On this episode of Schmitty’s Sportscast, host Patrick Schmitz talks with cross country runner junior Brenda Torres. They talk about running cross country from high school to college, all about...

EIU President Jay Gatrell announced in his spring update that EIU has been reaccredited by the Higher Learning Commission through 2034 among other updates.   Eastern Illinois University’s first-time...

  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/panther-profiles-podcast2/episodes/Bella-Marcum-e2kpcgb Aidan and Patrick talk to freshman cross country and track runner, Bella Marcum. Marcum touches...

If both Adam Swanson and Michael Atkins keep training together throughout the season, I think Michael will be the next Adam for next season. Fifth-year senior Adam Swanson is the best runner on the men’s...

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...

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,...

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...

The Eastern men’s and women’s cross country teams swept the OVC Cross Country Championships in Cookeville, Tennessee last Saturday for the first time since 2001.  Saturday’s championship wins...

The Eastern Illinois Cross Country teams head to Peoria for the Bradley Pink Classic on Friday. The first race begins at 1:30 PM. The Men’s team will compete in the 8K, and the Women will compete...

After setting the school record in the 8K at last year at the Louisville Classic, graduate student Dustin Hatfield did it again, finishing 5th out of 301 in the men’s race and breaking his record he...