The Gold Standard May 2014 version de ce texte en français Jared MacLeod: National Team Athlete to Ops Manager

2006 Commonwealth Games Athletics Canada (AC) – You were a longtime national team athlete, the male athlete representative on the board, and now you are working in the national office – what drew you to the Operations Manager position?

Jared MacLeod (JM) – As the athlete rep, I had a chance to have an impact on some positive changes on behalf of Canada’s track and field athletes. I see this as an opportunity to continue to do that as well as helping in any way that I can with all these new changes the organization is going through as a whole.

AC – Can you outline some of your key responsibilities as Operations Manager?

JM – Effective delivery of the high performance program and management of the National Team Unit. Management of the technical budget and AC policies like athlete carding and team selection.

AC – How do you plan to use your experience as an athlete in your new role?

JM – I was part of the national team for almost 10 years, which gives me a unique perspective when it comes to a lot of my responsibilities as the Operations Manager. I think my experiences as an athlete should allow me to make well informed decisions that will hopefully benefit Canada’s athletes. I feel I have a big responsibility to them and to our sport in Canada, which I think has a bright future and I’m excited to be part of it.

AC – What were the biggest challenges faced in making the transition away from full-time elite athlete?

JM – Honestly, the transition into working full-time was pretty easy because I did a lot of things to set myself up to begin working immediately after my last competition as a full-time athlete. The hardest part has probably been trying to find the time to workout as often as I’d like.

AC – Are you ready to go out on a limb and pronounce yourself the fastest person in the office?

JM – I guess that depends on the distance. If we’re talking short distance with obstacles in the way, like office furniture? Yeah, you might as well just give me the gold.

2007 IAAF World Championship

2015-2016 Canadian Championship Series

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