2008 News
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Cross Country Standout Darcy Dubuc Named Ohio NCAA Division III Top Freshman Female Athlete
December 12, 2008Wittenberg women's cross country standout Darcy Dubuc, class of 2012 from Grand Haven, Mich., added to her already impressive collegiate resume with 2008 Ohio NCAA Division III Top Freshman Female Athlete honors as selected by cross country coaches from across the state. -
Thirty-Four Student-Athletes Earn 2008 Fall All-Conference Awards
December 01, 2008One of the most successful fall sports seasons in Wittenberg history was capped by a tremendous haul of postseason awards from the North Coast Athletic Conference.
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Tiger Harriers Wrap Up 2008 Campaign with Strong Regional Performances
November 15, 2008A pair of freshmen for the Tiger women once again topped the charts en route to All-Great Lakes Region performances. Freshman Mary Pfeifer (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman) took 19th overall, a place that left her just on the outside of a NCAA National Championships individual qualification. Just two places back, freshman Darcy Dubuc (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven) took 21st place to close out a sensational rookie year for the Tiger harriers. All-Regional honors are awarded to the top 35 finishers.
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Banner Day Leads Tigers to High Finishes in Conference
November 01, 2008OBERLIN, Ohio - The Tiger men's and women's cross country teams turned in a pair of outstanding finishes at the 2008 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship meet, hosted by Oberlin College. The highlight was undoubtedly the women's team, which placed fourth in the nine-team field, its highest finish since joining the conference in 1989.
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Tiger Teams Impressive In Wilmington Invitational
October 17, 2008WILMINGTON, Ohio - In perhaps the surest sign of significant progress in years, the Wittenberg men's and women's cross country teams turned in a pair of outstanding finishes at the Wilmington Invitational. The Tiger women placed second in the 24-team field, powered by third- and fourth-place individual finishes, and the Tiger men wound up seventh in a 23-team field.
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Tiger Put Together Strong Showing at All-Ohio Championships
October 10, 2008In one of their strongest showings of 2008, the Wittenberg men's and women's cross country teams took high places amongst the Division III competition, as well as the rest of the collegiate cross country student-athletes from across the state of Ohio.
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Tiger XC Teams Preview Regional Course
September 27, 2008WESTERVILLE, Ohio - In a look ahead towards the regional meet in mid-November, the Tiger men's and women's cross country teams took to the Otterbein course against some of the other top teams in the region, with the men taking 14th and the women finishing 8th.
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Tiger Women Finish High in Deep Cedarville Friendship Invitational as Men Collect 11th Place
September 20, 2008CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Even when resting a number of his top runners, head coach Craig Penney saw his women's cross country run to a strong sixth place finish at the nearby Friendship Invitational hosted by Cedarville University. Meanwhile, the men without all of their top runners to an 11th-place finish in a 20-team field.
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Wittenberg Keeps Pace With Loaded Field At Penn State
September 13, 2008STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Against primarily Division I and Division II competition, the Wittenberg men's and women's cross country teams raced to strong finishes from Penn State University's Harry Grove Spiked Shoe Invtitational.
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Tiger Women Win Home Invitational, Men Record Runner-Up Finish
September 06, 2008SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The women's cross country team defended their home course, coming away victorious in their own Wittenberg Invitational. On the men's side, in their first 8,000 meter race of the season, the Tigers packed their scoring group to come across just behind meet-winner Cedarville to finish in 2nd place.
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Wittenberg Cross Country Teams Host 2008 Invitational Meet
September 05, 2008The Wittenberg University men's and women's cross country teams continue the 2008 season with the annual Wittenberg Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Springfield Masonic Home. Five schools - Cedarville University, Cuyahoga Community College, Muskingum College and Urbana University - are scheduled to join the host Tigers in the competition, which starts with the women's five-kilometer race at 10:30 a.m. and concludes the with men's eight-kilometer race at 11:15 a.m.
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Wittenberg Opens Season at University of Dayton's Meijer Flyer 5K
August 30, 2008DAYTON, Ohio - The Tiger Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams opened up the 2008 season with a strong showing at the Dayton Flyer 5K with both the men and women finishing 2nd in the Intercollegiate division.
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NCAC Releases Preseason Men's And Women's Cross Country Polls
August 25, 2008CLEVELAND, Ohio — For the sixth consecutive year, the Allegheny men were predicted to claim the NCAC championship after annual preseason balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference cross country coaches. The Gator women were picked to join their counterparts atop the podium as preseason favorites. Wittenberg's men were picked to finish eighth and the women fifth.
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Season Outlook
August 14, 2008With a strong core returning from Wittenberg men's and women's cross country teams that finished eighth and seventh in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), respectively, in 2007, third-year Head Coach Craig Penney hopes to continue the Tigers' climb up the league standings in 2008. If there is such a thing as strength in numbers in college cross country, the 2008 Wittenberg Tigers figure to be a force to be reckoned with.
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Wittenberg Cross Country Teams Earn Coaches Association Academic Awards
March 05, 2008The Wittenberg University men's and women's cross country teams have been rewarded for their outstanding work both on the course and in the classroom with NCAA Division III United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team honors.
