Cross Country Coaches

Head Cross Country Coach 
Sharon Spalding
(540) 887-7217
sspalding@mbc.edu

Sharon Spalding returned to coaching this year to lead the Cross Country team to a second place finish in the USA South Conference.  A multi-sport athlete in high school in California, Spalding attended James Madison University.  While at JMU she was a four year starter on the Volleyball Team.  During her career she was named an all state
player three times and was named to the all region team her senior year.
Spalding also ran one year of Indoor Track at JMU.  At the end of her
career she was named the Greater Madison Female Athlete of the Year.

Spalding coached volleyball at Mary Baldwin for ten years and led the
team to the first AWCC Championship for the college.  Spalding also
had a one year stint as Basketball Coach.  In recent years Spalding has
directed the Physical Training program for the Virginia Women’s Institute
for Leadership.  The program uses running as its main form of aerobic
exercise.  While trying to keep up with the cadets, Spalding began to
compete in road races and in the past two years has completed both
the Shamrock and Charlottesville Marathons.

Spalding received a B.S. from JMU in Physical and Health Education.
She went on to earn her M.Ed. in Sports Medicine and Applied
Physiology from the University of Virginia.  She holds the Exercise
Specialist certification from the American College of Sports Medicine,
and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.  Coach Spalding
recently completed her Level 1 Coaching Certificate from USA Track
and Field.

“Leading the Cross Country team this year has been a great pleasure.
Runners are such a special breed of athletes, and this year’s team
worked incredibly hard and deserved the honors it received.  I look
forward to continuing to lead the team as they break more school
records and personal records.”