Head Coach Will Guarino is pleased to announce the addition of Toya Reavis as his assistant coach. Reavis most recently ran a successful private practice that developed athletes of all ages and abilities to significant personal records in distances ranging from 800 meters to the marathon. She is a USATF Level One coach, ACE certified personal trainer, and holds an Exercise Science certification from UCSD.
"We are thrilled to have Toya join our coaching staff,” Guarino said. “She brings a tremendous wealth of running knowledge and passion to running and coaching."
She has been coached and mentored by Joaquim Cruz, a 1984 Olympic 800-meter gold medalist. She has also assisted San Diego City College and SDTC coach Paul Greer in preparing hundreds of runners to complete their first marathons as part of the San Diego Rock `n` Roll Marathon Training Program while also preparing her athletes for their Boston Marathon qualifiers. In 2012 one of her athletes was honored as the San Diego Track Club’s Masters Runner of the Year.
Still active as master’s competitor herself, Reavis competed for San Diego’s City College when she first moved to San Diego from Los Angeles. While at City College she won the Pacific Coast Conference Cross Country title. Later she was a nationally ranked master’s runner over 800m and 1500m.
Toya’s coaching philosophy mixes a strong foundational approach with injury prevention as she brings a particular passion for the sport and wellness to her coaching practice.
Reavis lives in San Diego with her husband, famed television broadcaster and writer Toni Reavis.
