Men's cross country runs at Pitt-Greensburg

Freshman Kyle Edwards leads Jackets in Westmoreland County

PLEASANT UNITY, Pa. (Oct. 3) – The Waynesburg University men’s cross country team was in action on Saturday, at the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds to compete in the seventh annual Pitt-Greensburg Cross County Invitational.

As a team, the men placed sixth in a field of nine squads.

Waynesburg was paced by the freshman-senior combo of Kyle Edwards and Adam Swingle. Edwards finished with a team-best time of 30:42, good for 31^st place. Swingle followed in 32^nd place with a time of 30:48.

Junior Bill Moder placed 38^th with a time of 31:14.

Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) rivals Grove City took the team championships on both the men’s and women’s sides. The Wolverines also boasted the top individual men’s and women’s performers.

Sara Fisher won the women’s race with a time of 24:23, while Garrett Cichowitz bested the men’s field with a time of 27:03.

Both the Waynesburg men’s and women’s team will return to action on Oct. 10, when they run at Carnegie Mellon. It is the final tune up for Waynesburg before the PAC championships

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...

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.

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.

Going nowhere fast

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

Don Herrman

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

TV Football

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

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.

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