Waynesburg sweeps weekly cross country awards

Freshmen Kyle Edwards and Megan Donovan honored by PAC

WEXFORD, Pa. (Oct. 12) – The Waynesburg University cross country teams swept this week’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) awards after running at the highly competitive Carnegie Mellon Invitational on Saturday.

Freshman Kyle Edwards led the Yellow Jacket men with a team-high 85^th-place finish in the 153-runner field after crossing the finish line in 29:25.97. Edwards is the first Waynesburg men’s runner to receive the weekly lauding since current junior Bill Moder won the award as a sophomore last season.

Freshman Megan Donovan picked up this week’s women’s award, which is her second of the season. The Akron, Ohio native led the Jacket women with a 30^th-place finish at Schenley Park. The first-year standout finished the race in 20:59.3 and was the top place-winner from the PAC.

Waynesburg’s last sweep of the two awards came exactly one year ago when Moder and former standout Megan Grover accomplished the feat in 2008.

For a look at this week’s PAC cross country release, click here.

The Jacket cross country teams are currently getting ready for the 2009 PAC Cross Country Championships, which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 31. The event is being hosted by Saint Vincent College.

Sport:

Athletes of the Week

Jessi Drayer

Women's Basketball

Drayer poured in a team-high 21.0 points per game for the 1-1 Yellow Jackets this past week. She was the team’s leading scorer in both games, going for a game-high 23 points against Westminster, before pouring in a contest-best 19 points in a win over Geneva. The Waterford, Ohio native averaged 21 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game this week.

Dan Bruni

Wrestling

Bruni went 3-0 during Waynesburg’s home quad-match against Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State Beaver and Penn State Fayette. The sophomore won two matches by major decision and scored a fall in just 31 seconds over Greater Allegheny’s Soham Salvi.

What are you most looking forward to in 2012 when it comes to Waynesburg sports?

Seeing how far the women's basketball team can go in the PAC tournament and beyond.
The wrestling team going for a third-straight PAC team title.
The Jacket softball team playing to get back into the PAC playoffs.
Waynesburg track taking another shot at an elusive PAC team title.
Just being outside when the weather turns warm.

Did You Know...

Going nowhere fast

Waynesburg held Westminster to minus-105 yards rushing in a game in 1967.

Jackets own Nittany Lions

The Waynesburg football team is 2-0 all-time against Penn State. The last time they met was in 1932, when the Jackets won 7-6.

The Three Musketeers

Dominick Hunter, Ivan Hawkins and Paul D'Imperio, who rank 1-2-3 in career receptions , all played together from 2002 to 2004.

TV Football

Waynesburg played in the first televised football game. The Yellow Jackets faced Fordham on Sept. 20, 1939 in Randalls Island, N.Y.

Headlee's All-American resume

Head wrestling coach Ron Headlee was a three-time NAIA All-American at Messiah College and the school's first NCAA All-American.

Unbreakable record

In 2009, Scott Cree ran an interception back 100 yards for a touchdown, a record that can't be broken.

Don Herrman

Former Waynesburg football great Don Herrman played for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints from 1969 to 1977.

Champions in the classroom

During the 2009-10 school year, no school in the conference boasted more honorees on the PAC Academic Honor Roll than Waynesburg.

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