Freya Rayner

Biography

Freya Rayner joined the Richmond women’s swimming and diving program in June of 2024 as an assistant swim coach. Rayner enters her career with the Spiders after spending a year at Dartmouth as an assistant coach for both the men's and women's programs. “We’re excited to welcome Freya to Richmond. Our women will benefit from her experiences as an athlete and a coach. I think she’s going to enjoy being part of our nerdy, motivated, fun-loving program. I am most impressed with her vision of marketing our program to the brightest students and the fastest swimmers. I look forward to having her energy and expertise for the up-coming season. We’ve been waiting for this hire!”, said head coach Matt Barany. Rayner previously spent the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons at Akron as an assistant coach and graduate assistant for the women's swimming and diving program, where she helped lead the Zips to back-to-back MAC titles. Akron athletes collected a long list of accolades during Rayner's two years on the staff, including two All-America honors, eight program records, three conference records, 12 individual conference champions and 10 conference relay champions. The Zips earned the MAC Swimmer of the Year twice, along with consecutive MAC Coach of the Year honors for head coach Brian Peresie, during Rayner's time at her alma mater. A 2021 graduate of Ohio State, Rayner was a nine-time CSCAA All-American, including four All-America honors in the 200 free relay, during her decorated four years