TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona Track & Field and Cross Country program announces the hiring of Egle Uljas as Assistant Coach to help with the distance event group. Uljas joins the Wildcats with an exhaustive list of accomplishments as a professional and collegiate runner, musician, and sports director.
“Egle Uljas will bring another very important aspect to our programs,” said the Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Fred Harvey. “She will assist in many areas, however being a former Olympian and having a working knowledge of Europe is going to pay great dividends. We have limited scholarships in track and field, so the identification of elite athletes around the world community is crucial. We can’t afford to miss, and she increases our odds.”
Most recently in August of 2023, Uljas’ project for the Olympian Artists program was accepted by the Olympic Committee and is scheduled to be performed in the Spring of 2024 in Paris. This project is a promotional event leading towards the Paris Olympics and is reflecting Olympic values and ideas in collaboration with the Olympic Committee.
From 2020-2022, Uljas worked as a Sports Director at the UCF Wesley Foundation at Navarro College. Her responsibilities included mentoring, preparing student-athletes for high performance both psychologically and mentally, organizing weekly events for student-athletes, planning community service projects, writing grants, conducting research and surveys among student-athletes in regard to preparation for high performance, organizing fundraising events and running competitions. She worked with the basketball, soccer, baseball, softball and volleyball teams.
In 2018, she performed at the Athlete’s Gala in Tallinn in collaboration with Estonian slackliner Jaan Roose (3-time world champion and the holder of numerous world records) and Youth Orchestra Reaalmazoor conducted by Rasmus Puur.
In 2017, she qualified for the World Tower running Championships while being ranked second in the world. In addition to tower running, she participated in Red Bull 400m races. In 2016, she won the Red Bull 400m race in Titisee, Germany.
From 2008-2009, Uljas finished her collegiate running career as a transfer student-athlete at Baylor University and was coached by Todd Harbour and Michael Johnson’s Coach Clyde…
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