The Eastern cross-country teams swept the Ohio Valley Conference Cross-Country Championship last Saturday in Morehead, Kentucky. This was the second year in a row that both teams won the conference meet. The men’s cross country won their 4th straight OVC championship trophy. They have won every year since 2020. The men’s team was led by.
The men’s cross-country team has to quickly adjust after senior Richie Jacobo injured his foot during Tuesday’s morning practice. “I stepped on a hard surface on a small incline,” Jacobo said. Jacobo has been ruled out for the upcoming meet on Friday. “He rolled his foot pretty bad on the uphill during our morning workout,”.
Starting the 2023 cross country season, fifth-year senior Adam Swanson finished first overall at the Walt Crawford Open on Friday, Sept. 1 at the Tom Woodall Panther Trail. Swanson finished with a 25:01.8 time and left a 6.1 second gap between him and Indiana State’s Ethan Breen. “I took it out pretty fast, and I.
Panther sophomores Mason Stoeger and Michael Atkins and fifth-year Adam Swanson talked about their training over the summer, how they are adjusting after losing one of their best runners, Dustin Hatfield, and how they feel about their first meet of the season. Eastern’s first meet is the EIU Walt Crawford Open on the Tom Woodall Panther.