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A longtime coach and educator, Eva Suyko (Manzke) has spent more than three decades helping student-athletes develop athletically and academically.
 
Suyko competed in cross country and track and field during her four years at Lewis, earning All-Conference honors in 1988 and 1991. Following the 1991 cross country season, she was named an Academic All-American, while her 5K time of 19:00 from that season currently ranks among the top 25 in Lewis women's cross country history. She also earned a provisional qualifying mark in the 1,500 meters during the 1991 track and field season.


(Suyko running at Lewis)
 
Suyko graduated from Lewis in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and earned a master's degree in administration and Type 75 certification from Lewis in 1995. In 2014, she earned a master's degree in instructional leadership and an English learner degree from the University of Illinois Chicago.
 
She began her coaching career at Argo Community High School, coaching cross country from 1992-94 before returning to the program in 2003. She has served as head cross country coach since 2003 and became head track and field coach in 2022.
 
Suyko also served as head cross country coach at Heritage Middle School in 1996, coached at Morton College from 2012-14, and was head boys' and girls' cross country coach at Evergreen Park High School from 2018-22.
 
She has received multiple South Suburban Conference Coach of the Year nominations. In 2023, she was named Illinois State Agriculture Teacher of the Year for her work incorporating healthy eating, exercise, and wellness into her curriculum. Suyko spent 35 years in School District 104 before retiring in June 2026. She currently serves as a student advocate for ISC4.


(Suyko with one of her runners)
 
Suyko and her husband, Marty Manzke Sr., have two children, Morgan and former Lewis men's soccer player Marty Jr., and one grandchild.