Angelina Ramos is currently in her third season as the women’s distance/middle-distance coach of the SVSU Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track & Field teams, first introduced in January, 2015. Before coaching at SVSU, Ramos was previously recruiting, leading strength and conditioning, and assistant coaching the distance and middle distance athletes at Metropolitan State University of Denver, a division II program in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, for the past five seasons (fall 2012-fall of 2014). In her first season, she qualified two distance runners individually for the national cross country championships, qualified five athletes for the national outdoor track meet, and produced two All-Americans on the track in distances ranging from 1500m- steeplechase. In her second season, the women’s team finished eighth overall at cross country DII national championships and her top runner finished seventh overall. She has produced 24 All-Americans between cross country, indoor, and outdoor track, in events ranging from 800m up through 10,000m.  In her third season with the team, she led the women’s distance medley relay to a fifth place All-American finish indoors. During her tenure, 12 school records were broken.

Ramos joined the SVSU coaching staff after numerous successes at the high school level in Niwot, Colorado alongside current SVSU distance coach Jason Hartmann, where together, they led Niwot High School (Niwot, Colorado) to their first ever regional championship title on the women’s side (2011) and guided Elise Cranny for four years, with her high school career culminating in a 4^th place finish in the 1500m at junior world championships (matching the best ever US female finish) and boasting personal best stats of 4:10, 2:04, and 16:45 for 1500m/800m/5k respectively.

In the past 15 years, Ramos has coached 18 cross country and track programs consisting of youth, masters, and high school athletes alike, qualifying two for the world championships stage. She has an extensive background in sports journalism and sports interviewing, having worked for Trackshark.com, Sports Illustrated, and Bleacher Report for a number of years, covering both collegiate as well as elite cross country and track and field at conference meets up through Olympic trials. As a former medical assistant of physical therapy at Spine West (Boulder, Colorado), Angelina has developed an adept capacity to be pro-active towards preventing sports injury as well as knowledge of rehabilitation techniques. As a tech sales specialist at the Boulder Running Company, formerly the top running technical store in the US, she spent years performing running gait analysis and helping prevent injuries through proper shoe fit. As a motivational speaker and keynote, she gives talks ranging from nutrition for endurance sports to goal-setting to NCAA recruiting 101 all around the US and uses her varied experience to enhance her coaching techniques today.

Ramos founded New Fairfield High School’s indoor track program (Connecticut) and then went on to compete in the middle-distance events at the NCAA Division I level in cross country and track & field at Florida State University (Tallahassee, Fl) for five years. During her time there, the men’s track and field team won four back to back national titles, and the women’s team podiumed in cross country two seasons in a row. The year she graduated, 25 of her teammates had qualified for the Olympics from all over the world in a wide range of track and field events: Ramos comes from a culture of excellence. As FSU’s SAAC representative (student-athlete advisory committee), she ensured the wellness and advocacy of the women’s team, and had a chance to learn from the Atlantic Coast Conference Coaches of the Year: Bob Braman and Karen Harvey.  She then went on to pursue her master’s degree in communication (sports discourse) at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she also taught public speaking and academic advised over 900 students including 150 NCAA student-athletes. Her coaching motto is, “It’s never too late to become what you might have been.” She enjoys inspiring and motivating individuals to meet their athletic and life goals.