Avery Evenson-Milarch - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory

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Avery Evenson-Milarch

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Assistant Coach

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, advancing to the NCAA Championships and finishing in eighth place while earning First Team All-America Honors. At the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, she helped coach seven Wolverines to top-5 finishes including the 800-meter title from Rynda. Rynda advanced to the NCAA Championships, placing seventh and earning First Team All-America honors.

She joins the program after spending the last two years coaching cross country and Saline High School and while running her family owned company, a home renovation and design construction firm.

Evenson-Milarch started her schooling at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs but did not compete for the school while training with USA Triathlon. Evenson-Milarch is a Two-time Team USA Triathlon World Team Member and was named USA Triathlon Under-23 Athlete of the Year in 2015.

In 2015, she began her time at the University of Michigan, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in international affairs. During her time at Michigan, she was a three-year member of the Michigan track and field and cross country teams. In her three years with the team, she was a Cross Country NCAA All-American and Great Lakes Region Honoree in 2016 and 2018. In 2016, she placed 18th with a time of 20:11.5 to help U-M match its program-best national team finish (second place) at the NCAA Cross Country Championships.