GREENSBORO, N.C. — Guilford College Director of Athletics Tom Palombo announced the appointment of Jamie McNeair-Reese to the Quakers’ athletics staff Thursday as the school’s first head women’s cross country and track and field coach. The newly created position provides two full-time coaches for Guilford’s cross country and track and field teams. Danny Cash, who has served as head coach of both men’s and women’s cross country and track and field teams since 2012, will now focus exclusively on the men’s teams. A 1991 graduate of Purdue University, McNeair-Reese was a three-time NCAA Division I All-American in the heptathlon. In…
ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men’s and women’s cross country programs opened its 2014 season on Saturday morning, Aug. 30, with a dual meet sweep versus local rival and former conference foe UNCG at the Elon Cross Country Course. In their first meet under first-year Phoenix head cross country coach Nick Polk, the Elon men’s and women’s harriers cruised to 15-40 victories over the Spartans in the 5K races for both teams. Senior Jenny Gallagher took home individualist honors on the women’s side while freshman Sam Geha was the first to cross the line in the men’s race. Both…
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Bridgewater College captured both men’s and women’s cross country races Friday evening in the 2014 Guilford College Invitational/Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Preview Meet. The teams ran Guilford’s Meadows Course on the north side of campus under warm and cloudy conditions. The Eagles’ men placed five runners among the top seven individuals to win the nine-team race. Bridgewater head coach Brian Flynn, running unattached, won the individual eight-kilometer race in 26 minutes, 24.00 seconds, nearly four minutes ahead of former Guilford standout Andris Goncarovs ’15, who also ran unattached. Roanoke College’s Harrison Toney was the first collegiate…
ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men’s and women’s cross country programs open their 2014 campaigns on Saturday, Aug. 30, with a dual meet versus local rival and former conference foe UNCG. The meet will begin with the women’s 5K race at 9 a.m. followed the men’s 5K run on the Elon Cross Country Course. This will be the first official meet for the Phoenix under first-year head cross country coach Nick Polk. Polk took over the reins of the cross country program on Aug. 13, after serving as the assistant cross country and track and field coach at his…
NEW ORLEANS – Coming off a top-10 finish at last year’s NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, the Elon University women’s cross country team was placed ninth in the 2014 Southeast preseason regional team rankings as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday, Aug. 26. The Phoenix women, who finished ninth at the Southeast regional championships in 2013, opens the year in the top-10 of the preseason regional poll for the first time in school history. Elon was also the second-highest ranked Colonial Athletic Association team in the Southeast Region behind two-time defending league…
FOREST, Va. – Guilford College’s women’s cross country team was picked eighth in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Preseason Coaches’ Poll, released Friday. Defending league champion Bridgewater College earned the top spot in the 10-team poll, 11 points ahead of Eastern Mennonite University. Third-year head coach Danny Cash’s team returns eight letterwinners from last year’s team, which placed eighth among 10 squads in the 2013 ODAC Championships. Junior Rebecca Reyna (Liberty, N.C./Southern Alamance) leads the experienced group after pacing the Quakers in all seven races a year ago. She ran the seventh-fastest six-kilometer time in school history in the…
ELON, N.C. – The 2014 schedule for the Elon University men’s and women’s cross country programs was released today, August 20, as announced by first-year Phoenix head coach cross country coach Nick Polk. A slate featuring competition at Notre Dame, the NCAA Pre-Nationals and its first Colonial Athletic Association Championship meet highlight the maroon and gold’s schedule. “This year’s schedule is very competitive and will help us prepare and get ready for the CAA Championships as well as other high quality meets during the year,” said Polk. “We start off with a dual meet at home, a low-key event that…
HIGH POINT, N.C. – High Point University women’s cross country head coach Jenna Wrieden announced Tuesday that Kelly Hayes and Lona Williams will join the Panthers’ roster beginning this fall. The duo of student-athletes also will compete for HPU in distance events during the indoor & outdoor track campaigns. “Kelly and Lona are perfect additions to our program,” Wrieden said. “They both value being part of and contributing to a supportive team environment. They embody the type of student-athlete that chooses High Point University and understand the work ethic needed to be competitive at a high level.” Hayes hails from…
ELON, N.C. – Wil Zahorodny, a four-time All-Colonial Athletic Association athlete and a NCAA Regional qualifier at UNC Wilmington, has joined the Elon University cross country staff as an volunteer assistant coach as announced by Phoenix head coach cross country Christine Engel on Thursday, July 24. Zahorodny will assist Engel in coaching the both the men’s and women’s cross country programs as well as aiding her with the distance group during the track and field season. “I am looking forward to Wil joining our staff,” said Engel. “I know he will have a positive impact on our student-athletes. Additionally, he…
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University men’s and women’s cross country schedule is set for 2014. The Panthers will open the season at Virginia Tech on Friday, Sept. 5 and run in the Big South Championship at Gardner-Webb on Nov. 1. “I am excited to go to Virginia Tech for the first time this fall,” said HPU head men’s cross country coach Mike Esposito. “We are fortunate to be able to go to Virginia and compete against some of the best teams and see how we match up. The preview meet is a great opportunity to compete on…
EARLYSVILLE, Va. – Junior Luis Vargas established a new school-record and received all-region accolades while senior Allyson Oram also set a new program-record as the Elon University cross country teams competed at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships on Friday, Nov. 15 at the course on Panorama Farms, hosted by the University of Virginia. The Phoenix women finished ninth overall in the team standings, its highest finish ever, out of 39 teams. “There were so many great performances on both the men’s and the women’s side today,” said Elon head cross country coach Christine Engel. “Both Luis and Ally did a…
ELON, N.C. – The Elon University cross country teams will travel to Earlysville, Va., for the site of the NCAA Division I Cross Country Southeast Regional Championships on Friday, Nov. 15, hosted by the University of Virginia. The men’s 10K race is scheduled to begin at noon while the women’s 6K run is slated for a 1:15 p.m. start on the course at Panorama Farms. The Phoenix women, who currently ranks No. 14th in the latest United States Track & Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) Southeast regional standings, will look to surpass its highest finish ever of 16th at…
RALEIGH, N.C. – Members of the Elon University cross country teams competed today, Nov. 9, at the NC State Three Stripe Invitational on the WakeMed Cross Country Course. Adam Bernstein was the top finisher for the Phoenix in the men’s 5K run with a time of 15:41.07 and crossing the line in seventh overall. Ian O’Leary was the next runner to finish for Elon in 16th place with a time of 15:50.35. James Stevenson (20th, 16:08.25), Reed Payne (24th, 16:21.68) and Ryan Gwaltney (26th, 16:39.03) also competed for the maroon and gold. On the women’s side, senior Jackie Madden earned…
FARMVILLE, Va. – Guilford College placed eighth among 10 teams at Saturday’s Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Women’s Cross Country Championships at the Manor Golf Course. Bridgewater College placed five runners among the top-nine finishers to easily win the team title with 22 points. Eastern Mennonite University (58), Lynchburg College (90) and Washington and Lee University (97) rounded out the top-four teams. Bridgewater’s Kaylee Kubisiak won the individual title by completing the six-kilometer course in 23 minutes, 36.80 seconds. She led a 1-2-3 Eagles’ finish and claimed the league’s Runner of the Year Award. Sophomore Rebecca Reyna (Liberty, N.C./Southern Alamance)…
BUENA VISTA, Va. — The High Point University women’s cross country team placed fourth at the Big South Championship on Thursday at Vista Links Golf Course in Buena Vista, Va. Senior Kayleigh Perry finished eighth, earning All-Conference honors for the third year in a row. Coastal Carolina won the team title with 56 points while three teams – Liberty, UNC Asheville and High Point – were separated by just seven points. Liberty scored 76, UNC Asheville 78 and High Point 83. Campbell placed fifth with 111 points followed by Winthrop (153), Radford (178) and host VMI (208). Charleston Southern placed…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Junior Luis Vargas earned a top-three overall finish as the Elon men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the 2013 Southern Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2. The Phoenix women finished as the runner-up at the meet while the men placed seventh. Vargas recorded the highest finish ever by an Elon male at the league championships after finishing third with a time of 24:52.92 in the men’s 8K race behind the UNCG All-American duo of Paul Chelimo and Paul Katam. The Angier, N.C., native earned first team All-Southern Conference honors for the second straight…
ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men’s and women’s cross country programs travel to Birmingham, Ala., to compete at the 2013 Southern Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2. The meet will be held at Veteran’s Park beginning with the men’s 8K race at 10 a.m. followed by the women’s 5K run at 10:45 a.m. Both sides face a competitive field at this year’s championships. On the men’s side, defending champion Appalachian State is ranked No. 12 in the latest USTFCCCA Southeast Regional poll, but is four spots behind eighth-ranked and the league’s co-preseason pick Furman. UNCG will also…
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Senior Allyson Oram of the Elon University women’s cross country team established a new school-record today, Oct. 19, as the Phoenix competed at the NCAA Pre-National meet. Oram ran a time of 21:18.34 in the women’s 6K blue run, breaking Caitlin Beeler’s previous six-year mark (21:35.40) by nearly 17 seconds. Oram’s time was 33 seconds better than her previous personal-best (21:51.00) that she set a year ago at the Pre-National meet. The senior from Marlborough, Mass., was the Phoenix’s top female finisher at the event that featured many of the top cross country programs and competitors…
BOONE, N.C. – Guilford senior Andris Goncarovs ran the third-fastest eight-kilometer time in school histoy to help the Quakers place fifth among nine non-NCAA Division I teams at Friday’s Blue Ridge Open. Guilford’s women took sixth among seven non-Division I squads, thanks in part to Rebecca Reyna’s (Liberty, N.C./Southern Alamance) 27th-place individual finish. Goncarovs completed the loop at the Don Kennedy Trails in a personal-best time of 25 minutes, 19.51 seconds. He lowered his career low by over 15 seconds and had the top result among NCAA Division III runners. Goncarovs’ clocking stood 23rd among all 229 contestants in the…
BOONE, N.C. — The High Point University women’s cross country team placed ninth in the Blue Ridge Open on Friday afternoon in Boone, N.C. Freshman Cozette Collin led High Point for the fifth meet in a row. “It says a lot that Cozette was sick and didn’t have a great race, but she was still consistent,” said HPU women’s cross country coach Jenna Wrieden. “Kayleigh Perry is coming around and Julia Zautcke has been a good young leader for us. We need to dig deeper in two weeks for the conference championship.” Furman won the meet followed by host Appalachian…