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.

PAC TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP WINNERS 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 Wolverine men, led by 2009 PAC MVP Garrett Cichowitz, finished with 18 points in PAC championship competition to easily outdistance second-place Thiel (57). In overall competition, GCC finished with 29 points to edge the host Bearcats (37). 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.

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.

SVC'S SMITH CAPTURES ECAC  TITLE
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.