 5K.
0:52.4	So absolutely incredible.
0:54.2	And Natalie has this incredibly joyful and enthusiastic personality that made this conversation very enjoyable and insightful.
1:01.6	One quick note before we hop right into it, I would greatly appreciate it.
1:04.7	If you have not already to give us a five-star review and a follow on Spotify or Apple Podcasts,
1:10.4	and then also consider someone who you think would benefit from the podcast or today's
1:14.5	episode and shoot them the podcast or this episode their way.
1:18.6	In doing so, we can reach new people and hopefully inspire them in the process.
1:22.5	So without further ado, enjoy my conversation with the one and only, Natalie Cook.
1:30.5	Natalie Cook, welcome to the Running Effect podcast. How are you doing this evening?
1:34.2	Hi, I'm doing good. How about you? I'm doing good. Stoked for this interview, as you know,
1:38.2	I just said that like a minute ago. Very excited for today's conversation. I'm curious, as we
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