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Larsen is in her third year with the Demon Deacons. She works with the sprinters, hurdlers and middle distance runners.
Since she started at Wake, ten athletes that have trained under Larsen have set new school records, nine athletes have qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships and two have qualified for the NCAA Championships. Over the summer, Larsen coached Jon Reid to the 400m title in the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships and qualifying marks for the Pan Am Games as well as guiding three other U.S. junior champion qualifiers.
Before coming to Wake Forest, Larsen spent two years as a volunteer with the University of Illinois women's track and field team. With the Fighting Illini, Larsen gained experience coaching sprints, hurdles, jumps, multi-events and middle distance. In 2005, Illinois captured the Big Ten Conference Championship.
Larsen also spent two years at the University of Idaho as an assistant track and field and cross country coach. Larsen helped lead the Vandals to the Big West cross country crown in 2002 and to the 2003 track and field conference championship.
A 2001 graduate of Linfield College, Larsen ran varsity track for four seasons. Larsen was honored as the NCAA Woman of the Year in Oregon and was the NCAA Division III National Champion in the 400m hurdles. She was an All-American in 2000 after finishing third in the 400m hurdles and again in 2001 after finishing third in the 400m indoor.
Larsen's other honors gathered in 2001 include the Western Regional Female Athlete of the Year, the Northwest Conference Female Athlete of the Year and the Linfield College Female Athlete of the Year.
Larsen graduated in 2001 with a B.A. in Health Education and a minor in Spanish. In 2003, she earned her M.S. in Physical Education at the University of Idaho where she majored in Sports Science with emphasis in Exercise Physiology.
