University of Montana Women's Cross Country

Pounds fifth year as an assistant coach with the Montana track and field program. She coaches the Grizzlies distance runners and is the head coach of the Montana cross country program.   Pounds competed for Missoulas Mountain West Track Club from 1997-2008 and directed the Mountain West Youth Track Club from 2008 to the time of her hire at Montana.   A native of Leduc, Alberta, Pounds (nee Lynch) was a 14-time All-American for Alabama and a six-time Southeastern Conference champion in the middle distances and relays.   Pounds twice finished third at the NCAA indoor championships in the 800 meters and concluded her career with collegiate bests of 2:03.40 in the 800 meters and 4:17.19 in the 1,500. Her time of 2:04.68 ranks as the second-fastest indoor time in Alabama history.   Pounds graduated from Alabama in 1994 with a degree in communications and joined the MWTC in 1997. She would race for Mountain West for 11 years.   She lowered her PR in the 800 meters to 2:02.00 at the 1998 Prefontaine Classic and ran a 4:11.78 in the 1,500 meters at the 2003 Burnaby Harry Jerome Track Classic in Vancouver, B.C.   Pounds won the Canadian national championship in the 800 meters in both 1992 and 1999, and was on Canadas team that competed at the 1999 world championships at Seville, Spain.   Pounds and her husband, Jason, have two daughters, Madison and Morgan, and a son, Teigen.