VAST Sports Performance Staff & VAST Track Club Staff

Cierra Dunston

Sports Performance Coach

Cierra Dunston is one of our Sports Performance coaches and is a certified personal trainer through the National Association of Sports Medicine. She has a comprehensive total of 7 years experience training athletes from youth to collegiate.

Cierra is from Powder Springs, GA and earned a bachelor’s degree in Exercise & Sports Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While attending Carolina, Cierra was a member on the track & field team specializing in the 400m and currently still holds one of the fastest time in the 400m in UNC-Chapel Hill history.

As a collegiate athlete, Cierra qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 400, finished 9th at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 400 with a personal-best 53.69. She also ran a leg on the 4x400 squad at the outdoor conference meet that finished with the 5th best time in UNC's history.