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Head Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track & Field Coach Francie Larrieu Smith Five-time Olympian Francie Larrieu Smith is in her eighth season as the Head Men and Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at Southwestern University. Her excellence as a world-renown distance runner is well documented and she, and Southwestern, are dedicated to achieving that same level of excellence in our cross country and track and field programs. As an athlete, Smith had her best Olympic finish in 1988 with a fifth place finish in the 10,000 meters at Seoul, South Korea. As a crowning achievement, she was the flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic Team in Barcelona, Spain (1992). During the course of her 30-year career, Smith established 36 U.S. records and 12 world bests in distances ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 meters. She was selected by Runner's World magazine as "The Most Versatile Runner of the Quarter Century." Coach Smith is a member of several halls of fame including The Texas Women's Hall of Fame, The National Track and Field Hall of Fame, and the Long Distance Running Hall of Fame. During her tenure at Southwestern University Coach Smith has taken two athletes (one male, one female) to the NCAA Cross Country Championships. She has coached athletes to South/Southeast Region honors 16 times and All-SCAC (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) honors 15 times. In Track and Field she has coached one athlete and one relay team to an SCAC Championship title and 20 athletes to All-SCAC honors. Smith earned her master's degree in Sport Administration from The University of Texas at Austin in December 2000. She earned Level I coaching certification, and Level II certifications with specializations in endurance and sprints, hurdles and relays from the USA Track and Field Coaching Certification program. Coach Smith and her husband Jimmy, a Professor of Kinesiology at Southwestern, make their home in Georgetown with their numerous rescued dogs.
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