Elite Athlete
Former national track champion in the 100m and 200m sprint events, with competition experience across Canada, the United States, and Europe.
Awards & Recognition
Credibility Forged Through Competition, Coaching, and Community.
Former National Track Champion (100m & 200m) | National Coach | Diversity Award Winner | Motivational Speaker | Thought Leader
Traveling from Alberta, CanadaMotivational speaker and thought leader
National Coach
Decades of athlete mentorship, coaching leadership, and youth development rooted in discipline, confidence, and resilience.
Diversity Award Winner
Recognition connected to inclusion, community impact, lived resilience, and helping people rise through adversity.
Author & Speaker
Books, keynotes, workshops, and faith-friendly messages designed for schools, leaders, teams, women, youth, and communities.
Speaker Biography
A story with weight, warmth, and real-world authority.
Lornette's credibility comes from lived experience: elite competition, decades of coaching, authorship, community service, faith, and resilience.
Lornette Daye is a former track athlete, national coach, Diversity Award Winner, author, and motivational speaker whose credibility is grounded in elite athletic achievement, lived resilience, decades of mentorship, and measurable community impact.
Her athletic background includes multiple national and Western Canada Games titles in the 100m and 200m sprints, along with provincial and city championships. Her career as an elite athlete took her across Canada, the United States, and Europe, including Poland and Germany.
As a Black athlete in the 1970s, Lornette experienced tremendous adversity, including housing insecurity and discrimination. Those challenges became part of the foundation for her message on resilience, identity, faith, courage, and helping younger athletes rise through similar struggles.
Across decades as an elite competitor, national coach, entrepreneur, mentor, and author, Lornette has built the authority to speak to schools, organizations, churches, women, youth, athletes, founders, and community leaders who need practical tools for confidence, resilience, and purpose.
Signature Keynote
Road to the Olympics: Lessons Learned as an Elite Athlete
Drawing from her journey as an elite sprinter, Lornette shows audiences how discipline, faith, confidence, and perspective can carry them through setbacks without losing sight of who they are.
A powerful elite-athlete story on rising above adversity without losing yourself.
Attendee Results
- Understand how foundational experiences shape elite outcomes.
- Develop a disciplined strategy for sustaining confidence and motivation.
- Recognize how adversity builds character and competitive advantage.
- Apply principles of focus, giving, and clarity to long-term success.
Recognition Highlights
Achievements that give her message depth.
These highlights trace the experiences behind Lornette's voice, from athletic excellence to community impact and authored resources.
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Empowering Black Girls
- Sir George Simpson, now Ecole Hillgrove School
- St. Albert Rotary Club
- Speak Feed Lead Project
- Millionaire Woman Podcast
- Spruce Grove Rotary Club
Recognition Highlights
- Diversity Award winner for inclusion and community impact
- Community volunteer committed to youth, belonging, and service
- Former national 100m and 200m sprint champion
- National coach who has mentored athletes across decades
- Author of resilience, performance, purpose, and personal-growth resources
Authored Books
Road to the Olympics: Lornette Daye's Journey to the World Stage
Surviving Life
Survival Skills for Athletes: A Holistic Guide to Mastering Performance, Purpose, and Legacy
Survival Skills for Men: A Comprehensive Guide to Living with Balance, Meaning, and Impact
Survival Skills for Women: A Comprehensive Guide to Living with Balance, Meaning, and Impact
Survival Skills for Students
Umattr Devotional
Travel & Booking Notes
Traveling from Alberta, Canada. Business-class international travel and standard professional AV/stage specifications for eligible events.