{"id":177,"date":"2024-12-17T14:22:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T14:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/?p=177"},"modified":"2024-12-17T14:22:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T14:22:51","slug":"roy-ready-to-run-pellissippi-states-new-cross-country-and-half-marathon-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/?p=177","title":{"rendered":"Roy ready to run Pellissippi State\u2019s new cross country and half marathon teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Emily Roy,<\/strong> cross country coach at Sweetwater High School for the past 17 years, has been hired as Pellissippi State’s first cross country and half marathon coach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sweetwater native Emily Roy<\/strong> has been running for 25 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fall she gets to run Pellissippi State\u2019s first cross country and half marathon teams, as the College embarks on its inaugural season of competitive athletics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been coaching high school cross country for 17 years, and I\u2019ve always loved that,\u201d said Roy, who will continue teaching full time at Sweetwater High School while serving as Pellissippi State\u2019s head cross country and half marathon coach. \u201cI\u2019m excited to see what I can do with the kind of committed runners we will have at the college level.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roy found her knack for running as a middle schooler. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t good at any sports because I\u2019m not very coordinated,\u201d Roy explained, laughing. \u201cBut when I was manager of the junior high school girls\u2019 basketball team, I would run with the team at the end of practices, and the coach told me, \u2018The other girls are winded, and you aren\u2019t.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roy ran competitively for four years at Sweetwater High School and for four years at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. She\u2019s been coaching since she joined Sweetwater High School as a biology and physical science teacher 17 years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Roy has continued running recreationally. While she enjoys 10-milers and half marathons, Roy said her best distance is 26.2 miles. She\u2019s run 13 marathons so far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoston is pretty cool because it\u2019s so historic, but my best time was in New York,\u201d she said. \u201cI love the Knoxville marathon, too, and have run it several times.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roy will be coaching both men\u2019s and women\u2019s running teams for Pellissippi State. Women run 5K distances in collegiate cross country competitions while men run 8Ks. The half marathon is 13.1 miles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Coach Roy is going to make an excellent addition to our staff,\u201d said Pellissippi State Athletics Director Brock Evans. <\/strong>\u201cShe holds a wealth of knowledge and experience to develop runners. Emily has proven that she knows what it takes to be successful on the course, and I believe she can instill that drive into our student athletes.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right now Roy is building her teams and would like to have 10 men and 10 women on her rosters this fall. They are allowed by National Junior College Athletic Association rules to start practicing Aug. 1, but Roy does not plan to \u201crace them\u201d until September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to be here and help build this program from the ground up,\u201d Roy said. \u201cI know we will be able to compete with our fellow community colleges.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who are interested in running for Pellissippi State this fall should fill out the \u201cRecruit Me\u201d interest form at the bottom of the College\u2019s Athletics webpage, www.pstcc.edu\/athletics<\/a><\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sweetwater native Emily Roy has been running for 25 years.  This fall she gets to run Pellissippi State\u2019s first cross country and half marathon teams, as the College embarks on its inaugural season of competitive athletics.  \u201cI\u2019ve been coaching high school cross country for 17 years, and I\u2019ve always loved that,\u201d said Roy, who will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}