Raynee Revard - Track and Field Coach - Syracuse University Athletics

Raynee Revard

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
rdegrio@syr.edu

Raynee Revard, who was previously on the Orange staff for three seasons from 2013-15, returned to the Orange as an assistant coach in 2018.

Revard primarily works with the Syracuse women’s distance and cross country runners. She was most recently an assistant at Toledo with a stop at Ball State before that.

In her first season with the Orange in 2018, the 'Cuse women's cross country team tied its best finish at a conference meet in program history, taking third at the ACC Championships. Shannon Malone, now a member of the coaching staff, then went on to win the NCAA Northeast Region Championship - a first for a 'Cuse woman. The year capped off Revard coaching two NCAA Championship qualifiers in the 10,000-meters at the NCAA Track and Field Championships - Paige Stoner and Laura Dickinson - from the 'Cuse women's program.

In 2019, the Orange men returned to the top of the podium in men’s cross country and talented transfers Jordan Jacob and Amanda Vestri posted strong seasons for the ‘Cuse women. Both teams were simultaneously ranked No. 1 in the Northeast Region for the first time since 2014.

In the 2020-21 campaign, Revard coached a pair of women's All-Americans in the 10k, as Vestri and Annie Heffernan each qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. JP Trojan (10k) and Aidan Tooker (steeplechase) also qualified for the event on the men's side. It capped another strong season for Vestri, who was the ACC runner-up in cross country and the 5,000-meter champion in indoor.

In 2021-22, the 'Cuse women finished fourth at the ACC Cross Country Championships, while the men were runner-up. Annie Boos (steeplechase) and Nathan Henderson (1500) both earned All-America honors in the outdoor season.

In 2022-23, the Orange scored at all-six NCAA Championship events – one of 11 schools nationally to do so, had an individual All-America finish at five of the six, finished in the top-20 of both USTFCCCA Program of the Year standings, and had both teams earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Team distinction. Vestri concluded her ‘Cuse career with First Team All-America honors at both the NCAA indoor (5k) and outdoor (10k) championships, posted one of the 20 fastest times in NCAA history and shattered school records under Revard’s tutelage.

The women's cross country squad won the NCAA Northeast Regional in 2023, earning their third-straight trip to the NCAA Championships. On the track, Savannah Roark qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 10k, finishing her season as a USTFCCCA Honorable Mention All-American.

This past season, the Orange women extended their streak of NCAA Championship qualifications to four, placing 20th at the event, the third-best finish in school history.

In her one season at Toledo, Revard helped mentor the Rockets’ women’s cross country program to a runner-up finish at the MAC Championships and saw Athena Welsh represent Toledo with an 85th-place finish at the NCAA Championship. She also coached Petronela Simiuc to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary round in the 1500-meters.

Prior to Toledo, Revard spent three seasons at Ball State as a distance coach for cross country and track and field. During her time at Ball State, Revard made an immediate impact. In 2016, she helped lead the cross country program to its first top-10 finish in the Mid-American Conference Championships since 2012. The success carried into the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, with a 23^rd place finish, the programs best since 2007.

Her time with the Cardinals came on the heels of her time on the Syracuse staff that saw the Orange building towards the program’s first NCAA title. In her first stint with the Orange, the men’s program reached unprecedented heights, with consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships – something that hadn’t happened once in 50 years prior. The Orange women’s program also reached made a pair of NCAA Championship appearances in her two seasons.

Prior to Syracuse, Revard compiled an accomplished college career from 2007-2011 as a track and field and cross country runner at St. Thomas University (Minn). Revard was a four-time NCAA Division III National Championship Qualifier, twice in cross country (2007, 2008) and twice in outdoor track (2008,2009). She also helped lead the Tommies to 10 MIAC titles (four in indoor track, four in outdoor track, and two in cross country).

At St. Thomas, Revard specialized in middle distance and steeplechase. She earned eight all-league performer honors for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

A native of Grand Rapids, Minn., Revard completed her undergraduate degree at St. Thomas University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in Chemistry and continued to further her education with a Masters of Science in Education, sport pedagogy from Baylor University.