In what can easily be described as a rebuilding season, the Eastern Mennonite University cross country women can be happy with how the year went. Three Lady Royal runners competed at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional Meet Saturday in Greensboro, NC, giving solid finishes to wrap up the 2009 campaign. (Nov 14) [More] [Results]

The Eastern Mennonite women's cross country team ran at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championships Saturday at Mowles Spring Park in Salem, Va. The Lady Royals started in a small pack and used balanced running to claim 6th place, after being picked 9th in the preseason ODAC poll. (Oct 31) [More] [Results]

The Eastern Mennonite women's cross country team made a cold and rainy visit to Gettysburg, Pa., Saturday for the Gettysburg Cross Country Invitational. Despite morning temps around 35 degrees, falling rain and standing mud and water, the Lady Royals continued to improve on their season's times and finished 21st as a team. (Oct 18) [More] [Results]

Eastern Mennonite hosted the Royals Invitational Saturday, Oct. 3, at Burtner Farms in Penn Laird. Although the running surface was grassy, the course itself was a challenging, hilly six kilometers. Two Lady Royals finished in the top ten as the team finished third out of five teams. (Oct 3) [More] [Results]

To say this is the start of a new era for the Eastern Mennonite University cross country program is a bit of an understatement. A major understatement actually. After 20 seasons coaching the Royal runners, Lester Zook gave up the reins to new head coach Matt Dougherty. And if that change weren't enough, only two runners return from last year's teams. (Sep 21) [More]