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Spring Branch ISD assistant principal Megan Watson is set to have a memorable summer as she will coach at the Tokyo Olympics later this month.
Watson once wrote at a Bible study that her dream is to coach track and field at the Olympics and it now looks like that dream will become a reality as she serves as one of the coaches for the in the Olympic Women’s Distance for the U.S. Olympic track and field team, Click 2 Houston News reported.
U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Houston) took to Twitter to voice her support for Watson.
"So exciting to see this #TX07 connection to the Olympics—wishing you and all of @TeamUSA great success in Tokyo!" Fletcher wrote in a July 9 Twitter post.
An athlete throughout her student career, Watson said she always wanted to be a coach.
“This is an exciting time for Team USA Track and Field and I feel so blessed to be a part in serving our U.S. athletes, coaches and parents as a part of USA Track and Field as an Olympic coach,” Watson told Click 2 Houston. “Growing up watching the summer Olympics on TV grew my passion for track and field. Getting to watch the likes of Carl Lewis, Leroy Burrell, Flo Jo, Jackie Joyner-Kersee was both awe-inspiring and motivational.”
Watson said she was heavily influenced during her time as a track athlete at Baylor University. She was coached by Coach Clyde Hart, who has coached nine Olympic athletes with 13 gold medals between them.
"One of my greatest joys is watching a student-athlete find and develop their potential through their involvement with track and field and their teammates,” told Click 2 Houston. “This opportunity to be the Women’s Olympic Distance Coach is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, but it is a greater testimony to those who have taken the time to share their knowledge with me, guide me and believe in me throughout my career.”
The Tokyo Games, which were postponed last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, will began in less than two weeks.
The events will be held without spectators in response to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the city and concern over the new highly contagious delta variant of the disease, AP News reported.