Emily Sisson Coach

Emily Sission is an American long distance runner. She rose to fame during her high school years when she set the U.S. national record for high school girls in the 5000 metres with a time of 15:48.91. This was followed by a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. Moreover, during her college years, she became two-time NCAA Champion in the 5000m category and set the collegiate indoor record for women in the same event in addition to ten All-American honors. Sission became professional in 2015 after signing a contract with New Balance.

Moving forward, she was placed first at the USATF 10K Championships in 2016, first at USA 5 km Championships in 2018 and first at USA National Championship 15K at Gate River Run. Notably, at the 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon, she ran her first 26.2-mile race and finished in sixth place in 2:23:08, the quickest debut time by an American on a course eligible for records. This was followed by breaking the half-marathon record at the USATF Half Marathon Championships in May 2022 and a North American record at the Chicago Marathon in October 2022.

At the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials, Sisson ran 2:22:42 and finished second, earning a spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the process.

Who is Emily Sisson’s coach?

Ray Treacy is Emily Sisson's coach as of April 2024. Treacy is a former competitive distance runner who now coaches undergraduate and professional runners.

Treacy, born in County Waterford, Ireland, competed for Ireland at the World Cross Country Championships between 1977–1979 and attended Providence College in Rhode Island. He is the brother of Irish Olympian John Treacy.

Treacy's best road race times were 2:16:54 in the Cork IRL Marathon, 47:42 in the Ballycotton IRL 10 mile, and 28:48 in Boston in 1985. In addition to winning the New England Cross Country Championship twice, he was named an All-America by the National Collegiate Athletic Association three times. John Treacy, Treacy's brother, also went to Providence and set course records in 1979 and 1981 when he won the Manchester Road Race.

Ray Treacy’s Coaching Career

Ray Treacy has coached 65 All-Americans, including eleven Olympians and seven NCAA individual champions till date. His women's team has qualified for the nationals 27 out of 28 times, while his men's cross-country program has advanced to the NCAA nationals 19 times out of 22. Providence has won 22 Big East crowns, 14 NCAA Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships, and the NCAA Cross Country Championships in 1995 and 2013.

Treacy has trained nine runners from Providence to win individual 1,500–10,000-meter track titles at the NCAA level. Under Treacy's guidance, Julian Oakley became the eighth Friar to run a sub-four-minute mile in 2015. Sisson was a three-time NCAA champion, an eleven-time All-American, and an eleven-time champion of the Big East Conference. Moreover, Treacy's student-athletes have represented Ireland in the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, Sydney in 2000, and Athens in 2004. These are only a few of their many notable international accomplishments. They also participated in the Olympics in Beijing (2008), London (2012), and Rio de Janeiro (2016).

Molly Huddle, Amy Hastings-Cragg, and Eimly Sisson—who own NCAA and national records—are just a few of the well-known professional runners that Treacy has coached. In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, among other events, they also set records in Ireland and New Zealand.