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2022–2023 MEDIA GUIDE
CROSS COUNTRY
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.
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
Kristen Holmes Vice President for Students/ Chief Marketing Officer
Paul Bailey Athletic Director
Stan Narewski Cross Country Coach
Table of Contents President’s Welcome......................Inside Cover Athletics Directory.........................Inside Cover Women’s Roster......................................Page 1 Women’s Individuals ...............................Page 2 Men’s Roster............................................Page 3 Men’s Individuals ....................................Page 4 Coaches................................Back Inside Cover Schedule..........................................Back Cover Contact Information Athletics Office 256.352.8121 Baseball 256.352.8247 Basketball-Men’s 256.352.8365 Basketball-Women’s 256.352.8481 Cheerleading 256.352.8277 Cross Country 256.352.7880 VP for Students Office 256.352.8340 Golf-Men’s & Women’s 256.352.8372 Softball 256.352.8355 Sports Information 256.352.8443 Other Media Inquiries 256.352.8118 Tennis-Men’s & Women’s 256.352.7836 Volleyball 256.352.8351
Media: www.wallacestate.edu/social Web: athletics.wallacestate.edu njcaa.org wallacestate.edu acccathletics.com
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Michaela Watts
Aylin Vega
LADY LIONS CROSS COUNTRY
1 WALLACE STATE > CROSS COUNTRY 2022/23 WOMEN’S ROSTER
NAME GRADE HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
Akridge Sophomore Bremen Cold Springs H.S.
Dani
Freshman Falkville Falkville H.S.
Brea Bryan
Sophomore Florence Rogers H.S.
Freshman Vinemont Vinemont H.S.
Freshman Gadsden Southside H.S.
Jaycee Biffle
Kendall Harbison
Sydney Hughes
Freshman Alexandria Alexandria H.S.
Sophomore Fort Payne Fort Payne H.S.
Freshman Gadsden Southside H.S.
Alexis Valentine
2022-2023 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
MANAGERS
2 WALLACE STATE > CROSS COUNTRY 2022/23
Dani Akridge
Jaycee Biffle
Brea Bryan
Kendall Harbison
Sydney Hughes
Aylin Vega
Michaela Watts
Alexis Valentine
Victor Bravo
Jose Zatarain
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MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
NAME GRADE HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
Joseph Arriaga-Aguilar Sophomore Cullman St. Bernard Prep
Jonathan Collett Sophomore Bremen Cold Springs H.S.
Jaleel Harris Freshman Lincoln Lincoln H.S.
Brady Helms Freshman Carriere, MS Pearl River H.S. (MS)
Luke Holcombe Freshman Gadsden Southside H.S.
Reid Huddleston Sophomore Cullman Cullman H.S.
Ryan Maudsley Freshman Gadsden Southside H.S.
Collin Mayfield Freshman Geraldine Geraldine H.S.
Rodrigo Patino Freshman Albertville Albertville H.S.
Jonathan Phillips Freshman Carriere, MS. Pearl River H.S. (MS)
Caleb Seaver Freshman New Market Buckhorn H.S.
Mason Worrell Sophomore Northport Northside H.S.
Andrew Wrenn Sophomore Grant DAR H.S.
3 WALLACE STATE > CROSS COUNTRY 2022/23
MEN’S ROSTER
4 WALLACE STATE > CROSS COUNTRY 2022/23
2022-2023 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Joseph Arriaga-Aguilar
Jonathan Collett
Jaleel Harris
Brady Helms
Luke Holcombe
Reid Huddleston
Ryan Maudsley
Collin Mayfield
Rodrigo Patino
Jonathan Phillips
Caleb Seaver
Mason Worrell Andrew Wrenn
MEET THE COACHING STAFF
Head Coach Stan Narewski (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 programbest-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.
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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.
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
Assistant Coach Tony Crider (tony.crider@wallacestate.edu,WALLACE STATE CROSS COUNTRY
2022–2023 CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE
DATE MEET TIME PLACE Fri., Sept. 2 JSU Foothills Invitational 6:00 pm Choccolocco Park Oxford, AL Sat., Sept. 10 UNA Invitational 7:45 am McFarland Park Florence, AL Fri., Sept. 16 North Alabama Showcase 7:30 am John Hunt Park Huntsville, AL Sat., Oct. 1 Topper Trails Classic TBA Blue Mountain Park Blue Mountain, MS Fri., Oct. 7 Brescia College Invitational TBA Brescia College Owensboro, KY Fri., Oct. 14 Crimson Classic TBA University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Fri., Oct. 28 ACCC/Region 22 Meet TBA Choccolocco Park Oxford, AL Sat., Nov. 12 NJCAA Cross Country Nationals TBA Tallahassee, FL Tues., Nov. 15 NJCAA Half Marathon TBA Tallahassee, FL
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