Freya Rayner - Women's Swimming & Diving Coach

Freya Rayner

Title:
Assistant Coach
Alma Mater:
Ohio State ’21
Email:
Freya.Rayner@dartmouth.edu
At Dartmouth:
1st Year (2023-)

Freya Rayner joined the Dartmouth men's and women's swimming and diving programs as an assistant coach in June of 2023.

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 guide the Zips to back-to-back MAC titles. Akron athletes garnered 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 landed the MAC Swimmer of the Year twice, along with consecutive MAC Coach of the Year honors for head coach Brian Peresie, during Rayner's tenure.

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 as a student-athlete. She was instrumental in the Buckeyes' back-to-back Big Ten titles over her final two seasons and was a five-time conference relay champion.

Rayner hails from Sunderland, United Kingdom and earned a bachelor's degree in world literatures from Ohio State in 2021 before receiving her master's in coaching and administration from Akron in 2023.