HARDIE TABBED AS WAYNESBURG HEAD COACH (7/13/10)
Chris Hardie has been named the new head coach of the Waynesburg University men’s and women’s cross country teams. Hardie served as the team’s assistant coach in the fall of 2009. He also just completed his fifth season as an assistant coach with the Waynesburg University men’s and women’s track & field teams. Hardie replaces former head coach Blair Zimmerman, who served as head coach for the past 11 seasons.

EIGHT FROM PAC NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT (6/3/10)
Eight standout PAC student-athletes (five men, three women) have been selected to the 2010 ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All-District II cross country/track & field teams, released today by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Of the eight, three garnered first team honors and will now advance to the Academic All-America national ballot. On the men's side, Grove City senior Derek Kruse (3.92 grade-point average (GPA), molecular biology) and Westminster senior Jeremiah Patterson (3.91, broadcast communications) were tabbed, while second team honorees were the GCC junior duo of Garrett Cichowitz (3.60, entrepreneuship/Christian thought) and Kevin Gallagher (3.88, political science/history) and W&J sophomore Josh Buckley (3.44, biology). The women's team was led by first team senior Jodi Bodo (3.82, communication) of Bethany and a pair of second teamers from Westminster in senior Abbey Basta (3.79, English) and sophomore Emily Dolsak (3.94, exploratory).

SPALDING TABBED AS NEW BETHANY COACH (1/28/10)
Brandon Spalding, a former national championship qualifier at Bridgewater (Va.) College, has been chosen as the new head men’s and women’s cross country coach and assistant track & field coach at Bethany College. Spalding replaces Matt Abel, who resigned in January.

THIEL'S MCAFEE HONORED BY PAC SAAC (1/20/10)
Senior PAC student-athlete Sarah McAfee of Thiel College have been named PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Month for January 2010.

PAC TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS RELEASED (12/10/09)
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) has announced the PAC Team Sportsmanship Award winners for Fall 2009 sports. The PAC Team Sportsmanship Award was started in the 2008-09 sports season, and is an effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among conference teams. The award is sponsored by the PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) and is presented to one team in each of the 19 PAC-sponsored varsity sports.

GROVE CITY SWEEPS PAC CHAMPIONSHIPS (10/31/09)
Grove City College swept the men's and women's team and individual titles at the 2009 PAC Men's & Women's Cross Country Championship, held Oct. 31 at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa. The women's slate saw Grove City freshman Sara Fisher take home MVP honors after edging teammate and classmate Ella Smith at the finish line for the individual title. The Wolverine women posted 17 points in PAC championship competition to easily top second place Westminster (62), while finishing with 20 points in overall competition, ahead of second-place Saint Vincent (75). GCC mentor Sean Severson swept both the men's and women's PAC Coach of the Year awards for 2009.

SAINT VINCENT TO HOST 2009 PAC MEET (10/29/09)
Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa., will be the site of the 2009 PAC Men's & Women's Cross Country Championships, scheduled for this Saturday (Oct. 31) with the women's six-kilometer race beginning at 11 a.m., followed by the men's eight-kilometer race starting at noon. Grove City College is the defending conference champion in both men's and women's cross country.

CU'S GREENWOOD HONORED BY PAC SAAC (10/20/09)
The PAC has announced that Samantha Greenwood of Chatham University and Elisha Jones of Waynesburg University have been named Scholar-Athletes of the Month by the PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) for October, 2009.

GENEVA FRESHMAN CLAIMS NATIONAL HONORS (10/1/09)
Geneva freshman cross country runner Shannon Rech was recognized by the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) as the National Runner of the Week. Rech led the Golden Tornadoes to a fourth place finish at the Saint Vincent College Invitational last weekend and posted a career-best time of 20:19 on the 5K course. It is the second consecutive week a Geneva student-athlete has been handed a national honor.

GROVE CITY'S WOMEN'S TEAM RANKED NO. 32 (10/1/09)
The Grove City women's cross country team is ranked No. 32 in the country by the United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III Naitonal Poll. Grove City received 21 voter points in making its first appearance in the national poll this season.

GROVE CITY RANKED 4TH IN MIDEAST (9/22/2009)
Grove City's women's cross country team is ranked fourth in the Mideast Region by the United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The Wolverines moved up two spots since the Sept. 7 poll.

GENEVA'S OTTE RESIGNS; YOWLER TO COACH GTs (8/2/09)
Geneva head cross country and track & field coach Bret Otte has resigned to take the head track & field coaching position at his alma mater, Calvin College. Brian Yowler, who has served as Otte's cross country assistant for the past three years, was named the program's new head coach. A national search for a new track & field head coach is underway.

BETHANY TABS ABEL AS NEW HEAD COACH
Matt Abel has been selected as the new head men’s and women’s cross country coach and assistant track and field coach at Bethany College. Abel is a former collegiate standout at Wheeling Jesuit who most recently was a Wheeling Park High School assistant coach.

PAC AWARDS TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP HONORS
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) has announced the Fall 2008 PAC Team Sportsmanship Award winners. This new award is sponsored by the members of the PAC Student-Athlete-Advisory Council (SAAC), in an effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among the conference teams.

GCC TRIO HEADED FOR NCAA NATIONALS
Three Grove City College cross country runners - women's seniors Kristen Carter and Julia Seward and men's sophomore Garrett Cichowitz - have qualified for the NCAA Division III Men's & Women's Cross Country National Championships, to be hosted by Hanover College in Hanover, Ind., on Saturday, November 22. Carter and Seward placed second and third, respectively, at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional, hosted by PAC member Waynesburg University on Saturday. Cichowitz finished in 17th place at the men's regional at Waynesburg.

SAINT VINCENT 12TH AT ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saint Vincent College senior cross country runner Adam Smith capped off his collegiate career by capturing the individual championship at the 2008 ECAC Championship meet on Saturday in Bristol, RI. Smith took first place out of 322 runners by covering the eight-kilometer course in 26:18. The Bearcat men took seventh in a 48-team field at the event, while the Lady Bearcats were 12th out of 42 teams, paced by Katie Macioce's 12th-place finish.

GROVE CITY HARRIERS SWEEP 2008 PAC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS ON NOVEMBER 1
Grove City College successfully defended its men's and women's team titles at the 2008 PAC Men's & Women's Cross Country Championships, hosted by Thomas More College at Voice of America Park in West Chester, Ohio, on Saturday, November 1. 2008 MVP awards went to the Grove City duo of Garrett Cichowitz and Kristen Carter, while Saint Vincent senior Adam Smith won the men's individual race title. Coach of the Year laurels went to Thiel Kevin Pool for men and Grove City's Sean Severson for women. All results and team standings are now available courtesy of  Runningtime.net.