Kendra Harrison isn't just a world-class hurdler. She's a "hurdles nerd."
Those are the words of her coach, Edrick Floreal, who uses the term affectionately.
After all, he coached her to the NCAA 60-meter hurdles Championship indoors in March and the duo now have their sights trained on historic goals in the coming weeks and months.
For his part, Floreal is a world-class hurdles coach. He guided Amaechi Morton to the 2012 NCAA 400m hurdles Title, he recruited and worked with Kori Carter -the 2013 NCAA Champion and now one of the world's top 400m hurdlers - and he once coached LaVonna Martin: the 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist.