Sara Slattery Author

Sara Slattery was a top American distance runner in high school, college, and as a professional. She won two NCAA titles while at the University of Colorado. Sara competed on junior and senior U.S. teams at the World Cross Country Championships and the Pan American Games, and won two Pan Am Games titles. She was the 2008 Olympic alternate in the 10K. Sara qualified for three U.S. Olympic Trials. A mother of two, Sara was the head cross country and track coach at Grand Canyon University from 2015 to 2022, one of the few women coaches to lead the men’s and women’s distance running programs in the NCAA . She is the co-author of How She Did It.