PLNU Athletics

Asa Larsen has spent nearly two decades on the PLNU Track & Field coaching staff across two stints, from 1996-2004 and since 2016.

With the Sea Lions, Larsen works with all groups during the general conditioning phase and then with sprints/hurdles during the competition sessions.

She has played a pivotal role in helping assist, coach and guide PLNU's sprints and hurdles crew, including Madeline Worley (100 meter program record holder) in 2024 and PLNU's 4x100 meter program record team in 2025.

Larsen was born in Helsingborg, Sweden, where she was coached by Kent Olsson, IFK Helsingborg, who was the hurdles coach for the Swedish national team during her time there.

She then came to Point Loma in 1993 as a student-athlete, competing in the sprints and 400m hurdles. In 1993 she claimed the title as the fastest woman in the Golden State Athletic Conference after winning the 100m title.

Larsen, a licensed physical therapist, is a USA Track & Field Level 2 coach in sprints, hurdles and relays.

She married her husband Jeff Larsen in 1995. The couple has two kids, Emma (26) and Magnus (23), as well as a dog named Moose.