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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

Watch all of the Juniata Athletic Awards Night Video content!

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.

Deschenes, Schmidt, Grim, and Parker named to Landmark Fall All-Academic Team
Deschenes, Schmidt, Grim, and Parker named to Landmark Fall All-Academic Team

HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- Four Juniata College student-athletes were among those named to the Landmark Conference 2011 Fall All-Academic Team, which was announced Wednesday.

Alter paces Juniata men at NCAA Mid-East Regional meet
Alter paces Juniata men at NCAA Mid-East Regional meet

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Juniata College sophomore Nate Alter (Pittsburgh, Pa./Taylor Allderdice) was the top male finisher in the NCAA Mid-East Regional meet, held Saturday at DeSales University.

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.

Men’s cross country squad finishes 4th at Landmark meet
Men’s cross country squad finishes 4th at Landmark meet

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore Nate Alter (Pittsburgh, Pa./Taylor Allderdice) ran to a 14th place overall finish to lead all Juniata College finishers at the 2011 Landmark Conference Men’s Cross Country Championships, held Saturday 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.

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.

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.

Men's cross country finishes tied for third in Landmark preseason balloting
Men's cross country finishes tied for third in Landmark preseason balloting

HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- Juniata College men's cross country was knotted with the University of Scranton in a tie for third place in the Landmark Conference preseason poll, which was released Friday.

Juniata places 31 Fall student-athletes on Landmark Academic Honor Roll
Juniata places 31 Fall student-athletes on Landmark Academic Honor Roll

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College placed 31 student-athletes on the Landmark Conference Fall 2011 Academic Honor Roll, which was released Thursday afternoon.