Tracy Hussey has enjoyed a long and successful career, both as an athlete and coach. Throughout the 1990’s, she excelled as a race walker in Provincial, Atlantic and National competitions.
In 1993, she won a gold medal in the 5000 metres race walk in the Atlantic Track and Field Championships. She repeated as the gold medalist in 1997, again in the 5000 metre race walk.
In the 1993 Canada Summer Games she had a 6th place finish in the 5000 metre race walk which she improved to a 2nd place finish and silver medal in the 1997 Canada Summer Games. She is noted for being the first female to win a medal for Newfoundland and Labrador in Athletics at the Canada Summer Games. At these Games, she was also the flag bearer for Team NL at the closing ceremonies.
In Provincial competitions in race walking, she was the first place female from 1992 to 1997. In 1997 she was named Athlete of the Year for Mt. Pearl and St. John’s and a finalist for the NL Athlete of the Year.
As an athletics coach from 1997 to 2000, Tracy was head coach of the O’Donel High School Cross Country male and female teams as well as being the head coach for the track and field teams.
From 2000 to 2002, Tracy was the assistant coach of the Memorial University Female Cross Country Team, the team placing third in Atlantic University competition each year.
Then for a period of seven years, from 2002 to 2009, Tracy moved on to the head coach’s position of the female team at Memorial University, coaching numerous athletes who went on to outstanding running careers, among them Ann Barrington Johnson and Kate Vaughan Bazely. In 2006, the female cross country team placed second in the CIS championships.
Throughout her coaching career, Tracy has coached dozens of female athletes who excelled in running in the early 2000’s and continue to participate in recent road races.
Tracy is a level 3 National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) athletics long distance coach and has inspired many, many athletes over the years.
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