It was a great entry into long-distance running.”Īfter becoming an All-American at Rice under coach Jim Bevan, she qualified for the U.S. “That changed everything,” said Firth, whose older sister Rachel also ran for the Bears. As soon as the couple put their house on the market, she received a text saying that longtime Ursuline cross country coach Jonathan Moody was stepping down.įirth, 31, did some informal volunteer coaching after she graduated from Rice University almost a decade ago and saw the Ursuline opening as an opportunity to bring her running career full circle, back to the school that introduced her to the sport in the first place.įirth was a sprinter and hurdler when she first joined the track team at Ursuline, but she credits the coaching staff for nurturing her success at longer distances. (Photo: Kevin Morris)įirth is scaling back her training and race schedule this year because she’s pregnant, and she already planned to move back to Dallas from Colorado this year with her husband, Will. Professional marathon champion Becky Wade Firth, who started her running career at Ursuline, is the new cross country coach for the Bears.
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