Cross Country team building for the future

by Karen Schweizer the future. The team leaders are Colin staff writer Broderick, Ryan Jones, and Patrick Hutton.

Run for the hills or step aside because the Cabrini College men and women's cross-country teams are on their way to achieving their goals.

The men's cross-country team has been voted number one in a pre-season poll of Pennsylvania Athletic Conference coaches. As the team schedule starts up, Cabrini runners will be striving to meet the expectations that were set out for them earlier in the pre-season. The men's team faces many challenges this year, including overcoming a loss of senior runners. But the team freshmen, according to first year runner Sean Smith, stand ready to "take a bigger role." Head coach Tom OHora says that his cross-country runners are "the toughest people on campus" and says that the Cabrini runners are building for

The women's cross-country team is planning to surprise its competitors this season. The team has been voted third in the PAC poll, below Misericordia and Immaculata. Last years team has grown, and feels confident in its new key runners. The season plan is to start out slowly and then progress to run the best meets later. The key athletes on the team include the senior team captain Kristin Zielinski, Jennifer Przasynski, Andrea Dragone, Amanda Campbell and Dolores Eclkins.

Both the men and women's teams have been training hard to achieve scores and to increase personal achievements. The runners train up to 70 hours in a week. Several weekly morale boosters, such as animal awards, are used. According to coach OHora the team "keeps it light" while individual achievements are stressed. Runners with the best kicks receive mule awards. While runners with the most tenacity receive bulldog awards. The teams are encouraged by the coach to "go out there, push the limits and ignore the turkeys." Training for the team takes place on both Eastern College's pond and on Cabrini campus hills. Men and women runners train together.

The future looks bright for both the men and the women's cross-country teams as the athletes try to push the limits and to run over all of the obstacles in their way. The seasonal goals are lofty but whether or not titles are awarded, personal satisfaction and learning about' oneself is the major theory behind the team's movements.

Cross CountrySchedule

September 22 Philadelphia Metropolitan at Belmont Plateau

September 29 Belmont Classic

October 6 atGwynedd-Mercy College Invitational

October 13 at DeSales University Invitational

October 20 at William Paterson College of NJ

October 27 PAC Championships at Arcadia University

November 3 Cabrini Invitational at Belmont Plateau

November 11 NCAA Regionals at Lehigh Uni:versity