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Novie McCabe is a cross country ski racer on the APU Ski Team and U.S. Ski Team. She started skiing with her family at a young age. Since then, she has excelled in the sport and is racing at the highest level. She attended the University of Utah to pursue her skiing goals while studying. Novie notably swept the 2023 NCAA Championships in Lake Placid, NY winning both classic and skate races. This impressive achievement among others led her to compete in the 2022 Olympics where she placed in the top ten in the 4x5k relay.  On the World Cup circuit, Novie is consistently in the mix, securing several top-30 results. Her best World Cup individual result goes back to the 2022 Tour de Ski in the final race - the Hill Climb. Known as one, if not the, hardest race on the Tour, Novie crossed the line in seventh.  Skiing runs in Novie’s family, as her mom was also a professional skier giving her a greater passion for the sport. When Novie is not competing, she can be found camping, backpacking, or trying new Trader Jo

Sophia Laukli is a force in both skiing and running. A professional in both sports, Sophia is a University of Utah graduate, member of the 2020 silver-medal-winning Junior World Championships relay team, had her first FIS World Cup podium in the final stage of the 2022-23 Tour de Ski and is fluent in English, Norwegian and French. From her first World Cup start in Lahti, FIN in January 2021, Sophia has consistently been climbing the ranks. Since 2021, she has 10+ top-30 results - highlighted by a third-place finish in the hardest stage of the Tour de Ski in the final climb, finishing third. At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Sophia finished within the top-20 in 15th place. Outside of skiing, she is a professional trail runner with Salomon and went on to win the overall in the prestigious Golden Trail Series world series. This 2023-24 season, her goals are to podium in the Tour de Ski, remain consistently in the top 20-30 on the FIS World Cup and compete on the full World Cup circuit.  Get involved and supp

Born and raised in Park City, Utah, Rosie Brennan is a four-time U.S. champion, 2018 and 2022 Olympian, and ranked in the top-10 in the world for cross country skiing. Rosie is one of the strongest and most dominant athletes on the World Cup circuit. As she enters her 10th year on the national team, she has over 200 World Cup starts, nine podiums and two victories - she just landed on the podium TWICE in one-weekend and the 2023-24 FIS World Cup season-opener in Ruka, FIN. Even though she only started skiing when she was 14, her later-than-typical start never hindered her from finding success on the world stage.  Rosie has represented the USA at two Olympic games, starting in seven races. She was the first American to hold the overall World Cup leader's bib, World Cup sprint leader's bib and the World Cup distance leader's bib all at the same time - showing her versatility in distances and techniques.  Outside of racing, Rosie is very involved behind-the-scenes. When she's not racing and training, she volunte

Gina Kennedy is a Professional Squash Player from London. She is currently ranked number 6 in the world, has won 11 titles on the PSA World Tour and is the 2022 Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist. Gina enjoyed a very successful junior career, holding nine national titles, a European title, and was ranked number 1 in England at every age group. In 2016, she began her studies at Harvard University. While at Harvard, she won the women's individual national championships three times and the team national championships four times. Gina was also received many accolades for sportsmanship, including the Betty Richey award and the Radcliffe prize. She graduated from Harvard University in 2020 AND within eight months of playing on the professional circuit she rose from world number 187 to world number 10! Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Gina

2023 World Championship medalist and 2022 Olympian Julia Kern is making a name for herself as one of the fastest sprinters in cross country skiing. Julia is a 2022 Olympian and World Championship bronze medalist. She has secured two podiums in the ultra-competitive World Cup field, becoming the youngest American to podium on the World Cup, is a four-time National Champion, was the U23 World Champs bronze medalist, and was a key part in the World Junior Championships Relay (first ever USA relay medal at World Juniors). She was named to the U.S. team at only 17, now she is entering her ninth year on the team, her goals remain - winning Olympic medals, adding more World Cup podiums to her resume and positively impacting her community and the sport of cross-country skiing. Outside of skiing, Julia is always on the move. She enjoys anything outdoors, from climbing, hiking, surfing, mountain biking, swimming, beach volleyball or shooting hoops; she captures all her adventures with a camera in hand. She is also invo

Molly Bookmyer is long distance runner who is a member of the Oiselle Underbird Team. She lives and trains in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Eric and dog Cooper. She holds a degree in Operations Management from The Ohio State University and works full time in Supply Chain. She currently holds personal bests of 2:30:37 in the marathon and 1:10:51 in the half marathon.  Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Molly Bookmyer on IG at https://www.instagram.com/mollybookie/ Hear Her Sports and Women’s Running Stories is partnering with Oiselle. Read more at https://www.oiselle.com/blogs/oiselle-blog/hhs-wrs Find Oiselle Underbirds 2023 https://www.oiselle.com/pages/year-of-the-underbird Find Women’s Running Stories at https://womensrunningstories.com/

Jessie Diggins grew up in Afton, Minnesota where she started skiing with her parents as a very young girl. Now she is one of the most dominant and successful cross country skiers in the world. Jessie is a three-time Olympic medalist, 2023 World Champion, 14x World Cup winner, and 2021 World Cup overall winner. She’s been a US Ski and Snowboard Team athlete since 2011 and joined her current club team, the Stratton Mountain School T2 Team in 2012. In her book, Brave Enough, Jessie tells the inside details of becoming and being an elite athlete. Jessie also partners with the Emily Program, Protect Our Winters, and Share Winter Foundation. Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Jessie Diggins at https://jessiediggins.com/ Find Jessie Diggins on IG at https://www.instagram.com/jessiediggins/ Find Stifel US Ski Team on IG at https://www.insta

Barb Broad is a 73-year old runner who lives and trains in Cleveland, Ohio. Barb is a retired Speech-Language Pathologist who discovered running, thanks to one of her sporty female friends, when she was 40 years old. Instantaneously, she loved the sport, becoming more and more passionate about it…she trained with coaches, went to a nutritionist, and general fully committed to being the best she could be. She tells that story and in particular honors a coach who saw something special in her. And pay attention because this is a great lesson for all of us: Barb raced her best marathon times in her sixties: 3:19:01 when she was 60 at the 2011 Boston Marathon and in 2012 when she was 62 at the Twin Cities Marathon she ran 3:18:40 to win the Masters Marathon Age Graded Championship. During her career she has run twenty-tree marathons including eight times at Boston where she won her age group four times. She’s run about a half dozen half marathons with a PR of 1:33:09 at 62 years old. On the track she’s won multipl

Janee’ Kassanavoid is a professional Nike Track and Field athlete and competes for Team USA. As a Nike N-seven ambassador she is representing culture and sharing the journey to gold as a Native Athlete. Janee’ is a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma. She was born and raised in Lawson, Missouri and grew up as a multi-sport athlete, lettering in softball, volleyball, basketball, and track & field. We talk about the athleticism she gained by training in all those sports. She is certainly body aware. Janee’ shares an awesome and …a bit funny insight into trying to get her body to listen to her in her work to improve some technique. In August this year Janee’ took silver at the World Championships in Budapest, so we talk about what that success meant to her after some difficult months. At the World Championships the year prior she won bronze, making Janee’ the first Indigenous woman to medal at the World Athletics Track and Field Championships. Her personal best throw with the hammer was 78.00 meters (or 25

High school senior Jaydyn McKinney has been wrestling for fifteen years. She is a 2x Ohio High School state champion which makes her the only athlete to win a back-to-back state championship for her high school. She’s currently ranked 16th in the country at 135 pounds and has won multiple national and state titles. Even though she’s the only girls on her high school team, she is one of the team captains. In 2022, the Ohio High School Athletic Association officially sanctioned girls wrestling and the following year, in 2023 held the first State Championships for high school female wrestlers. Jaydyn won that event at 135 pounds. She has been wrestling since age 5 with the Manchester Youth Wrestling Club, Manchester Middle School, and Manchester High School as well as the Ohio Girls National Team.   Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Ja

Liz Derstine is a musician, runner, writer, and as of 2020, a long-distance hiker. On July 7, 2020, she embarked on the life-altering adventure of through-hiking the 2,193-mile Appalachian Trail, as quickly as possible. Now, having had several years to reflect on this epic journey, Derstine tells her whole AT story: from what inspired her to want to hike the entirety of this daunting trail, to how it all went down, through to the many ways her life has changed as a result of transporting herself on foot, through the wilderness, from Georgia to Maine. At its core, this is a journey of self-discovery. Since her record-setting AT hike, Derstine has continued to embark on incredible multiday hiking adventures. She now holds many Fastest Known Time (FKT) records, including among others the Long Trail FKT for a self-supported woman. Most recently, on July 1, 2023, she set the FKT for a self-supported woman on the Via Alpina in Switzerland, finishing in just under seven days. Derstine currently lives and Boston, and

Katherine Stewart-Jones was born and raised in Chelsea Quebec in the heart of the Gatineau Park. It was there that she started skiing with her family as soon as she could walk. she did began competing at local events when she was 5, BUT she was an all -around active kid. Like lots of Hear Her Sports guests, she did a wide range of sports including soccer, sailing, kayaking, canoeing and downhill skiing. During that time, sports were mostly about spending time outdoors and with her family. It was in high school, when she joined a sports program in that allowed her to juggle her full schedule of training and racing with schooling that Katherine decided to pursue skiing more seriously. Now as one of the older members of the Canadian National Team, and one of the few women racing for Canada at the World Cup level, it has become important to Katherine to be a role model for the younger female athletes on the team. She also spreads her love for all sports AND the outdoors through Classroom Champions and Fast and Fe

Hayley Simmonds has been a full-time, professional cyclist since completing her PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at The University of Cambridge in 2016. To date she has won two Elite British TT titles and 17 Cycling Time Trials National titles. She also holds three British TT records (at 10, 25 and 50 miles) and was the first woman to break the 50-minute barrier for a 25-mile time trial. Internationally, Hayley has represented Great Britain at five Road Cycling World Championships and three European Championships. She won a bronze medal for Team England in the time trial at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and another for Team GB in the time trial at the 2019 European Games. She also represented Great Britain at two e-Sports World Championships, along with the inaugural UCI Gravel World Championship in October 2022. Hayley races on the road for AWOL-O'Shea Continental Team and represents Movistar Team Gravel Squad off-road. She has finished on the podium at two UCI Gravel World Series races and has qualified for the 202

Born in Burlington, Ontario, Sarah started sailing at the age of seven on the island of Barbados. Starting in the Optimist, she competed in North American and World Championships before the age of 15. After outgrowing the boat, Sarah returned to Canada and transitioned into the Laser Radial class. From there she quickly became one of the top youth sailors in Canada. In 2010, an opportunity was presented to qualify Canada and represent the country at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. After coming second at the 2010 Youth Nationals, Sarah lost the love of competing and decided to coach youth athletes at Ashbridge’s Bay Yacht Club for two summers. By 2014, her dream to compete at the Olympics was awoken by Canadian medalist who inspired Sarah to get back into the game and pursue her goal of winning an Olympic medal. Having completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing Management at the University of Guelph in 2017 and is sailing full time. Sarah won the 2019 Pan Am Games Gold medal and finished a h

Dr. Angie Ridgel is Professor of Exercise Science and Exercise Physiology in the School of Health Sciences and the Associate Director of the Brain Health Research Institute at Kent State University. She has an active research program focused on how aging and neurological disorders affect movement in humans, and how exercise can be used to promote neurorehabilitation and brain health. Dr. Ridgel's research, studying the effects of high-cadence cycling in individuals with Parkinson's disease, has been funded by NIH, the Davis Phinney Foundation and the Research Research and Development Service, US Veterans Affairs.  In 2018, she was elected a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Dr. Ridgel is also President and Coach of Stelleri Performance Training. An endurance coaching business specializing in athletes over 40.    Join Hear Her Sports Patreon https://www.patreon.com/hearhersports Support the show and women’s sports media https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.h

Dr. Kate Ackerman is the Founder and Director of the Wu Tsai Female Athlete Program Boston Children’s Hospital and Biennial International Female Athlete Conference and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She earned her BA from Cornell University, her MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health, and completed her residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her sports medicine fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital and endocrinology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.    She is currently the chair of the US Rowing medical committee and a member of the World Rowing medical commission. Her research focuses on female athlete health and the various aspects of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). She has authored/co-authored over 100 articles and book chapters related to sports medicine, endocrinology, rowing, bone health, and female athletes, including position statements w

Christine Yu is an award-winning journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of sports science and women athletes. Her writing has appeared in Outside, The Washington Post, Runner’s World, and other publications. She’s a lifelong athlete and yoga teacher who loves running, surfing, and skiing. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Join Hear Her Sports Patreon https://www.patreon.com/hearhersports Support the show and women’s sports media https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Christine Yu at https://www.christinemyu.com/ Find Christine Yu on IG and Twitter @cyu888

Samantha Smith is a multi-sport athlete. She does freestyle, alpine, and nordic skiing, runs cross country, plays soccer, hikes, and mountain bikes. She lives seven months of the year in Boise, Idaho and five months in Sun Valley, splitting time between Boise High School and Community School. This set up allows her to pursue her two main sports -- soccer and skiing. And what makes Sammy unique is that she is top level in both these sports! She is a member of the U.S. cross-country skiing development team and a member of the U twenty U.S. National Team soccer pool. This past year she had World Cup experiences in both soccer and skiing. She played in the U17 soccer World Cup in India (where she scored two goals). Sammy also skied Period 4 of the Nordic World Cup in Norway, Sweden, Estonia, and Finland. In those 2023 World Cup races, which took place between March 11th and 26th, she earned two top thirty finishes. When she’s not competing, you can find her in the outdoors with her family and golden retriever. Jo

Sports nutritionist Nancy Clark is Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. She counsels both competitive athletes and casual exercisers in her successful private practice in the Boston-area. Her extensive experience has helped thousands of active clients win with good nutrition. Her nutrition advice and photo have graced the back of the Wheaties’ box! She has been Team Nutritionist for the Boston Red Sox. And her best-selling Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook has sold over 800,000 copies and now is available in it’s 6th edition. Nancy also writes a monthly nutrition column called The Athlete's Kitchen, which appears regularly in over 100 sports and fitness publications and websites. Nancy is a sought-after nutrition counselor for athletes who struggle with food-and weight issues, as well as a nutrition educator and speaker popular with dietitians, trainers, coaches, and other health professionals who want to learn how to effectively teach winning sports nutrition messages. Join Hear Her Sports Patreo

Amanda Sobhy is currently the #1 ranked #1 US player (which is the highest ranked American player ever.) and she’s #5 in the world. She has a career-high world ranking of #3. She earned five US Women's National Champion titles and three Gold medals at the 2015 & 2019 Pan American Games, which makes her the first player ever to win three Gold medals (Individual, Doubles, and Team) in the Pan-American Games. Amanda graduated from Harvard University in 2015 with an undefeated 62-0 record. She won the Intercollegiate Individual National Championship four times and the team National title three times. She also led the US Women's National team to a best finish (2nd) at the 2022 Women's World Team Championships. Amanda currently lives and trains in Boca Raton, Florida. Join Hear Her Sports Patreon https://www.patreon.com/hearhersports Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Amanda at http://www.amandasobhy.com/ Find Amanda Sobhy on IG at https://www.ins