First-year Director of Track and Field James Gildon oversaw the 10th annual John Craft Invitational in the Lantz Indoor Fieldhouse on Saturday.  This was coach Gildon's second-ever meet while director...

Freshman cross country runner Joe Stoddard has placed in the top five for Eastern at every meet this season, Including the Ohio Valley Conference Championship. Veteran runner and OVC champion Adam...

October 6 is National Coaches Day. The News asked some Panther student athletes how their coaching staffs made an impact on them throughout their time at Eastern. From the football team, redshirt junior...

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 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...

For 2023, The News’ Editorial Board selected 11 recipients of an honorary title as one of the DEN 2023 People of the Year. Similar to the TIME People of the Year, The News selects various people on...

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...

As 2021 comes to a close, the staff of The Daily Eastern News invites you to look back at the year through our lens. January February March April May June July August September   October November December   Happy...