Meet the 2025 SWM Athletes: John Reniewicki

John Reniewicki | Men’s Elite Mile

Social Media: Instagram

Sponsor: Under Armour
College: Arizona State
Mile PR: 3:51.72

I grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona. My mother, mostly retired, was a CPA. My father, very much retired, taught high school physics and coached with most of his career spent at Arcadia High School. He luckily gave me a passing grade for physics.
I love hiking and camping. As well as pretty much anything outdoors. Spent a lot of time backpacking in the Grand Canyon growing up.
I’m from a big family, middle child of five. All pretty interested in sports, mostly soccer and track. My younger sister and I ran at Arizona State together, and my younger brother is about to start his freshman season at Ohio State on the swim team.
In my last few years of college I spent the summers working as a volunteer firefighter in Happy Jack, Arizona.
After college I lived in Boulder for a year before moving to Baltimore to join Under Armour’s distance group there coached by Cory Leslie.

What is your song of the Summer? The Way I live, Baby Boy Da Prince. Honorable mention Best Day of My Life by BLUNT
What’s one place you’ve run that you wish everyone could grab a few miles on? Forest Road 211 in Happy Jack, Arizona
What’s your favorite way to hydrate to beat the heat of the Summer? Coconut water and a mango
What’s something you do for fun in your “offseason?” Ideally something involving a beach or a lake
Do you have any connections to Raleigh and/or North Carolina? I raced the Sir Walter Miler back in 2021!