Cross Country News
  • Cross Country Athletes Honored For Academic Achievement

    Friday, January 27, 2023

    Cross Country Athletes Honored For Academic Achievement

    A total of 24 GNAC student-athletes and 15 conference cross country teams have been recognized with academic honors by the U.S. Track and Field & Cross Country Coaches Association.

  • Simon Fraser Has Four Finalists For Sport BC Awards

    Thursday, January 19, 2023

    Simon Fraser Has Four Finalists For Sport BC Awards

    Track standouts Aaron Ahl and Alison Andrews-Paul, head cross country/track and field coach Brit Townsend and basketball player Jimmy Zaborniak are finalists in the Sport BC Athlete of the Year awards.

  • Longtime WWU XC/TF Coach Halsell Announces Retirement

    Friday, December 16, 2022

    Longtime WWU XC/TF Coach Halsell Announces Retirement

    One of longest tenured cross country and track and field coaches in the Northwest, Halsell retires after a 36-year career at Western Washington. He guided the Vikings to 36 team championship in the two sports.

  • Halsell Sweeps Cross Country Coach Of Year Awards

    Tuesday, December 13, 2022

    Halsell Sweeps Cross Country Coach Of Year Awards

    The longtime Western Washington head coach is named the GNAC Men's & Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year after the Vikings swept the conference team titles for the second time in three seasons.

  • Festival Placing: Nash, Kramer Earn All-American Honors

    Friday, December 2, 2022

    Festival Placing: Nash, Kramer Earn All-American Honors

    Alaska Anchorage's Coleman Nash places sixth and Alaska's Kendall Kramer places eighth to lead the GNAC at the Division II Cross Country Championships in University Place, Washington.

  • Northern Exposure: Bailey, Dannatt Earn Regional Honors

    Wednesday, November 23, 2022

    Northern Exposure: Bailey, Dannatt Earn Regional Honors

    It was a GNAC sweep for top regional honors as Alaska's Naomi Bailey and Simon Fraser's Charlie Dannatt were named the USTFCCCA Division II West Region Cross Country Athletes of the Year.

  • Red Leafs, Zapherson & Carstens Added To NCAA XC Field

    Monday, November 21, 2022

    Red Leafs, Zapherson & Carstens Added To NCAA XC Field

    The Simon Fraser men's team, along with Michael Zapherson of Alaska Anchorage and Alauna Carstens of Saint Martin's, earn at-large selections to the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships.

  • Dannatt, Bailey Claim West Region XC Individual Titles

    Saturday, November 19, 2022

    Dannatt, Bailey Claim West Region XC Individual Titles

    Simon Fraser's Charlie Dannatt and Alaska's Naomi Bailey led the way through the snow, claiming the individual titles at the NCAA West Regional Cross Country Championships.