Tony Ryan
Head Coach
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Tony Ryan joined the Bolles faculty in 1997. He teaches 11th grade English and serves as an 11th grade advisor. Ryan served as the boys' cross country head coach from 1997-2012 and took over as head coach of the girls' squad in 2003.

Ryan has led the girls' cross country teams to nine of the program's state record 13 state titles including four straight from 2012-15 and back-to-back titles in 2020 and 2021. Ryan's 12 career state cross country titles ranks among the top all-time in Florida cross country history. Ryan's teams have continued a streak of 17 consecutive top-2 finishes at the state meet and 31 straight top-5 finishes. He has guided the girls' program to nine state-runner finishes in his tenure, as well as several top-10 state finishes for the boys' teams.

Ryan served as the boys' and girls' track and field head coach from 1998-2003. He led the boys' team to a state title in 1999, a state runner-up finish in 2003, and six straight district titles from 1998-2003. Under Ryan, the girls' track and field team was state runner-up in 1998 and district champions in 2000 and 2003. Ryan returned to the upper school track and field program as an assistant coach focusing on the distance runners in 2006 and helped the girls' team win the program's first state title in 2014 and five more titles since. Ryan took over as the track and field head coach again for the 2025 season.

Prior to Bolles, Ryan led the Bishop Kenny girls' cross country team to three straight state titles from 1994-96 and consecutive district titles from 1992-96. Ryan guided the BK boys' and girls' track and field teams to district championships during his two years as head coach, with the girls' team placing third at the state meet in 1997.

Ryan is a graduate of the University of North Florida, earning bachelors and master's degrees in English. Ryan competed in cross country and track for the Ospreys, earning NAIA All-American honors in indoor and outdoor track in 1988. He was the 1987 Florida Intercollegiate cross country champion in an unofficial collegiate state championships record time of 24:30. Ryan still holds the school record at 5,000 meters (14:12.5). He was also teammates with fellow Bolles faculty member Cormac O'Riordan. Ryan transferred to UNF after two years at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. While at Austin Peay, he won Ohio Valley Conference titles in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs in 1986, won the conference title in cross country in 1986, was the runner-up in the two mile run in the 1986 indoor conference meet, and was named Ohio Valley Conference Cross Country Runner of the year in 1986.

Ryan was born and raised in County Clare, just outside of Limerick, Ireland. He attended high school at Saint Munchin's College in Limerick, competing in cross country and track, as well as rugby and soccer. He helped the cross country team to a second place national ranking as a senior. Ryan's three children have attended Bolles: graduates Eilis ’11 and Audrey ’15 and current student Aidan ’23.

Mark Sieron

Mark Sieron has coached the Bolles throwers since 2007 and has helped guide some of the greatest throwers in school history. He has coached numerous student-athletes to individual state, region and district titles as well as contributing to eight team state titles combined for the boys and girls during his tenure. In 2019 and 2020, flrunners.com ranked the Bolles Throws group as the top throwers in the state of Florida, across all classifications.

When Mark began coaching at Bolles, he was returning to track & field after taking three decades away to help raise a family and build a busy law practice.  While in high school at Crestview (FL) High School, he was a 57-foot shot putter and 163-foot discus thrower.  In college at the University of Florida, Mark was on the varsity track and field team, lettering in the discus and hammer throw in the late 1970s. In 2013, Mark was honored with induction into Crestview High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Mark and his wife Robyn have two grown children who graduated from Bolles: Grant ’07 and Kendall ’10 and a grandson August.  When not coaching, Mark is a partner at the law firm of Aguilar & Sieron, P.A.

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