combined her motivational teaching techniques with training she learned from her research, creating her own training program. Her natural ability to inspire her students to set and attain goals, flowed into her role as a coach, resulting in a unique coaching plan that merged confidence and character building activities with hard physical workouts. Jennings led the Hamlin Middle School track and cross country teams to numerous district championship wins. High school coaching In 1987, Springfield High School hired Jennings as the Cross Country/Distance Track Coach for boys and girls. Jennings continued teaching middle school while coaching the high school teams. She continually improved her training program to fit the needs of her athletes, resulting in a double periodized program focusing on low mileage and strength building workouts. Expanding her training plan to include mental strengthening techniques, she taught her athletes that conditioning the mind was as important as training the body. Under Jennings, the Springfield High School teams were competitive in their district. Maria Mutola arrived at Springfield High School in March 1991, from Mozambique, Africa, on an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship. As a junior in high school, she was already a promising 800m runner. Training under Jennings, Mutola soon shaved enough time off her 800m and 1500m race times that she was competitive with the fastest middle distance females in the world. Elite coaching Jennings coached Mutola over a career that spanned two decades, training her through 2 Olympic medals, 11 World Indoor and Outdoor Championships, and hundreds of first-place finishes on the international elite racing circuit. Maria dominated the 800m distance from 1993 to 2004, becoming the first person to win the entire $1 million IAAF Golden League jackpot on September 5, 2003 in Brussels, Belgium. Mutola is often ranked as the greatest female 800m runner of all time because of her achievements and longevity of her career. Jennings coached other athletes to success before her retirement from coaching in 2006. At one time, Jennings was coaching four of the eight women in the 800m IAAF World Championship semi-final race in Paris, 2003. Besides Mutola, Jennings is best known for coaching Kelly Holmes, from 2002–2005, to her infamous Double Gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Holmes became Britain's first ever female, double gold medalist at the same Olympic Games. Using her three-part training program, which evolved to include physical, mental and emotional training, Jennings was able to successfully coach