Meet the Staff

Jon Sharp
Jon is a Lenoir-Rhyne graduate with a degree in History & French.  Jon ran cross country for L-R and is one of their assistant coaches this season. Jon can be seen sometimes working out with the Monday night group or crossing the finish line at the local races.  Jon completed his first half marathon in December and is looking to do his first full marathon sometime later this year.

Scot Hayward
Scot is the weekend warrior at the store, even though he would love to be here all of the time. He is an avid marathon runner and is planning on completing 50 marathons in 50 states.  Scot finished his first hundred miler last September and is now a proud owner of an Umstead 100 Miler beltbuckle finishing in under 20 hours!

Shawn Sigmon
Shawn goes to CVCC and is planning to be a history teacher. He is a middle school wrestling coach at Mill Creek Middle School.  Shawn loves competing in 5ks, he just finished his first half marathon, and is training for a full marathon in November. If you see him, cheer him on!

Celeste Brinkley
Celeste is known for all of her work as a Team In Training (TNT) coach. She joined TNT in Jan. of 2004 and has been a walk coach since Feb. 2005. She completed her first marathon in 2004 and has done several half marathons since then.  Celeste can be seen at the local finish lines cheering people on.  Working with people and helping them to meet their goals is one of her greatests passions.

Becky Carter
Becky is a student at CVCC and is planning to be a music education teacher. She is well versed in several instuments including the clarinet and flute.  She has recently completed her first 5k: The Hickory Crawdad/ Fleet Feet Home Run Trot.  Becky is now training for her first triathalon in August-wish her luck!

Meredith McBride
Meredith is currently a junior at ASU studying Retail Apparel with a minor in Marketing.  Formerly a swimmer, her new passion is running.  She completed her first ultra last fall and is training hard for another 50k in October.  You can see Meredith at the Saturday morning runs where she might have baked some of her homemade goodies for a post-run snack!

Jessi Kirby
Jessi is a certified and licensed athletic trainer who graduated from Lenoir Rhyne University with a Bachelor's degree in Athletic Training.  She enjoys exercising, running 5ks, and helping people with injuries and stretching.  When not working, Jessi can be found playing with her two labs and spending time with her husband Nick.