Men's cross country team places fifth at PAC Championships

Junior Adam Swingle leads Yellow Jackets in Latrobe

LATROBE, Pa., (Oct. 31) – The Waynesburg University men’s cross country team finished in 5^th place today out of 6 schools competing in this year’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship 8K race.

Junior Adam Swingle led the way for the Jackets with a time of 29:45 and finished in 16^th place out of 61 total runners. Classmate Bill Moder was the second individual leader for the Jackets with a 24^th-place finish and a time of 30:35.

Coming in right behind Moder for Waynesburg was sophomore Kameron Schaefer, finishing in 25^th place with a 30:39 finishing time.

Grove City won their 19^th-straight conference team title. The Wolverines placed their top three runners as the top three overall individuals. Top finisher, Garrett Cichowitz, came in with an impressive mark of 16:01.

For a complete look at how this year’s men’s championhip race went, click here.

The Jacket men will compete in their final event of the 2009 season at the NCAA Mideast Regionals on Nov. 14 at Lehigh University.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Unbreakable record

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

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