Goad competed in the first Women"s World Championships in 1987 at age seventeen and was the only female Olympian to compete in the 2000 Olympics who was also present at that first women"s Worlds. She currently teaches Physical Education at an elementary school.
Junior and Senior American record holder in snatch, clean and jerk, and total (1986–1992) Senior National Champion (1988, 1989, 1991–1996, 1999, & 2001) Senior American record holder in snatch, clean and jerk, and total (1993–1997) Senior World Champion (1994) Pan Am Games Champion (1999) Olympic Games team member (2000) Secretariat one Senior World record during career All-Time Junior and Senior American record holder in snatch and total.
