The women’s cross country team will be racing in the Louisville Cross Country Classic on Saturday, at 10:15 AM.  Eastern can only bring ten women with them to this historically competitive meet. Freshman...

Erin Howarth is the head coach of both the men's and women's cross-country teams at Eastern as well the distance coach for our track team. Raised in New Lenox, Howarth was brought up a mere two and...

The men’s cross-country team has to quickly adjust after senior Richie Jacobo injured his foot during Tuesday’s morning practice. “I stepped on a hard surface on a small incline,” Jacobo said....

The women’s cross-country team for Eastern is looking to continue their winning streak at the Illinois State Redbird Invitational on Friday. The Panthers won the Walt Crawford open last...

Starting the 2023 cross country season, fifth-year senior Adam Swanson finished first overall at the Walt Crawford Open on Friday, Sept. 1 at the Tom Woodall Panther Trail. Swanson finished with a 25:01.8...

The Panthers' cross-country teams ran at the EIU Walt Crawford Open on Friday afternoon. Eastern’s women’s team finished with a score of 27, beating Indiana State, Vincennes, and Kaskaskia...

Panther sophomore Kathryn Cichon, junior Kylie Haacke and senior Alex Gomez talked about their training over the summer, how they feel about their first meet of the season, how they are adjusting after...

Cross Country Adam Swanson, the fifth-year graduate from Carpentersville is coming back for another season with the Panthers. Swanson was named first-team for the Ohio Valley Conference for the 2022...

Panther sophomores Mason Stoeger and Michael Atkins and fifth-year Adam Swanson talked about their training over the summer, how they are adjusting after losing one of their best runners, Dustin Hatfield,...

Winning coach of the year is nothing new for Erin Howarth. Howarth is the head coach of Eastern’s cross country team and the distance coach for the track and field team. Since being hired in 2010,...

 Junior track and field distance runner Adam Swanson broke a record that no one has been able to touch in the last 44 years. He officially has run the fastest mile in EIU history. At the Iowa State...

On a cold November morning, where the sun was shining bright, Dustin Hatfield was one of the last cross-country players to finish his warmup running on the jagged grey gravel by the Campus Pond.   He...