Former Siena Cross Country & Track student athlete Andrew Canavan return to the program as an Assistant Coach in October 2022.
"I'm very excited for Andrew to join our staff,” Head Coach John Kenworthy said upon Canavan's appointment. "It's exciting to be able to continue expanding our staff and grow our program. As an alumnus, Andrew understands Siena as a school and as a community. His experience in college coaching is a valuable layer on top of his experience as a student athlete here in Loudonville, and I'm sure both will blend together to make him an extremely valuable resource for our student athletes."
Siena's 2022-23 season featured new heights during all three seasons, beginning with a pair of second place finishes for both cross country squads at the 2022 MAAC Cross Country Championships. Fifth year Olivia Lomascolo claimed the program's firs individual MAAC cross country title and was named the Female Most Outstanding Runner of the Meet. Lomascolo would go on to win MAAC individual titles in the indoor 3k and outdoor 5k as well, leading top her being awarded Siena Female Student Athlete of the Year for the 2022-23 season. She achieved the program's best finish at the NCAA Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships (19th), and along with Delia McDade Clay (22nd) became the first Siena pair to take home All-Region accolades in the same race.
Aside from breaking nearly every individual program record throughout the course of the year, both programs took home MAAC title in the distance medley relay events at the 2023 MAAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, with the women's team setting a conference record in the process. Senior Brandon Olden claimed his third consecutive MAAC Outdoor Track 10k title, while both Lomascolo and Olden qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track East First Round in the 10k and 5k, respectively, with Lomascolo becoming the first female Siena runner to do so.
Aside from garnering team APR awards for all four teams, the Saints also took home USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors for both programs for the eighth year in a row and the 14th time in the last 16 seasons. A record 30 Saints were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team, including an unprecedented 15 per-squad.
A 2019 graduate of Siena, Canavan spent the past three years as an Assistant Coach with the cross country and track program at nearby Union College in Schenectady, NY. While at Union, he served as the primary assistant for the cross country teams, as well as the distance coach for the indoor and outdoor track programs.
Canavan received his Track and Field Technical Certification, as well as his Endurance Event Specialist Certification from the USTFCCCA in 2021.
He earned his Bachelor’s in Psychology from Siena in 2019, and was a four-year member of the Saints’ cross country & track program from 2015-19. He finished his collegiate career ranked 13th in program history in the cross country 8k and second in the men’s 10k.
