University of Michigan Women's Cross Country

Women's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year (2023) Women's Great Lakes Region Track and Field Coach of the Year (2023) Great Lakes Region Indoor Assista...

Avery Evenson-Milarch is in her third year as an assistant coach for the University of Michigan track and field team in the 2024-25 season, working with the Women’s Distance runners. In her second season, she helped coach Samantha Saenz to a pair of top-eight finishes at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (3,000m, 9:21.62; 5,000m, 16:15.28) and Sam Tran to a top-eight finish in the mile (4:39.77) and a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter run with a personal best time of 9:19.06. Penelopea Gordon finished second in the 800-meter run (2:05.34) while Cassie Kearney finished fourth with a personal best 2:06.16. The DMR team earned a second-place finish at the Big Ten Indoor Championships. In the outdoor season, Saenz finished fourth in the 10,000-meter run (33:3584) to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary where she finished 17th with a personal best 33:24.48 for the No. 4 mark on the program performers list. Gordon finished fifth in the 1,500-meter run (4:17.85) and Sam Hastie finished eighth in the 800-meter run (2:08.32), while Saenz and Tilly Simpson both made the podium in the 5,000-meter run at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Hastie, Gordon, and Kearney all advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 1,500-meter run, with Hastie's 27th place finish leading the trio. In her first season on the coaching staff, Evenson-Milarch helped coach a women's team that swept the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Aurora Rynda won the 800-meter Big Ten Indoor Title, adva