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GROVE CITY SWEEPS TOP SPOT IN 2012 PAC WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
(8/25/12)
Grove City College earned all 10 first-place votes in the 2012 PAC Womens' Cross Country Preseason Coaches' Poll. For more great PAC women's cross country information, check out our online season preview section.
GCC'S BREESE NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN (6/19/12)
Grove City College cross country/track & field standout
Mary Kate Breese has been named to the
2012 Capital
One/NCAA Division III Academic All-America Women's Cross
Country/Track & Field team, released today by the
College Sports Information Directors
of America (CoSIDA). Breese, a junior from Mercer, Pa.,
currently maintains a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade-point average
(GPA) majoring in accounting/finance. Earlier, Breese earned her
second straight Academic All-District First Team honor. She is a
three-time All-PAC selection in cross country, earning first team
honors in 2009 and 2011 and second team laurels in 2010. Last fall,
Breese finished fifth individually at the PAC championships. Breese
earned her first track & field letter this spring, competing as a
distance specialist. She finished in third place in both the 5,000
and 10,000 meter runs at the 2012 PAC Championships, earning All-PAC
honorable mention recognition.
CHATHAM TABS HODGE AS HEAD COACH/SID (2/16/12)
Chatham University
has named David Hodge as women’s head cross country coach.
He will also serve as sports information director and plans on
developing a track & field team for next spring. Hodge comes to
Chatham from Chowan University, Murfreesboro, N.C. where he served
as the head women’s cross country coach beginning in January 2011.During his time there Hodge also served
as the assistant sports information director. In 2008, he graduated
from fellow PAC member Grove City College. While at Grove City,
Hodge was a captain and four-year letterman for the four-time PAC
champion Wolverines in the triple jump.
PAC SCHOOLS TABBED FOR
ACADEMIC HONORS (2/16/12)
Five PAC women's cross country teams have earned
2011 Division III All-Academic Women's
Cross Country status by the
United States Track & Field and
Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
The PAC women's teams were represented by Geneva,
Grove City,
Wash.
& Jeff.,
Waynesburg, and
Westminster. A total of 187 women's teams earned all-academic
status in 2011.
To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team, the team
must have had a cumulative team GPA of 3.10 through the 2011 fall
semester.
GALLIGAN, SMITH EARN ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS (2/10/12)
Two PAC women's cross country runners - Grove City junior
Ella Smith
and Washington & Jefferson freshman
Kristen Galligan
- have been selected to the
2011 Division III All-Academic
Women's Cross Country Team by the
United States Track & Field and
Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). A total of 141
student-athletes representing 80 institutions earned All-Academic
honors in 2011. To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and
Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative
grade point average of 3.30 or greater through the most recent
semester and placed in the top 35 at the NCAA Division III Regional
Championships.
SVC'S MEJIA EARNS ALL-AMERICA HONORS AT NCAA
D-III CHAMPIONSHIP; W&J'S GALLIGAN ALSO PLACES (11/21/11)
Saint Vincent senior
Ivette Mejia earned NCAA Division III
All-America honors at the
2011 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships on November
19 in Winneconne, Wisc., as she placed 29th out of 277 runners with
a time of 21:37.41. In addition, Washington & Jefferson freshman
Kristen Galligan placed 179th,
at the championship.
Galligan was the first female runner in W&J school history to
compete at the national meet.
SMITH NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE
(11/18/11)
Junior cross country standout Ella Smith of Grove City College has been named
PAC Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) Female Scholar-Athlete of the Month for
November 2011.
PAC PAIR QUALIFIES FOR NCAA WOMEN'S MEET (11/13/11)
Three PAC cross country standouts have qualified to compete at the
2011 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, scheduled
for Saturday, Nov. 19 at Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne, Wisc.
Saint Vincent senior and 2011 PAC cross country champion Ivette
Mejia will make her first trip to the NCAA D-III national meet
after placing ninth at the 2011 NCAA Division III Mideast Regional
Championships on Saturday (Nov. 12). Mejia is joined by
the duo of junior Scott Ryan and freshman Kristen Galligan,
who became the first national cross country qualifiers in the
history of Washington & Jefferson College. Ryan placed 13th in
the men's regional race Saturday, while Galligan was 13th in the
women's race. The first seven athletes from each region who
are not a part of a qualifying team were selected to participate in
each championship.
GROVE CITY WOMEN CAPTURE TEAM TITLE AT 2011
PAC WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP (10/29/11)
The Saint Vincent men and Grove City women each captured team
titles on October 29 at the 2011 PAC Men's &
Women's Cross Country Championship, hosted by Westminster
College in New Wilmington, Pa. The Bearcat men finished with three
of the top five runners en route to 35 points and their second
consecutive league crown, easily outdistancing second-place Thiel
(70). Saint Vincent head coach Andy Herr was tabbed as PAC
Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year, while Bearcat senior Kevin
Wanichko captured individual champion/PAC MVP laurels. The
women's race saw the Grove City juggernaut continue rolling to its
25th straight PAC title, as the Wolverines posted 38 points to
finish well ahead of second-place Waynesburg (83). GCC head coach
Sean Severson was named PAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the
Year, while Saint Vincent senior Ivette Mejia routed the
field by over a minute to clinch individual champion/PAC MVP
recognition. Men's
complete team results and
individual results are online, as are women's
complete team results and
individual results.
WESTMINSTER TO HOST PAC CHAMPIONSHIP
(10/26/11)
Westminster College will serve as
the host institution and site of the
2011 PAC Men's & Women's Cross Country Championships, to be held
this Saturday, October 29 in New Wilmington, Pa. The women's race
begins at 10:30 a.m., followed by the men's race at 11:30 a.m.
Admission is free. Defending PAC team champions are the Saint
Vincent men and Grove City women, while 2010 women's individual
champion senior Ivette Mejia of Saint Vincent returns.
Top men's runners to watch include Thiel senior Richard Peterson
and Washington & Jefferson junior Scott Ryan. A
complete championship preview is
now online.
GROVE CITY PICKED TO REPEAT IN 2011 POLL (8/31/11)
Grove City has been picked to repeat
as PAC women's cross country champions in 2011,
according to a preseason poll of league
women's cross country coaches. The Grove City College women's
cross country team enters the 2011 season looking to build upon an
historic 2010 season in which the Wolverines advanced to the NCAA
Division III Championships for the first time in school history.
Under the guidance of Sean Severson who is in his seventh
season, Grove City will look to capture its 23rd straight title.
SIMONETTI
HIRED TO LEAD CHATHAM HARRIERS (8/30/11)
Chatham University
has hired Jennifer Simonetti as head cross country coach,
assisted by Dan Spaulding. Simonetti will also serve as
assistant soccer coach for the Cougars. She comes to Chatham
from Marietta College, where she served as the woman’s head
soccer coach. In 2005, Simonetti graduated from the University
of Dayton, where she was a CSCAA Third Team All-American
standout soccer player for the Flyers.
2011 PAC FALL SPORTS
PREVIEWS: WOMEN'S XC (8/29/11)
Today, we look at PAC women's cross country. Grove City enters the
2011 season looking to build upon an historic 2010 season in which
the Wolverines won their 22nd straight PAC title and advanced to the
NCAA Division III Championships for the first time in school
history. Grove City returns four of its seven runners who competed
in the NCAA Championships last fall. However, GCC will face quality
competition from several league foes including Saint Vincent, who
has 2010 PAC MVP returner Ivette Mejia. Also Geneva will look
to place third or better this season now being
approved for NCAA Division III active
membership this past summer. The complete
2011 PAC Women's Cross Country Preview
is now online, along with the
2011 composite women's cross country
schedule.
BETHANY NAMES GUINN CROSS COUNTRY COACH (8/10/11)
Michael Guinn, a former assistant coach at Division II
institutions West Virginia Wesleyan College and Seton Hill
University,
has been named the new head men’s and women’s cross country
coach at Bethany. He replaces Brandon Spaulding, who served
as head coach the past two seasons.
MAREK TABBED AS NEW W&J HEAD COACH (7/21/11)
Washington & Jefferson
has named Shawn Marek as its new head men's & women's
cross country/track & field coach. He replaces Mark
FitzPatrick, who resigned to take the head coaching job at
Denison. Marek recently spent two years as the head
coach for both sports at Salem College in Winston Salem, N.C. A
2000 graduate of Saint Bonaventure, Marek was a co-captain for
the Bonnies' NCAA Division I cross country squad.
THOMAS MORE HIRES JACKSON AS HEAD COACH (6/30/11)
Derrick Jackson
has been named head men's and women's cross country coach at
Thomas More College. Jackson replaces Brian Alessandro,
who resigned this spring after six years in the position. He
comes from Oak Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he
was the assistant cross country coach for three seasons. Jackson
ran cross country and track and field at Wilmington College
where he was named All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) and
All-Great Lakes Region. He also served in the Ohio Army
National Guard from 2000-2007, where he was deployed to Iraq
twice and earned numerous military awards.
FINLEY LAUDED AS PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE (6/23/11)
The PAC has selected senior multi-sport
athlete Desiree Finley of Bethany as
Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) Female Scholar-Athlete of the Month for June
2011. Each month, SAAC members at a PAC school nominate a
student-athlete to highlight based on academic and athletic
accomplishments. Honorees must be a varsity member in their
respective sport(s) and in their junior or senior year.
Scholar-Athletes of the Month must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0
or higher and be actively involved on his or her campus
community.
FOUR PAC STUDENT-ATHLETES NAMED TO 2011 ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
CROSS COUNTRY/T&F TEAMS (6/3/11)
Four PAC athletic standouts have been honored with selection to
the 2011 Capital
One Academic All-District II College Division Women's Cross
Country/Track & Field teams, released by the
College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Leading the way for the women was the lone first team
selection, Grove City sophomore
Mary Kate
Breese (4.0 cumulative grade-point average (GPA),
majoring in accounting). With the selection, Breese now advances
to the national Academic All-America ballot. Three other PAC
women garnered second team recognition: Grove City senior
Emily Pierce
(3.83 GPA, sociology/Christian thought) and the Washington &
Jefferson senior duo of
Katelynd McElhany (3.51 GPA, international business) and
Michelle Wuenstel (3.68 GPA, environmental studies).
FITZPATRICK RESIGNS AS W&J HEAD COACH (5/10/11)
Six-time PAC cross country/track &
field Coach of the Year Mark FitzPatrick
resigned from Washington & Jefferson today to accept the head
men's and women's track & field position at Denison University.
FitzPatrick, who guided the W&J women's track & field team to
its third PAC title two weeks ago, spent eight years as the head
coach for the Presidents' cross country and track & field
programs. A national search for the Presidents' new head cross
country/track & field coach begins immediately.
GROVE CITY WOMEN, SVC'S MEJIA CAPTURE TITLES AT
2010 PAC CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WAYNESBURG (10/30/10)
The Saint Vincent men and Grove City women captured team
titles at the 2010 PAC Men's & Women's Cross Country Championships,
hosted on Saturday, Oct. 30, by Waynesburg University at the
Greene County Airport. The men's race saw the Bearcats capture
their first-ever PAC team championship in any sport, while also
snapping Grove City's 19-year run as conference champions. GCC
senior Garrett Cichowitz was named 2010 PAC Men's Cross
Country MVP after capturing the individual title by two seconds
over Scott Ryan of Washington & Jefferson, while veteran
Saint Vincent mentor Andy Herr earned PAC Men's Coach of
the Year laurels. On the women's side, the Wolverines rolled to
their 24th straight league crown as GCC head coach Sean
Severson was tabbed for PAC Coach of the Year honors. 2010
MVP recognition went to race champion Ivette Mejia of
Saint Vincent. Final results for
men and
women are now online.
WAYNESBURG TO HOST PAC CHAMPIONSHIP (10/29/10)
The Greene County Airport in Waynesburg, Pa., will be the
site of the
2010 PAC Men's & Women's Cross Country Championships
this Saturday, Oct. 30, hosted by Waynesburg University. The
men's race will begin at 10 a.m. followed by the women's race at
approximately 10:45 a.m. The event is open to the public free of
charge. Grove City College is the long-time dominant force in
PAC cross country, but the Wolverines will be pushed by Saint
Vincent (eligible for the PAC title for the first time in 2010)
and a host of other strong runners and teams.
OCTOBER 17 CROSS COUNTRY RELEASE ONLINE (10/12/10)
The PAC weekly press release covering races through October
17, including men's & women's runners of the week,
is now online.
2010 PAC PREVIEW: SVC TO PUSH GROVE CITY (8/31/10)
PAC cross country has traditionally been the domain of the
Grove City Wolverines, as the GCC men are 18-time PAC champions
while the women have won 21 league titles in a row. However, a
new contender may emerge this fall in the form of Saint Vincent,
which has run close to Grove City in the past few PAC meets and
is now entering its first season of eligibility for the PAC
title. 2009 runner-ups Thiel (men) and Westminster (women) also
figure to be in the mix at the 2010 PAC Championships, slated
for October 30 at Waynesburg. The
2010 PAC Cross Country Preview is now online, along with the
2010 league composite schedule.
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. |
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