Coaching

Represented her school in sprints & jumps, and Hampshire County, England in sprints, before emigrating to NZ. Coached NZ teams at  World Youth Champs, Oceania Champs, decathletes and heptathletes who’ve been to Olympics, World Youth, Commonwealth Youth, hurdlers & high jumpers to Youth Olympics, Oceania Champs, several athletes to NZ titles at U20, U18, U16 decathlon, heptathlon, octathlon, many NZ Sec School title winners in a wide range of events, ten athletes to international events overseas, national relay quad member; has delivered Run Jump Throw & Get Set Go courses contractually for Athletics WaiBOP, often appointed coach to WaiBOP teams to national champs at a variety of age levels.

Was a WaiBOP centre selector and coaching co-ordinator, club secretary, Athletics NZ lecturer for jumps & throws, coached Special Olympics at athletics & football for ten years, long-time club committee member, coaching qualifications longer than we have space for, including massage  first aid, Special Olympics, but headed by IAAF (now World Athletics) Level 2 Lecturer Diploma and qualified as IAAF Combined Events Level 5( Now re-vamped to L.3 as their maximum qual.)

Commonwealth Games & World Universities Representative (x2) athlete; Captain of NZ Cross Country Team to World Championship, world record holder at 4x1 mile relay, University Blue, 5 Athletics NZ & 14 Athletics Auckland titles. Athletics NZ Track & Field Selector (Convener), Paralympic Track & Field Selector, Athletics NZ Cross Country/Road Selector (Convener). Coach and/or Manager to Olympics, World Cross country, World Track & Field, World Universiade, Chiba Relays, World Athletics lecturer, Athletics Australia Level 3 Advanced Coach in middle & long distance, IAAF Level 3 Coaching Diploma, facilitator for Athletics Australia L.1 & 2 courses, done courses on Emotional Intelligence & Leading Edge Coaching, coach of community to elite athletes to senior Worlds, New Zealand/Australia and school levels.

Dip Ed & M.A.(Hons) & teacher at Auck Grammar, Youth Worker, managed Howzat sports retail shop, 10 yrs as pro athlete in NZ, USA, Europe, MD & LD coach for Nth Sport (NS Bays) coach, Development Manager for both Athletics Auckland & Counties-Manukau athletics, Events & Marketing Manager for Bruce Pulman Park Trust (Papakura), Coach Performance Manager for Paralympics NZ, five yrs Manager of Athletics Nthn Territory (Aust), National Manager Achilles International NZ, currently Out of Stadia Coordinator for Athletics NZ & professional coach.  

Was a long distance runner, who competed though high school in New Zealand with a string of top 5 performance, but never a win. He took up a scholarship at the University of Oklahoma, and continued to develop as an athlete but never had much success. After leaving the US college environment Craig began to thrive as an athlete. Qualifying for two World Half Marathon, two World Cross Countries, Commonwealth Games marathon and setting PBs at every distance from 1500m to Marathon.

He is an Athletics NZ and World Athletics Level II middle and long distance accredited coach, and is a full time professional coach. His stable of athletes is varied and includes recreational runners, junior athletes through to Olympians.

Coach to five of the ten fastest Kiwis ever, five World Champs relay reps, four Comm Games relay finalists, World Youth 200m finalist, World Indoors and two Comm Games 100/200m finalists, CG 800m finalist, three World Junior relay reps, World University hurdles and sprint reps,  five national beach sprint champs & England champion, World U20 beach flag champion & senior beach sprint medallist, Argentine long jump champion, Australian titles at 200,110 Hurdles seniors and 100m U20 on same day, several NZ Olympic bobsleigh reps, eight Olympians and over 100 NZ medallists at sprints, hurdles, decathlon, heptathlon, middle distance, and jumps, Colgate Games scholarship winner, current world U20 speed climbing champion & two climbing Olympians, speed & agility coach to NZ men’s & women’s Olympic medallist Sevens squads, former consultant to NZ Warriors, Nthn Force Netball, Auck Blues, NZ Gymnastics, Auckland & Nthn. Districts cricket, Nth Harbour rugby, and more.

World Athletics (IAAF) Lecturer & Level 3 coach, Athletics NZ Level 3 coach for sprints, hurdles, jumps,, Level 2 for throws, former Director of Coaching for NZ & Singapore, Manager for eight years of Multi-skills Development & Talent Centres at Aspire Academy in Qatar (the world’s largest). Former long jump & relay finalist at World Cup & Comm Games. Coach of the Year for Athletics NZ and Sport Nth Harbour, provincial coach & rep in three other sports. Head Coach at Olympics, World Champs, World Universities, Comm Games, World Juniors, Asian Games, S.E. Asian Games.  Editor of NZ Athletics coach and NZ Athlete magazines, original editor of Athletics NZ’s Run Jump Throw fundamental program. Former teacher at primary & Westlake BHS (H.O.D. Phys Ed & Sports Master), coaching 1st XV & several rep rugby teams including Nthn Region national tourney winners for 5 yrs, NZ schools softball champs, and now Athletics WaiBOP Strategic Development Officer for athletics in B.O.P. 2024 recipient of Athletics NZ’s Arthur Eustace Award for Coaching.

Kent Horner began his multi-sport career as a young junior athlete in South Africa. Kent was part of the national squad that campaigned for the 2008 Olympics. Kent was a 2 time national champion and multiple national medalist across Xterra, Olympic distance and long distance. Later held a successful professional Ironman career with many top 10 results.

Whilst still competing professionally, in 2006 Kent & his wife Claire began a small online coaching business called My Training Day. What started with a handful of athletes, My Training Day grew to one of the biggest multisport coaching academies in the world that once serviced 14 endurance coaches as well as over 300 coached athletes.

As a coach Kent has proudly coached the 2018 70.3 Ironman World Age group 20-24 champion. A multiple national race walking champion. His athletes have numerous podium positions in world and national championship events throughout his coaching career.

Kent is meticulous & analytical with his athletes stats and is extremely professional when it comes to coaching a complete novice just starting out or a professional athlete. Kent is excellent with our younger talented athletes and he also shows compassion and has a flair for extreme attention to detail with his older athletes. Kent is continuously researching latest technology and coaching techniques and is able to adapt his coaching methods depending on the athlete he is coaching. Kent has a sound knowledge and understanding of nutrition for athletes and regularly prescribes race nutritional plans as well as lifestyle choices. He also has had many years as a practiced bike fitter and can identify potential problems with fixable solutions.

In summary Kent is knowledgeable, passionate and above all genuinely interested in his athletes. He has a knack for making athletes believe in themselves and helping them achieve goals they never thought were possible.

Claire Horner is an athletics coach specialising in the development of junior middle-distance runners. With a focus on athletes aged 8–14 years, Claire provides expert coaching across events from 800m to 3000m, as well as cross country. She is the founder of Little Fit Kids, a program designed to improve speed, agility, and coordination in children, and MTD Junior Runner, which supports young athletes in building endurance, confidence, and lifelong enjoyment of running. Claire is passionate about unlocking potential, helping every child develop their athletic ability in a fun, supportive, and structured environment.

Qualifications: 

Athletics New Zealand Qualification, Triathlon New Zealand Qualification, Bachelors Degree in Sports Science, Ironman university certified coach, TSA Level 2 certified coach, Joe Friel coaching certificate, Diploma in sports nutrition, Training Peaks University Certified coach