THIEL MEN EARN T&F ACADEMIC HONORS (8/7/10)
The Thiel College men's team and Waynesburg University
women's team were each named All-Academic teams by the
United States Track & Field
and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for having
a team grade-point average (GPA) on 3.1 or higher. The Tomcats
(3.14 GPA)
were one of 68 Division III men's teams honored, while the
Yellow Jackets (3.10 GPA)
were one of 106 women's teams lauded.
KRUSE NAMED ESPN ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN (6/22/10)
Recent Grove City graduate Derek Kruse
earned
College Division Third Team Academic All-America honors for
cross country/track and field Tuesday from
ESPN The Magazine and the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA). Kruse earned four letters in
track and field for Grove City and helped the Wolverines capture
three PAC titles. In 2010, Kruse took second in both the high
jump, 1500-meter run and 1600-meter relay at the PAC
Championships. He earned the squad's MVP honor for the 2010
season. Kruse achieved a 3.93 cumulative grade-point average
while majoring in molecular biology.
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).
THIEL'S EATON CAPTURES NATIONAL TITLE IN 400
(5/29/10)
For the first time since 1997,
the Presidents' Athletic Conference boasts a NCAA Division III
outdoor track & field national champion. The
historic milestone was reached on Saturday afternoon, when Thiel College senior
Alex Eaton
posted a
school- and stadium record time of 46.79 to
capture national championship honors in the event. With the
victory, he concluded his stellar Tomcat track & field career as
a six-time All-American. Eaton had
advanced to the finals of the 400 meter dash at the NCAA
Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday in
Berea, Ohio, as his advancing time of 48.15 registered as the
fourth fastest time of the day. In other final day action,
Waynesburg sophomore Krystal Baker placed 16th in the
triple jump with a mark of 36-7 1/2.
TMC HIRES HILL AS FIRST TRACK & FIELD COACH (5/28/10)
Thomas More has hired Jeff Hill
as the first-ever head coach of the Saint track & field program,
which will be a club sport in 2010-11 before a planned move to
varsity status in the 2011-12 academic year. Hill comes to
Thomas More from local rival Mount St. Joseph, where he was an
assistant track & field coach for the past five seasons
PAC QUARTET TO COMPETE AT NCAA NATIONALS (5/26/10)
Four PAC track & field standouts have qualified to compete
at the
2010 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships,
hosted by
Baldwin-Wallace College on Thursday-Saturday, May 27-29, in
Berea, Ohio. Thiel College senior Alex Eaton is the lone
men's representative from the conference, as he will compete in
the 400 meter run
after posting the second-fastest time in the nation this
year. On the women's side,
three Waynesburg athletes will compete, with junior
Elisha Jones and sophomore Marybeth Rocco each
participating in the javelin throw, while sophomore Krystal
Baker competes in the triple jump.
FOUR FROM PAC RECEIVE USTFCCCA HONORS (5/25/10)
Four PAC individuals have been honored as 2010 Mideast Region
Award winners by the
Unites States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches
Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday. Waynesburg sophomore
Krystal Baker was named the Mideast Region Women's Field
Athlete of the Year. She was also named PAC Women's Field
Athlete of the Year after winning league titles in both the high
jump and long jump. In addition, Yellow Jacket head coach
Jason Falvo and assistant coach
Chris Hardie were
lauded as Mideast Region Women's Head Coach and Women's
Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively. W&J assistant
Jessica Cooper was also honored as Men's Assistant Coach of
the Year in the region.
GIBSON TO HEAD GCC TRACK & FIELD PROGRAM (5/5/10)
Grove City College announced today that
Todd
Gibson will take over as the college's head men's and
women's track and field coach, while also still fulfilling his
duties as assistant football coach. He takes over for head coach
Dr. Allison Williams, who will continue her role as
assistant chair for the Department of Physical Education and
Athletics. Gibson, a Champion, Ohio native and Grove City alum,
just completed his second season as an assistant coach, working
primarily with distance runners. During his time in the
position, four distance runners have set new school records.
W&J MEN CAPTURE 2010 PAC T&F TITLE (5/1/10)
The Washington & Jefferson men captured the team title today at the
2010 PAC Men's & Women's
Track & Field Championship, hosted by Grove City College
at Robert E. Thorn Field in Grove City, Pa. The Presidents
finished with 165 points to edge the host Wolverines (147.3) and
end GCC's five-year run as conference champions. Winning coach Mark FitzPatrick
of W&J was lauded as PAC Men's
Coach of the Year. Other year-end MVP awards went to W&J sophomore Josh Buckley
(men's field for second straight year) and Bethany senior Taylor McNeil (men's
track). Complete results
are now online, along with a complete list of All-PAC
performances.
GROVE CITY TO HOST 2010 PAC CHAMPIONSHIP (4/28/10)
Robert E. Thorn Field on the campus of Grove City College in
Grove City, Pa., will be the site of the
2010 PAC Men's &
Women's Track & Field Championships, scheduled for
this Saturday (May 1) beginning at 11 a.m. The Grove City men
and Westminster women are the defending conference champions at
the event. Performance
lists and heat sheets
for the event are now online, while complete results and standings will be available here on
Saturday night.
STEVE CARR NAMED HEAD COACH AT THIEL (8/11/09)
Thiel College
has hired Steve Carr as its new head men's & women's
track & field coach. Carr, who replaces Ricardo Franklin,
is a 13-year collegiate assistant who most recently spent three
years as assistant coach at Wheaton (Mass.) College. Carr is a
1995 graduate of Allegheny College, where he was a four-year
conference champion in the pole vault.
GENEVA HEAD COACH BRET OTTE RESIGNS (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.