2011 Headlines

Season
Juniata finishes 161st in Learfield Sports Directors Cup and fifth in Landmark All-Sports Cup
Juniata finishes 161st in Learfield Sports Directors Cup and fifth in Landmark All-Sports Cup

Juniata College finished narrowly outside the top third of all Division III athletics programs in the final standings for the 2011-12 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

Bauer, Bankos, Kraft, Morrison, and Bowman honored at Juniata’s Athletic Awards Night
Bauer, Bankos, Kraft, Morrison, and Bowman honored at Juniata’s Athletic Awards Night

Juniata College Athletics celebrated a year of success, recognized its most valuable players, and presented its “big five” awards at the 16th Annual Athletic Awards Night, held Sunday, April 29, in Ellis Hall.

2011-12 Athletic Awards Night Videos
2011-12 Athletic Awards Night Videos

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Juniata Athletics in top 100 on the NACDA Learfield Sports 2011-12 Directors’ Cup
Juniata Athletics in top 100 on the NACDA Learfield Sports 2011-12 Directors’ Cup

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College currently sits 97th out of 436 active NCAA Division III institutions on the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Learfield Sports 2011-12 Directors’ Cup standings, released late Thursday.

Juniata Athletics finishes fall fifth in Landmark Presidents’ All-Sports Cup standings
Juniata Athletics finishes fall fifth in Landmark Presidents’ All-Sports Cup standings

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College Athletics completed the Fall seasons ranked fifth in the 2011-12 Landmark Conference Presidents’ All-Sports Cup standings, which were released Thursday.

Juniata's Cross Country Peace Run
Juniata's Cross Country Peace Run

Every season cross country holds a "peace run" in order to get each runner pumped-up for the upcoming postseason. Take a look at how the runners did during the 2011 Peace Run challenge.

Woods and Morgan earn All-Landmark honors at Landmark Conf. Cross Country meet
Woods and Morgan earn All-Landmark honors at Landmark Conf. Cross Country meet

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore Katrina Woods (Shirleysburg, Pa./Mount Union) earned First team All-Landmark Conference honors while junior Caroline Morgan (Havertown, Pa./Haverford Township) was a Second team All-Landmark selection at Saturday’s Landmark Conference Women’s Cross Country Championships, held at Lehigh University’s Murray H. Goodman Campus.

Alter leads charge for Juniata XC teams at Gettysburg Invitational
Alter leads charge for Juniata XC teams at Gettysburg Invitational

GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Juniata College sophomore Nate Alter (Pittsburgh, Pa./Taylor Allderdice) finished 31st overall with a time of 28:30.87 to lead all Eagle finishers at Saturday's Gettysburg College Invitational five mile cross country meet.

Woods finishes 15th overall at DeSales University Invitational
Woods finishes 15th overall at DeSales University Invitational

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Juniata College sophomore Katrina Woods (Shirleysburg, Pa./Mount Union) finished 15th out of 424 competitors to lead the Eagles to a 17th place finish overall at Saturday's DeSales University Cross Country Invitational.

Cross country competes in Lehigh Paul Short Run
Cross country competes in Lehigh Paul Short Run

BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Both the Juniata College men's and women's cross country were among the over 5,000 runners from 450 colleges and high schools that competed in the 38th Annual Lehigh University Paul Short Run on Friday, with the women posting a 12th place finish overall in their race while the men clinched a 22nd place spot.

Cross country runners set numerous PRs at Lock Haven Invite
Cross country runners set numerous PRs at Lock Haven Invite

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. -- No fewer than seven Juniata College cross country runners turned in new personal best times at Saturday's Lock Haven Invitational.

Cross country runners set numerous PRs at Lock Haven Invite
Cross country runners set numerous PRs at Lock Haven Invite

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. -- No fewer than seven Juniata College cross country runners turned in new personal best times at Saturday's Lock Haven Invitational.

Katrina Woods and Amy Miller named Landmark Players of the Week
Katrina Woods and Amy Miller named Landmark Players of the Week

HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- Juniata College sophomores Amy Miller (Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch) of the women's volleyball team and Katrina Woods (Shirleysburg, Pa./Mount Union) of the women's cross country squad were named Landmark Conference Players of the Week for their performances during this weekend's competitions.

Eagles compete in 39th Annual Lebanon Valley College Cross Country Invitational
Eagles compete in 39th Annual Lebanon Valley College Cross Country Invitational

ANNVILLE, Pa. -- Sophomore Katrina Woods (Shirleysburg, Pa./Mount Union) earned a team-best fifth place finish Saturday when the Juniata cross country teams competed in the 39th Annual Lebanon Valley College Cross Country Invitational Saturday.

Cross country opens season at Bucknell Opener
Cross country opens season at Bucknell Opener

LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Juniata College men's and women's cross country teams earned four top 25 finishes Saturday morning at the Bucknell Opener.

Women's cross country picked to finish atop Landmark in 2011
Women's cross country picked to finish atop Landmark in 2011

HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- The Juniata College women's cross country team returns three runners who finished among the top 10 in the 2010 Landmark Conference Cross Country Championship, and the Eagles were shown a corresponding level of respect by the Landmark's coaches and sports information directors when the annual preseason poll was unveiled Thursday.