Shayla Houlihan

Head Cross Country Coach, Former Under Armour Pro Coach, Former Pro Brooks steeplechaser, Iowa Native, UNI & Utah alum

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

Thank you for the beautiful piece 🥰

[The Big West @BigWestSports]

𝙏𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙄𝙓 𝙤𝙣 𝙉𝙞𝙣𝙚 | Hear from @ucsbtfxc coach @ShaLayla as she talks about the impact #TitleIX has on her athletic and coaching career.

📰: https://t.co/7ge2XoOLkG
📺: https://t.co/hMNxUw3THF

#TitleIXon9 | #MTAM

[DyeStat @DyeStat]

Cracking the top 10!

🇺🇸 Shelby Houlihan becomes the 10th-fastest American women at the 10,000m distance, running 30:50.10 to get the win in the HOKA pro race at The TEN.

📸: @westcoast_xc

[FloTrack @FloTrack]

Shelby Houlihan Makes 10K Debut a W! 🏆

Shelby wins her first 10,000 m in 30:50.10, but says she’s still not satisfied, calling this the year of side quests as she chases bigger goals.

#TheTEN

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

New Mexico happens to be PB City! Along with top 10 performances 🫶

[Mike JayTrackXC @MikeJaytrackxc]

@TrackGuyUSA

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

👀 🤫

[Mountain West @MountainWest]

𝙇𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙨 on top 👀

@UNMLoboXCTF tabbed men's & women's favorites heading into Friday's Credit Union 1 #MWXC Championships in Fresno!

🔗 https://t.co/fS4zzJM0rg

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

GCU Men’s team ranked 15th in the West based on the @USTFCCCA XCRI computer rankings. We love to see it. (That’s where I also had us ranked.) Almost time to run the race and beat more teams😜

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

Another opportunity to get better 💪

[GCU Track & Field + Cross Country @GCU_TrackXC]

Recap from our weekend in Tucson! 🏜️🤘
#LopesUp

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

4th IN THE WORLD with a gutsy race plan.. aka have a plan and plan to throw it out the window when the gun goes off 😅 Way to go @shelbo800 🫶🖤#proudcoacher #teamhoulihan

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

All the glory goes to Kenya 🇰🇪

Watch Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon kick to 🥇 and 🥈 in the 5000m, just ahead of 🇮🇹's Nadia Battocletti 💫

#WorldAthleticsChamps

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

We have something very special in Frosh June Zimmerman! The future is bright💜🖤

[Mountain West @MountainWest]

𝗠𝗪 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 #𝗠𝗪𝗫𝗖

Athlete ➡️ Shelby Jensen, @USUTF_XC
Freshman ➡️ June Zimmerman, @GCU_TrackXC

🔗 https://t.co/AZ0ADkKHbU

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

Archie 🤝 Archie Take home both honors this week!!

[Mountain West @MountainWest]

𝗠𝗪 𝗠𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 #𝗠𝗪𝗫𝗖

Athlete ➡️ Michael Archie, @GCU_TrackXC
Freshman ➡️ Archie Budding, @GCU_TrackXC

🔗 https://t.co/AZ0ADkKHbU

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

More of this 💜 Love these humans I get to coach!

[GCU Track & Field + Cross Country @GCU_TrackXC]

This past weekend, XC showed out at the Biola Invitational with Men’s taking the title 🏆💪

Read the story here ⬇️
https://t.co/ML8BfSsNmA

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

Individual and Team course records for the Lopes at the Biola Invite today! Proud of this team 🖤💜🫶#OneHeartOneMindOneFamily

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

Looking forward to mixing it up with this strong conference 🤘😎

[Mountain West @MountainWest]

Everything's coming up 𝐋𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐬

The preseason poll is out and the 2025 #MWXC season gets underway this weekend!

🔗 https://t.co/Jfvd1LzVpg

[GCU Track & Field + Cross Country @GCU_TrackXC]

BTS 📸 from XC’s media day! 😤🤘
#LopesUp

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

NATIONAL FREAKING CHAMPION. Proud of all the hard work Shelbs has poured into this build up. Now the prep for goal #2 starts! 🥇🥇🥇#imnotcryingyourecrying

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

Year 2 coming in hot! 🥵

[GCU Track & Field + Cross Country @GCU_TrackXC]

New 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 new 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫. 😤😈

The Mountain West era is officially here for Lopes Cross Country 🤘
#LopesUp

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

Welcome @CoachDHinch !! #lopesup

[GCU Track & Field + Cross Country @GCU_TrackXC]

Officially welcoming Coach Hinch to the staff.

"We just got a whole heck of a lot better overnight, both as a track and field staff and a program."

https://t.co/YiTDojaAoJ

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

So stoked to be adding 7 incredible humans to this team 🤘

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

✨Here are your Lady Lopes 2025 Recruiting classs✨💜🫶

[Shayla Houlihan @ShaLayla]

Introducing our 2025 Men’s Recruiting class 🤘💜 The future is 🤩