GREENSBORO, N.C. – Ranicha Sargeant '22 has been named as the third head coach of the women's triathlon program, the Guilford College Athletics Department announced on Tuesday morning.
"I am very pleased to announce Ranicha Sargeant as Guilford's new Head Coach for Women's Triathlon," Director of Athletics, Bill Foti said. "Ranicha has been a valued member of the athletic department as a Track & Field Assistant Coach and I am very pleased that she is assuming this additional role. As an alumna of Guilford, she brings a unique perspective to her duties which has proved to be a tremendous asset in her recruiting efforts."
On achieving her goal of becoming a head coach, Sargeant added, "No dream is impossible once you believe."
A Quaker herself as an undergrad, Sargeant rises into the role after spending last year as the top assistant coach with the Guilford Track & Field program, a role that she will continue to serve in alongside her responsibilities as head of the triathlon program.
Completing her degree in Exercise and Sport Sciences, Sargeant was a four-year member of the Guilford track & field program from 2018 through 2022, and found herself littered throughout the program record-books by the time her athletic career was through. As a sprinter and jumper, she, for a year, owned the top-two marks in the indoor 60m dash in program history, and three of the top-five marks, currently still standing with the third-, fourth-, and seventh-best marks on that list. In outdoor competition, she possesses two of the top-seven marks in the 100m sprint, and at the time of graduation held two of the top-four leaps in the long jump. Additionally, she is etched as a member of the 4x100m relay grouping that owns three of the top-four times in program history, with her anchoring two of those top times.
Sargaent takes over a program that took third in the NCAA East Regional and features a pair of National Championship qualifiers from a season ago, an event in which they finished tenth in nationally last fall.
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