Aidan Cusack, Sports Reporter
• September 26, 2023
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...
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...
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,...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• April 26, 2023
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,...
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...
Dylan Meek, Cross Country Reporter
• October 13, 2022
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...
Dylan Meek, Cross Country Reporter
• October 5, 2022
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...
Dylan Meek, Cross Country Reporter
• September 30, 2022
The Eastern Illinois men's and women's cross country teams head to the Louisville Classic Saturday, Oct. 1st the men’s 8K begins at 9:30 a.m. and the women’s 5K begins at 10:15 a.m.
It is one of...
Both the men’s and women’s cross-country team competed at the 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Championship at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Eastern’s head coach Erin Howarth was named...
Caitlyn Craig, Cross Country Reporter
• September 9, 2019
Both the men’s and women’s cross-country team won first place at their first meet of the season Friday afternoon.
The annual EIU Walt Crawford Open combined runners from six different colleges: Southern...
Sophomore Emily Brelsfoard’s time of 21:30.5 broke the Eastern women’s cross country record for the 6K on Friday in Peoria at the NCAA Midwest Regional.
The women’s team as a whole finished in...
The Eastern men’s and women’s cross country teams head back to Peoria for the NCAA Midwest Regional event this Friday. The women’s 6K race begins at noon, while the men’s 10K race follows at 1...
