#ACXC2018 elite profile – Get to Know… Sasha Gollish
  • 2016 ACXC result:1st place, 33:53.5
  • Gold – 2017 NACAC Cross Country Championships
  • Gold – 2017 USPORTS Cross Country Championships
  • Bronze – 2015 Pan American Games (1500m)
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Heading into ACXC2018…

What is the strangest thing you have even seen happen (or been part of) during a XC race?
Where do I even start with this one? There was the ‘cattle call’ for XC Worlds in 2017 where there was one bathroom for all the racers… I’ll leave it at that. Fort Henry, the back hill where it’s usually like a mudslide and people start sliding everywhere. It rained so hard at USPORTS last year I could barely open my eyes… but wait that’s probably pretty standard for XC.

Flat course or hills:
I’m going politico here – in-between-y.

XC is a combination of both physical and mental strength. Which one do you rely on more during the race?
MENTAL! We all show up with almost the same physical capabilities, mental plays a massive role in any race, but especially cross-country. Natasha Wodak’s mental strength and resilience is something I have always admired.

Who is on your XC dream team:
Wodak, Cliff, Coates, Seccafien, Sumner … and me 🙂

Gunning for a spot on the National Team for the NACAC XC Championships, IAAF XC Championships or both:
Both, but who are we kidding? The post-Berlin depression has been real. I’m gunning to race strong and just smile, it’s been a really hard month but I’m starting to come around and fall in love with this again.

 

Get to know Sasha even better…

Three words (or superlatives) that best describe you:
Gritty, blunt (or genuine to make it sound like I’m less of an a$$hole) and hard-working.

What is your most unusual talent?
Math, I love math.

What personality trait has gotten you in the most trouble?
My sense of adventure.

What/where is the funniest place you have ever fallen asleep? And what went through your head when you woke up?
Back of a plane on my way home from Australia, not in my seat, having taken a https://modafinilpill.com sleeping pill with a gallon of white wine. I woke up slouched over, drooling into my crotch. I woke up because I had to use the bathroom, but all I could think was, ‘I have to walk down the plane so all of these people can see my drool pee spot’ .. because not only were the TV screens not working, but half the bathrooms on the flight were broken. It is a LONG way from Sydney to Vancouver (side note, I read the fifth Harry Potter book in one sitting and every magazine from Air Canada and passenger I could get my hands on).

What would be some of the most annoying things about having you as a roommate?
I’m an introvert. When I go into my hotel room I basically shut down and do not want to talk to anyone.

Join us in Kingston Saturday, Nov. 24, to watch Sasha go for the title of National Champion at the 2018 Canadian Cross Country Championships or tune in to AthleticsCanada.tv if you can’t be there in person.

For more on #ACXC2018, including the race schedule, visit www.athletics.local/acxc2018

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