RUSTON — Louisiana Tech's Director of Track & Field/Cross Country, Brian Johnson, announced the addition of Halle McClintock as an assistant coach.
McClintock will oversee the distance runners after spending time as a graduate assistant at South Carolina. Before becoming a Gamecock, she spent five seasons as a distance runner at Georgia.
"I am truly grateful to add Halle McClintock to my staff," Johnson said. "She is an exceptional person with the desire to be great, and I know with time and good recruiting, she can turn this distance program into a preferred destination for distance runners."
This past season with the Gamecocks, McClintock helped coach the cross-country team to record its first top-10 finish at the SEC Cross Country Championship for the first time since 2012, finishing eighth overall. It was also the best team result since posting a seventh-place finish in 2001.
McClintock coached Silan Ayyildiz and Judy Kosgei to become the second duo in program history to land on the All-SEC team in the same race. Ayyildiz finished seventh overall, while Kosgei crossed in 11th, missing out on the Gamecocks' first top-10 duo at the SEC Championship. Ayyildiz's 19:56.2 was the second-fastest 6k race in program history.
She also helped the Gamecocks to 4th and 11th place finishes at the SEC Championship and 24th and 12th place finishes at the NCAAs during the indoor season. The outdoor teams finished 10th at the SEC Championship and T40th and 15th at the NCAAs.
During her time as a student-athlete, McClintock ran the 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 5000, and mile and was part of the 4x400 team. She finished with 22 top-five and 33 total top-10 finishes.
Her senior season saw her run personal bests of 56.16 in the 400 and 2:07.90 in the 800 at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial Invite. Earlier that year, McClintock would clock a 1:31.25 in the 600m at the Razorback Invitational.
Her 1500, 5000, and 1000 times came during her sophomore season. She ran a 4:34.33 in the 1500 at the Spec Towns Invitational, 18:40.68 in the 5000 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, and 2:57.97 in the 1000 at the UAB Blazer Invitational.
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