PEAC- Train Like a Girl: enhancing performance & wellbeing of GIRLS IN SPORT
Welcome to PEAC- train like a girl, a podcast by GIRLS IN SPORT for GIRLS and coaches in sport. We’re here to amplify your voice- it deserves to be heard. At PEAC, we are a SAFE place for GIRLS to hang out, learn, grow, and build community. We empower GIRLS IN SPORT and coaches with the knowledge, resources, and support we think is necessary in todays athletic environments to thrive. Join us for bold conversations about the experiences of GIRLS IN SPORT. Our discussions will make you laugh, cry, cheer, get frustrated, and rethink the future of girls in sports for generations to come. Whether you’re walking, commuting, or cleaning your bedroom, take us with you. Follow us, check out our website, consider making a donation and share with a female athlete or coach you love!
Episodes
“If it wasn’t for all the women encouraging me, I would not be where I am.” — Sam Hier
Sam Hier wears a lot of hats in the sport. She’s the Director of Operations and cross country and track coach at the University of Rio Grande, where she works every day with collegiate distance runners. She’s also the Creative Director and Event Coordinator of the USATF Women’s 6K Festival in Canton, Ohio...
“Consistency beats talent. Show up every day and you will get better.”
For the first time ever, a guest is back on PEAC — Train Like A Girl. Mia, a senior at Barrington High School, is a fierce competitor and “a team-first athlete,” according to her coach, who has also been on the pod.
Mia has had a season to remember. She won the 5000m at New Balance Indoor Nationals in 15:58. She broke the Illinois s...
PEAC — Train Like A Girl Podcast | Summer Wilson: The Gap Year, the Comeback, and Learning to Listen to Pain
"Learn to listen to pain. Listen to your body. If you catch it early, you can prevent it."
Summer Wilson had one of the most decorated high school careers in the country. As a senior at Irvine High School, she swept the 2025 cross country season, set a U.S. high school national record in the 3-mile, won the CIF State D...
Athletes Are People First: Olympian Katherine Reutter-Adamek on Mindset, Fueling & Finding Herself Again
Katherine Reutter-Adamek is a fellow Illinoisan and one of the most decorated short track speed skaters in U.S. history. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics she won silver in the 1000 meters and bronze in the 3000-meter relay. That silver made her the first American woman in sixteen years to win an individual Olympic short track ...
Team First, Time Second: Batavia's Avery Hacker on Trusting the Process
Avery Hacker is a cross country and distance track standout at Batavia High School, coming off one of the best years of high school running in Illinois.
Last fall she ran to a runner-up finish at the Class 3A State Meet as a junior, then carried that momentum into a big spring capped by a win in the women's Ray Meyer Elite High School Mile at Magis Miles, cross...
USATF U20 Cross Country Champion: Duke's Victoria Garces on Fueling, Recovery, and Running Her Own Race
Victoria Garces is a sophomore distance runner at Duke University, originally from Midland, Michigan (Herbert Henry Dow High School). In 2025 she won U20 gold in the 6K at the USATF Cross Country Championships in Portland with a time of 21:07.0. She competes across the 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, and 6K cross country, and was named to ...
State Qualifier, Record-Breaker, Coach: Diana Crumrine-Carson's Hurdles Journey
PEAC — Train Like a Girl Episode: Diana Crumrine-Carson (Holy Trinity —Cross Country, Track, and Volleyball Coach)
About this episode
Diana Crumrine-Carson wasn't athletic as a kid. She started in ballet, then moved to figure skating — and didn't make it past tryouts. She tried out for her school's cheerleading team and didn't ...
Don't Play Small: Addie Dieckmeyer on Coaching Girls Lacrosse the Right Way
Guest: Addie Dieckmeyer, Head Girls Lacrosse Coach at Barrington High School, Club Director of Second City Lacrosse, and IGLCA Coach of the Year. A former attacker at Webster Groves High School (St. Louis)...
Trusting the Process All the Way to Duke: Sundara "Sunny" Weber
Her Story
Sunny started running cross country in 5th grade — and almost quit mid-season. Her mom said no, and that turned out to be the turning point: Sunny fell hard for the sport instead. Early on, the motivation was simple: her family let her stay in a hotel if she won a race. It didn't take long before something bigger clicked — she found out she was co...
Coaching High School Runners Deb Revolta Girls Cross Country & Track Coach, Barrington High School (Barrington, IL)
Deb Revolta has spent decades building one of the most respected girls' cross country programs in Illinois — and she's done it with a simple philosophy: culture, buy-in, and trusting the process.
Named Illinois Girls' Cross Country Coach of the Year by the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Asso...
Guest: Jody Gitelis | Track & Field Coach
Jody Gitelis spent 36 years coaching track and field at Barrington High School in Barrington, IL, building one of the most decorated programs in Illinois history — 92 conference championships, 141 sectional championships, and 9 individual state championships. Jody coached the Barrington High School Fillies to two second-place State titles and 1 Team State Championship.
She ...
About the Guest Audrey Grunst is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and founder of Simply Bee Counseling, a therapy practice focused on age 5+ through the lifespan, including therapy, dietician, medication management, and neuropsychological testing, located in Vernon Hills, IL, with a specialization in athletes. She is also a former Division I athlete and youth 3-sport athlete (softball, volleyball, and track), giving her a f...
Episode Summary In this powerful episode, sisters Shania and Rianna Tandon sit down with hosts Carson and Annemarie to talk about injury comebacks, the recruiting process, identity in sport, and what it really means to show up for yourself when the path gets hard.
Shania's Story — Comeback & Commitment Shania opens up about navigating a serious injury and the mental work required to trust the process. Her comeback wasn't ...
PEAC Train Like A Girl — Episode Show Notes Guest: Caley Chelios Vitale — ESPN, Big Ten lacrosse analyst; Northwestern Women's Lacrosse and Northwestern Women's Lacrosse National Champion; three-sport high school athlete
Warm-up Quick list: Caley’s high school sports — lacrosse, volleyball, hockey (three-sport athlete, national-champion pedigree at Northwestern).
Caley’s “Triple Threat” in ...
Finding Joy Under Pressure with Mental Performance Coach Matt
Guest: Matt — Mental Performance Coach, Center for Creative Growth; Girls Lacrosse Coach, Barrington High School
Episode Summary: Matt shares his journey from falling in love with lacrosse as a youth to coaching girls’ lacrosse at Barrington. He discusses the learning curve coaching the girls’ game, the cultural differences between boys’ and...
Guest: Alexa — Glenbard West High School (IL) senior, University of Wisconsin commit Episode summary: Alexa shares her running journey — starting with family fun runs, joining middle‑school track for the joy of the sport, and building a thoughtful high‑school cross country and track career. She opens up about recovering from an eating disorder and period loss, and credits a collaborative team (high‑school coaches, care...
PEAC — Train Like A Girl: Denise Smith — Show Notes
Episode summary
Physical therapist, educator, and multi-sport athlete Denise Smith discusses injury prevention, return-to-play, and smart training for female runners—especially adolescents. Emphasis on movement quality, sleep, nutrition, cross-training, barefoot training, and rebuilding the brain–body connection after injury. Guest bio
Denise Smith, MPT (M...
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