Carrie Lane MS, CSCS

Director of Sports Performance, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist

Email: Carrie@peakenergypt.com

Carrie brings 15 years of NCAA Division I track and field coaching experience to Peak Energy PT.  Carrie coached at Coastal Carolina University, University of Virginia, and most recently at the University of Nebraska.  A Division I collegiate athlete at Marquette University, Carrie competed post-collegiately in the hammer throw.  She has a strong background in coaching the mechanics of all athletic movement— namely throwing, sprinting, and jumping.  She is a certified strength and conditioning coach and also an instructor for the USTFCCCA (US Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches’ Association) Coaches’ Academy, where she teaches other coaches about periodized training program design, weight training, biomechanics, and event-specific technique.

Carrie has been a USA National Team coach for 3 IAAF Track and Field World Championships Teams and from 2006-09, was the personal coach for Olympic gold medalist shot putter, Adam Nelson.  Carrie coached Adam to a silver medal in the 2007 IAAF World Championships, and to the farthest shot put throw in the world in 2008.  Carrie also coached Chad Wright, the NCAA Champion in the men’s discus in 2012 and the Jamaican national champion in 2013 and 2014.  She has coached 23 NCAA First Team All Americans, 4 Big Ten champions, and 9 ACC champions.

CARRIE’S PROFESSIONAL AND ATHLETES’ ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• USA National Team Assistant Track and Field Coach for three World Championships teams (2006, 2009, 2011)
• World Championships Silver Medalist, 2007 Men’s Shot Put
• Olympic Finalist, 2008 Men’s Shot Put; World-leading indoor and outdoor throws in 2008
• NCAA National Champion, 2012 Men’s Discus
• NCAA Silver medalist, 2008 and 2013 Men’s Discus
• NCAA Bronze medalist, 2012 Men’s Shot Put, 2005 Women’s Javelin
• USTFCCCA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year, 2009, 2014
• USTFCCCA National Assistant Coach of the Year for Women’s Throws, 2004
• 23 All America titles (top 8 at NCAA Championships)
• 2 American Collegiate records
• 1 Big Ten Record
• 4 Big Ten Individual champions
• 9 ACC Individual champions
• 20 top-10 finishes at USA Track and Field (USATF) national competition
• Represented the USA at IAAF International Coaches’ Conference in Kienbaum Germany, 2009
• Authored training programs for athlete’s successful summit attempts of Denali, Aconcagua, and Everest 2008-2011

EDUCATION/ CERTIFICATIONS

• 2014 US  Track and Field/Cross Country Association
  • Strength and Conditioning Endorsement
• 2010 National Strength and Conditioning Association
  • Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
• 2006  USA Track and Field
  • Level I Coaching Certification
• 1999 Graduate of Eastern Illinois University
  • Master of Science, Physical Education
• 1997 Graduate of Marquette University
  • Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs
  • Minor in Coaching