Despite her job in college athletics, first-year women's track and field pole vaulter Colin Brewer still finds time each week to record new episodes of her podcast.
Her podcast, “Conversations With Corinn,” includes interviews with other college and professional athletes about women's decathlon, faith, and personal stories.
Brewer competes in the decathlon during the summer. She has competed in the U.S. National Championships 13 times, and this summer she broke the U.S. women's under-20 decathlon record for the second time.
She posted her first podcast on Instagram in early February after becoming an ambassador for Heaven to the Yeah, a nonprofit that provides resources to underrepresented sports and promotes gender equality. did. The organization is sponsoring a campaign to include the women's decathlon in the Olympics.
“It's a shame for the younger generation of women that they can't look at the athletes they admire and say, 'I want to be like her someday,'” Brewer said.
Her podcast has become a platform to raise awareness of gender equality in sports and is an extension of her work with Heaven to the Yeah.
Their goal is to have the women's decathlon at the Olympics by the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The Los Angeles Games were exactly where women competed in the marathon for the first time at the 1984 Olympics.
To that end, Heaven to the Yeah has led fundraising efforts such as selling wine on its website to promote the Paris Olympics. In addition, his one Series X decathlon competition will be held in the summer until the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Associate Coach Brooke Astor said, “Guys like Colin are leading the charge to say if men can do it, we can do it too.” “That's a great mentality. You see it in other sports with equal pay…We're going to show the team, we're going to show the game and we're going to grow our viewership and show people what women's sports can really do. Masu.”
Although Brewer's podcast focuses primarily on women's decathlon, she also discusses her Christian faith with fellow athletes.
First-year sprinter Casey White said Brewer encouraged others to learn about the faith and even persuaded them to attend Bible studies.
After a back injury prevented her from competing during her first season at Lehigh, Brewer's faith was an integral part of her recovery, attending church every Sunday and relying on prayer as a grounding tool. It's here.
“She's been through a lot in the last six months since her injury in the summer. Every time I've talked to her, she's never been down about it. I'm sure she's been praying about it. I think so,” White said. “She's never negative about anything. She hasn't let the injury get her down and she's working as hard as ever now that the season is over.”
She recently started practicing again and is gradually increasing her workouts in preparation for next season.
Ms. Brewer has been involved in track and field since the age of five, guided by her parents, while attending Greensburg Central Catholic High School in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
All four of her siblings are also involved in track and field, with the older two also competing in the decathlon. Brewer got an early start by competing in combined events and heptathlons with her brothers.
Brewer's competitive gymnastics background has given her the control, power and strength she needs to excel in the heptathlon and pole vault. However, as she improved in these events, she became frustrated watching her brother compete in the decathlon, where women cannot compete to the same level.
“It kind of pisses me off, but why?” Brewer said. “There is no good reason. Gender inequality has existed since the heptathlon was integrated into the Olympics and even before that.”
While pursuing mixed events, Brewer worked as a children's gymnastics coach and also competed as a level 9 gymnast on a club team until the end of her senior year of high school. Her passion for sports led her to establish a gymnastics team at her high school. Now she returns to gymnastics during the summer offseason.
Despite Brewer's many involvements in podcasting, athletics, and her faith, she says that ultimately her fulfillment comes from the difference she can make to those around her.
“If you can make someone smile in one day, that's great,” Brewer said. “If I can help someone in some way, I think that's the mission I was put on this earth to do. When I have that opportunity, I feel fulfilled.”
