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Assistant Coaches
Jan. 10, 2007
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Keven Syverson has coached the men's and women's middle distance and
distance runners at UWRF since 2003. Keven's coaching experience also
includes coaching the men's and women's distance runners at UWRF in 1995. Syverson's athletes earned championship honors in the distance medley relay at the 2006 indoor WIAC meet also earning a provisional time for the national meet. Syverson's athletes have set two UWRF records for men and have set seven school records on the women's side. Syverson competed for the Falcon cross country and track & field teams from 1990-1994. He was a three year captain in both cross country and track & field and was the Most Valuable Runner in 1991 and 1992 with the cross country team. He was the track & field team's Most Valuable Runner in 1992. He was a two-time 4x400 meter Div. III All-American in track & field. Syverson was a five time Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC) champion in track & field. He was also the first WSUC athlete to win all three indoor sprint distance events during his career at the conference meet (600, 800, & 1000). He also won outdoor titles in the 800 meters and 1600 meter relay. He still holds six Falcon records. Syverson was inducted into the UWRF Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005. Syverson also competed with a German running club when he was a soldier stationed in Germany in the late 1980's. He also lived in Portland, Ore., and had the opportunity to run with and meet several national caliber master's level runners. Syverson graduated from UWRF in 1994 with a B.S. in German and received his masters of public health degree from UW-La Crosse in 1997. He is currently the Health Education Coordinator with UWRF Student Health Services. He lives in River Falls with his wife Jennifer and three children, Alaina, Jared and Erin. Coach Syverson can be reached at keven.syverson@uwrf.edu |
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| Torrion Amie is in his ninth season as the Falcons jump coach and this year will also coach the male sprinters. He has coached many conference champions, national qualifiers and several All-Americans including school record holders in the high jump, long jump and the heptathlon. He is the assistant camp director for the Falcon Track & Field summer camps. He was the head recruiter for the Falcon cross country team from 2001-05. He holds a USA Track and Field Level 1 certification. Amie also helped coach jumps at Burnsville High School in the 1992 and 1993 seasons. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, he is the Upward Bound Coordinator at UW-River Falls, partnering with Arlington High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Some of Amie’s duties include assisting inner city young adults in tutoring, passing Minnesota standards tests, exposing students to cultural field trips and leadership conferences and college visits. From 1998 to 2006 Amie was an ad hoc teacher at the University in the department of health & human performance, teaching physical education and dance classes. Since 1997 he has choreographed for the campus dance theatre program. Since 2000, he has been the advisor to the UWRF dance team. Amie runs dance clinics all over the nation and internationally in Japan. He is the director of operations and head strength coordinator at Blue Chip Sports Academy, a multi-sport training facility located in Burnsville, Minn. He was a fitness trainer at the Minnesota Valley YMCA in Burnsville from 1997 to 2003. In addition to track & field, Amie also has trained collegiate Div. I, II & III athletes in baseball, softball, volleyball and football. Amie received his masters of education degree in kinesiology, with an emphasis in sports management, from the University of Minnesota. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in music and a minor in dance from UW-River Falls. |
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Don Glover |
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Brenda Thiel |
Lance Wiersma |
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Steve Wros |
Sara Rudesill |
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