Cross Country 2020 / 2021 MEDIA GUIDE
Message from the President Welcome to Wallace State Community College, and thank you for supporting Wallace State athletics! We have a long and storied history of excelling at athletics and we are exceedingly proud of all our teams - with nine national championships, numerous conference championships, and national team and individual honors among them. Our scholar-athletes go on to successful careers, whether they plan to enter the workforce, transfer to a university, or go professional.
Dr. Ryan Smith
Vice President for Students
Paul Bailey
Athletic Director
Your support is so important to our college and to our teams. We look forward to having you on campus this semester to watch these talented athletes compete, and we hope you will return again and again to take advantage of the many opportunities Wallace State offers. Sincerely, Vicki P. Karolewics, Ed.D. President
Table of Contents President’s Welcome..............................Page 1 Athletics Directory..................................Page 1 Schedule.................................................Page 2 Men’s Cross Country Team................... Page 3 Women’s Cross Country Team...............Page 4 Coaching Staff.........................................Page 5 About Wallace State.............................. Page 6
Stan Narewski
Cross Country Coach
Russell Moore
Sports Information
Contact Info
256.352.8121 256.352.8247 256.352.8365 256.352.8481 256.352.8277 256.352.7880 256.352.8340 256.352.8372 256.352.8355 256.352.8443 Marketing/Media Inquiries 256.352.8118 Tennis-Men’s & Women’s 256.352.7836 Volleyball 256.352.8351 Social Media: www.wallacestate.edu/social Web: athletics.wallacestate.edu njcaa.org wallacestate.edu acccathletics.com
WALLACE STATE CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS -2020 ACCC MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS AND NJCAA TOP 10 FINISHES! 2020 SEASON SCHEDULE Date
Opponent
September 11
Azalea City Classic
September 19
UAH Charger Invitational
September 25
UNA Invitational
October 1
Blue Mountain Quad Meet
October 16
UAB Blazer Classic
October 31
ACCC/Region 22 Championship
November 14
NJCAA Division II Nationals
Location Mobile, AL Huntsville, AL Florence, AL Blue Mountain, MS Birmingham, AL Huntsville, AL Fort Dodge, Iowa
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2020 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
JONATHAN JENKINS ACCC Runner of the Year NJCAA All-American Sophomore Opelika H.S. Beauregard, AL
COLE AKRIDGE Freshman Cold Springs H.S. Bremen, AL
JIKORI JAMES Freshman Pearl River (Miss.) H.S. Pearl River, MS
JASON MANSTREAM Freshman Oneonta H.S. Oneonta, AL
TAYLOR NAILS Sophomore Southside H.S. Southside, AL
DAKOTA SHEPPARD Freshman Brewer H.S. Eva, AL
RALEIGH STAMPS Freshman Rogers H.S. Killen, AL
BLAKE TERRY Sophomore Lawrence County H.S. Moulton, AL
TRENTAN WILLIAMS Sophomore Cold Springs H.S. Sispey, AL
ALEX SHOAF Freshman St. Bernard Prep Cullman, AL
DAVE HUBERT Sophomore Albertville H.S. Albertville, AL
JONATHAN COLLETT Freshman Cold Springs H.S. Bremen, AL
Additional information and race results at athletics.wallacestate.edu/menscrosscountry.
2020 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
JENNIFER AVILES ACCC Runner-up NJCAA All-American Freshman Cullman H.S.
ALLY AMERSON Freshman Hatton H.S. Moulton, AL
LOGAN AYERS Sophomore St. Bernard Prep Cullman, AL
JULIANA BALLEW Sophomore Pleasant Valley H.S. Jacksonville, AL
JAYCEE BIFFLE Freshman Rogers H.S. Killen, AL
MAGGIE GRAHAM Sophomore Lawrence County H.S. Moulton, AL
KATIE O’MALLEY Freshman Rogers, H.S. Killen, AL
BREANNA SMITH Sophomore J.B. Pennington HS Blountsville, AL
CASSIDY WINTER Freshman West Limestone H.S. Elkmont, AL
YESSINIA PASCUAL-CONTRERAS Freshman St. Bernard Prep Cullman, AL
Additional information and race results at athletics.wallacestate.edu/womenscrosscountry.
COACHING STAFF STAN NAREWSKI, Head Coach (stan.narewski@wallacestate.edu, 256.352.7880) Wallace State cross country coach Stan Narewski has more than 30 years of coaching experience, leading both the men’s and women’s programs to multiple conference championships. Narewski, who’s in his second stint at Wallace State, has led the men’s to eight conference championships and the women to five, including sweeping the Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC) meet in 2020. He also led the Lady Lions to a program-best 6th-place finish at the NJCAA Division II national meet in 2020 and the men were 8th. During Narewski’s first stint with the Lions, he led the men’s track and field team to a NJCAA national title - one of nine national championships for the college. Coach Narewski was inducted into the NJCAA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2008, into the University of West Alabama Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995, and into the Cullman County Sports Hall of Fame in 2018. He has been named ACCC and Region 22 Coach of the Year Award for Cross Country and Track and Field 30 times. He is a 3-time NJCAA Coach of the Year, including being named NCAA Division I National Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1984. In addition to his Wallace State career, Narewski has coached at Auburn, Kansas, Furman, Murray State, Clemson and Florida. TONY CRIDER, Assistant Coach (tony.crider@wallacestate.edu, 205.275.1200) Assistant coach Tony Crider completed his third season as Wallace State’s assistant coach in 2020. In addition to his time at Wallace State, Crider has more than 20 years of experience coaching multiple sports at the high school level, with more than 10 years coaching cross country and track and field at Cold Springs High School. There, he was part of four cross country and track and field state championships. He has been a business owner for more than 30 years. Well known in the local running community, Crider’s mission is trying his best to help in the development of the younger generation’s confidence, dreams, and athletic goals.
WSCC Cross Country Program Highlights: • • • •
1 NJCAA National Championship in Men’s Track & Field (1997) 8 Men’s ACCC Region 22 Cross Country Championships and multiple individual ACCC Runner of the Year titles. 8th-place finish at 2020 nationals. 5 Women’s ACCC Region 22 Cross Country Championships and a program-best 6th-place finish at 2020 NJCAA Division II National meet Numerous NJCAA Academic Team and individual All-Academic honors
Alabama Community College Conference (NJCAA Region 22) Cross Country Programs: Wallace State-Hanceville Jefferson State Lawson State Marion Military Institute
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