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The University of Dallas named Jody Hawkins the new cross country coach for the 2008-2009 school year. Hawkins will be joining the University after a very successful stint at Centennial High School where she was named Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2007 for district 9-4AAAA. She had been a very successful high school coach for ten years in which she developed 90 district champions, 13 regional champions, and 8 state championship medalists. Hawkins also has had a very distinguished personal career in long distance running. During her college days, she was a five time All-American from 1984-89 and holds every distance record at UT-San Antonio. As she moved on to professional running, she continued to climb in the running world reaching a #6 ranking in the world by Runners World Magazine and a #1 ranking in the 10 mile in 1993. She currently holds the third best 5k for runners forty and older and set the American Masters 3k indoor record in 2007 with a time of 9:56.24. The University is glad that they are adding such a very successful and passionate runner and hope that Hawkins can help the Crusaders find success in the 2008 season and beyond.

2008 Cross Country Preview

The 2008 men's and women's cross country teams are led by juniors and 2 year letter winners Greg Pivarunas (Elma, NY/St. Francis H.S.) and Angela Cuba (Holliday, TX/Holliday H.S.). Greg will be joined by a handful of newcomers on the trails this fall. Freshman Joe Finley, Michael Falconer (Portland, OR/Portland Waldorf H.S.), Jordan Scott (Whitehouse, TX/Whitehouse H.S.) and Josh McGehee (Phoenix, AZ/Veritas Prep Academy); sophomores William Gibula (Richmond, TX/Strake Jesuit College Prep) and Dylan Key; and senior Diego Avelar (Vallejo, CA/Trinity Grammar and Prep) round out the men's squad.

Joining Angela on the women's team our letter winners: junior Katherina Avila (Irving, TX/Nimitz H.S.) and sophomore Renee Yackley (Houston, TX/St. Agnes Academy), as well as senior Noel Lewis (Grantsburg, WI/Seton Home Study), returning runner and sophomore Theresa Smart (Peoria, IL/Richwoods H.S.), and freshmen Claire Hand, Catherine Sercer, Patsy Craig, and Bridget Boise.

Angela Cuba

Crusader Cross Country Program History

Men's and Women's Cross Country has been offered at the University of Dallas since 1974. During the 2006 season both teams made significant improvements at the prestigious NCAA Regional. The men's team finished 13th out of 21 teams, while the women's team finished 17th out of 26 teams. In the 2005 season, the men finished 17th out of 19 teams, while the women finished 21st out of 22 teams.

During the past several years several school records in men's and women's cross country have fallen. In the 2004 season Elena Yates broke the women's 6k record (24:12.04), and in 2005 she broke the 5k (19:55) and 3 mile (19:44) records. She also holds the school's 2 mile record, and currently holds all the women's race length records.

In the 2006 season Mark Landreneau set the men's 8k school record of 26:41 8k.

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