NANCY GRITT

SBR BIKE & RUN COACH

B.A., SOCIOLOGY

MASTER IN EDUCATION

Nancy has empowered countless athletes over the years to have successful and meaningful experiences as endurance athletes.  Her passion to help others and her extensive experience as a triathlete, collegiate runner, and high school and collegiate head coach allow her to help others learn technical aspects of the sport, continue to improve, and have fun in the process as they reach their goals.  Nancy has been taking on coaching roles at SBR since 2022.

As a kid growing up in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, you could always find Nancy outside playing and running around.  In high school, she ran cross country in the fall, played basketball in the winter, and ran track in the spring.  She still loves the 800m!  At St. Norbert College, she also ran cross country and track.  In recognition of her athletic achievements, she was inducted into the Athletic Halls of Fame at both Kaukauna High School and St. Norbert College in 2013.

As an athlete, Nancy really enjoys pushing herself and seeing what her body can do.  She is so grateful that she can continue to toe the line and see what she has on each given day.  Nancy did her first triathlon before her senior year in college (1991) and bought her first triathlon bike after graduating.  Her favorite races are the sprints, although she finished Ironman Wisconsin twice (2009 and 2012).  Her two best triathlon experiences have been 2017 ITU Grand Final Sprint Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands and the 2023 USA Triathlon Sprint National Championships in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  She really loves this triathlon community and has had a blast training and racing with her friends!

Nancy wanted to get into coaching because of her own passion that she could share and help others.  She was fortunate to have a phenomenal experience running and racing in high school and college and wanted to give back and help others have the same experience.  Prior to coaching with SBR, she was most recently the Boys’ Head Cross Country Coach at Madison East High School for 11 years and coached distance with Track & Field for five years.  She also has eight years of coaching experience at the collegiate level as she was the Women’s Cross Country Head Coach at St. Norbert College.  She had also coached at Seymour High School, Elkhart Lake Glenbeulah, and Kimberly High School for cross country and/or track and field.

Nancy’s passion is to empower others to find their greatness, to share her passion for running and triathlon, and to cheer everyone on at races.