Our Staff
We have several wonderful individuals that make what we do possible! Here is a bit about them...

Founder and Coach
Evan Gaynor
Evan has coached athletes of all different levels for over 15 years and has run competitively for nearly 24 years. In high school, he was a 2004 state cross country champion in Ohio, and went on to become a 5x NAIA All-American at Malone University. Since graduating from college, Evan has run 22 marathons and finished as the top Ohioan in both the 2016 and 2020 United States Olympic Trials. He is also a two-time winner of the Toledo Glass City Marathon, the 2016 Rocket City Marathon, and numerous half marathons and shorter races.
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Evan has coached runners of all levels for the past 15 years, at the high school level at Perrysburg High School in Ohio from 2011-2014, and led community training groups for Dave's Running in Toledo, OH from 2011-2021. He founded Gaynor Train in 2021 as a means of reaching runners everywhere.
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Evan's Personal Bests:
5k: 14:19
4 Mile: 18:54
10k: 29:53
10 Mile: 49:20
Half Marathon: 1:04:44
Marathon: 2:17:29

Coach
Dylan Villescas
Dylan was born and raised in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has been running competitively since 2005. He competed for the College of the Holy Cross Cross Country and Track programs from 2010-2014. After college, Dylan went on to compete at the road marathon distance, placing 28th overall and 8th American at the 2016 Boston Marathon. Dylan is also the current course record holder of the El Paso Marathon, winning the event in 2015.
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Dylan is also a Marine Officer, and competed for the All-Marine Running Team at the Marine Corps Marathon in 2018, finishing as the first Marine (8th overall), and in 2022 finishing as the third Marine (13th overall) and contributing to the Marine Corps Men’s Team Armed Forces Marathon victory that year.
He resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is a full-time attorney. In his spare time, he enjoys training to improve his road marathon PR, and coaching for us here at Gaynor Train!!
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Dylan's Personal Bests:
Mile: 4:14
3k Steeplechase: 9:33
5k: 15:02
10k: 31:32
Half Marathon: 1:10
Marathon: 2:28

Coach/Dayton Group Run Leader
Andrew Crawford
Andrew Crawford brings over 30 years of high school coaching experience with him to Gaynor Train, across a distinguished career that has seen him build many winning and storied track and field programs. His genius in coaching middle-distance events is proven, having coached athletes to as fast a mark as 47 second in the 400 meters. He has coached numerous school record holders, state qualifiers, and state champions.
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Crawford also has decades of his own racing experience. Part of a state champion 4 x 800 meter relay team at Madison Plains High School in Ohio in 1988, he went on to compete collegiately for Ohio Wesleyan University, running 33:57 for 10,000 meters. In later years he raced several marathons, qualifying for Boston and running a personal best of 3:18.

Toledo Group Run Leader
Bonnie Baumann
Bonnie is an excellent brand ambassador.