Men's cross country competes at Saint Vincent

Junior Adam Swingle leads Jackets in Latrobe

LATROBE, Pa. (Sept. 26) – The Waynesburg University men’s cross country team posted a 10^th-place finish out of the 13 teams competing at this past Saturday’s Saint Vincent College Invitational.

The Yellow Jackets were led by junior Adam Swingle, who recorded a team-best 64^th-place finish after crossing the finish line in 29:35. Saturday’s field was composed of 130 individual runners.

Juniors Bill Moder and Ben Fortna rounded out the team’s top three performers. Moder placed 69^th with a time of 29:43, while Fortna added a 70^th-place performance after completing the race in 29:48.

Grove City’s Garett Cichowitz was the top overall individual performer after winning the race with a time of 26:03. The host Bearcats won the overall team title.

To see all the results from the race, click here (.pdf).

Waynesburg returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 3, when they travel to the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds for Pitt-Greensburg’s home invitational.

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...

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.

Going nowhere fast

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

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.

Unbreakable record

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

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.

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.

Don Herrman

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

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