By the numbers

• All-Americans: 13    NCAA Qualifiers: 32     Big Ten Champions: 6
• Team Conference Champions (ACC): 2     Individual Conference Champions (ACC): 2
• Conference Qualifiers (ACC): 24

Bio

In her third stint (2024-25) aiding Kyprianou with the jumps and combined events room she helped lead Rose Yeboah to be the national runner-up in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Additionally at the same meet both Tacoria Humphrey and Sophia Beckmon walked away as All-American's in the long jump, Kam Garrett did so as well in the men's high jump, while Melissa Wullschleger did so in the heptathlon. Wullschleger was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year for the outdoor season. 

At the Big Ten Outdoor Championships she helped guide Humphrey to her third Big Ten title in the long jump, Viktor Morozov to earn his first Big Ten gold in the triple jump and Rafael Raap to become the program's first Big Ten Champion in the decathlon. At the Big Ten Indoor Championships, Humphrey leaped the third-furthest long jump in NCAA Indoor history en route to her title, 6.94m (22-9 1/4). 

Her second season (2023-24) she worked along side Kyprianou in directly coaching Yeboah to her national title at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and Big Ten Outdoor title in the high jump. She also worked with Aiden Ouimet to make him a Big Ten Indoor Champion in the heptathlon, Bara Sajdokova to a Big Ten indoor title in the high jump, Humphrey to a Big Ten title in the long jump outdoors and Darja Sopova to a two-time All-American (both indoors and outdoors) in the triple jump as well as the Big Ten Indoor triple jump crown. 

Glidden's first year (2022-23) was highlighted by assisting Kyprianou in coaching Ouimet to qualify to the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships. 

Prior to Illinois, Glidden spent time at Duke on a volunteer role starting in 2020. Here she worked with the combined event athletes and lead their practices. She coached seven NCAA qualifiers (finished 2nd, 2nd, 4th, and 7th), two ACC Champions, two runner-up's and 24 conference qualifiers total. She was also part of the two team ACC Championships, 2021 outdoor and 2022 Indoor.

Before Duke, Glidden coached at her alma mater the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire from 2018-20 as an assistant coach. Here she coached the combined events athletes, developed training programs and organized/met with recruits. In 2019 they won the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship title. She produced four NCAA qualifiers (finished 2nd, 3rd, 5th) and seven conference qualifiers with four Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Champions.

Glidden was a two-time NCAA Division III National Champion, the pentathlon in 2018 and the 1600m relay in 2015, a seven-time All-American and eight-time WIAC Champion at Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She owns the school record in the 1600m relay, high jump and 400m hurdles. She was also a team captain.

Post collegiately, she qualified for both USATF Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 2022. She also finished top 5 at the 2022 Thorpe Cup competing for team USA in the heptathlon.

She graduated in 2018 with her Bachelor's of Science in Kinesiology Movement Studies with a minor in Psychology.