Keven Syverson has coached the men's and women's middle distance and distance runners at UW-RF since 2003. Keven's coaching experience includes coaching the men's and women's distance runners at UW-RF in
1995. He was also an assistant with the 1995 UW-La Crosse men's cross country and 1996 men's indoor track & field teams. Syverson also assisted with the cross country team at Hastings High School in 1994. He is USATF Level I certified.

Syverson competed for the Falcon cross country and track & field teams from 1990-1994. He was a three year captain in both cross country and track & field and was the Most Valuable Runner in 1991 and 1992 with the cross country team. He was the track & field team's Most Valuable Runner in 1992. He was a two-time 4x400 meter Div. III All-American in track & field. Syverson was a five time Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC) champion in track & field. He was also the first WSUC athlete to win all three indoor sprint distance events at the conference meet (600, 800, & 1000). He also won outdoor titles in the 800 meters and 1600 meter relay. He still holds six Falcon records. Syverson was inducted into the UW-RF Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005. Syverson also competed with a German running club when he was a soldier stationed in Germany in the late 1980's. He also lived in Portland, Ore., and had the opportunity to
run with and meet several national caliber master's level runners.

Syverson graduated from UW-RF in 1994 with a B.S. in German and received his masters of public health degree from UW-La Crosse in 1997. He is currently the health education coordinator with UW-RF Student Health Services. He lives in River Falls with his wife Jennifer and three children (Alaina, Jared, and Erin).