Bloomsburg
State College

CROSS
COUNTRY
1980

Men's Outlook
Youth will play a big part in this year's cross country season.
The squad is comprised of one senior, five juniors, three
sophomores, and eight freshmen. Steve Johnson is the only
one to graduate from last year's team.
Junior co-captain Tom Groff, who placed seventh in last
year's regional competition, leads the list of returnees set on
improving last year's 2-7 mark. Other top prospects back from
a year ago are juniors Dennis Raup and Randy Peters, along
with sophomores John and Bob Feeley and Bill Harte. The
other co-captain is junior Ken Latch, a fine distance
performer on BSC's track team, but in his first season with
the cross country program.
A very promising group of freshmen figure prominently in
first year head coach Carolyn Wernstedt's plans. They are:
John Homan, Cameron Smith, f'Jlike Wool, and Gary Andrews.
This group, in addition to the upperclassmen, should make
competition very keen for the top spots.
Once the large number of freshmen gain some experience
in the early part of the season, the Huskies will be looking
forward to regional and hopefully national events.
Wernstedt and her assistant, Stu Nagel, will be aiming to
re-establish BSC's cross country program to the form it
displayed in the early ?O's under Dr. Clyde Noble.
Cross country began at Bloomsburg in 1932 and went 18-7
over a period of eight years before stopping in the 1940-41
season. It was reinstated as a varsity sport again in 1964 and
since has posted a .518 winning percentage with a record of
73-68.

Men's 1979 Results
BSC
47
22
33
21
41
39
34
47
42

West Chester
Mansfield
Kutztown
King's
East Stroudsburg
Lock Haven
Scranton
Millersville
Shippensburg

OPP.
16
39
25
37
20
22
23
15
19

Record: 2-7

FRONT COVER: Junior Men's Co-Captain Tom
Groff and Junior Women's
Co-Captain Anne Grab.

1980 Cross Country Roster

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Name

Class

High School

Hometown

Amici, Vicky
Delnis, Yvonne
Grab, Anne
Hartman, Susan
Kessler, Kelly
May, Carolyn
Mc Nally, Kathy
Meymaris, Lauren
Pingitore, Lori
Purcell, Terri
Roch, Jennifer
Urban, Mary

Fr.
Fr.
So.
Sr.
Fr.
So.
Fr.
So.
Fr.
So.
Fr.
So.

Emmaus
Bloomsburg
North Pocono
Danville
Ephrata
Berwick
Livingston
Wachusett
Reading
Abington Heights
Pocono Mountain
Central Catholic

Emmaus
Bloomsburg
Gouldsboro
Danville
Ephrata
Berwick
Livingston, NJ
Holden, MA
Reading
Clarks Summit
Mt. Pocono
Allentown

Fr.
Fr.
So.
So.
Jr.
So.
Fr.
Fr.
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.

Danville
Octorara
Plymouth-Wtlitemarsh
Plymouth-Whitemarsh
Palmyra
Plymouth-Whitemarsh
Ephrata
Bloomsburg
William Tennent
Norristown
Berwick
Central Columbia
Spring-Ford
Upper Dublin
Owen J. Roberts
East Islip

Danville
Parkersburg
Norristown
Norristown
Palmyra
Norristown
Akron
Bloomsburg
Warminster
Norristown
Berwick
Bloomsburg
Oaks
Dresher
Spring City
East Islip, NY

MEN

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Andrews, Gary
Blank, Jeffrey
Feeley, John
Feeley, Robert
Groff, Thomas
Harte, William
Homan, John
Knorr, Lawrence
Latch, Kenneth
Mosakowski, Michael
Peters, Randy
Raup, Dennis
Rheaume, John
Smith, Cameron
Williams, Michael
Wool, Michael

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Head Coach

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CAROLYN WERNSTEDT, is in her first year as
head coach of Bloomsburg's cross country
program. She joined the BSC Health, Physical
Education, and Athletics department in August
1979 and served as women's track and field
head coach and as an assistant field hockey
coach lasf year. •
After attending State College (PA) High
where she was a record holder in the long jump
and 100 and 200 dashes, Wernstedt received a
BS in Health and Physical Education at Penn
State in 1977. She lettered four years for the Nittany Lions while
competing in cross country, and indoors and outdoors in the 220, 440,
and 880.
She then coached a year in the State College School District before
returning to school to earn a master's degree in P.E. from Western
Illinois University in August 1979. At Western, Wernstedt was an
assistant cross country and track and field coach and the school was
state champs in both sports that year. The cross country team finished
10th in the nationals and a number of the girls competed at the
outdoor nationals.

Assistant Coach
STEWART NAGEL, is a member of BSC's Art
Department faculty entering his second
season as assistant cross country coach. A
good sub-masters runner, himself, makes him
an asset to the program.

KEN LATCH
Men's Co-Captain

SUSAN HARTMAN
Women's Co-Captain

TERRI PURCELL and LAUREN MEYMARIS
Sophomore Standouts

Women's Outlook
Last season was the initial year for women's cross country at
Bloomsburg State College and only four girls competed on
the team that finished 12th in regional competition.
The four returning from last year's squad include
co-captains, senior Susie Hartman and junior Anne Grab
along with sophomores Carol May and Terri Purcell.
"The girls have returned in good shape and are very
enthusiastic," according to first year head coach Carolyn
Wernstedt.
The veterans will be heavily challenged by a very strong,
talented group of newcomers. Leading this group of first year
candidates is PIAA District 11 mile champion Vicki Amici
from Emmaus High School and Lori Pingitore from Reading.
Sophomore Lauren Meymaris will be making her debut in
cross country after a fine fourth place finish in the 5000
meters at last spring's Pennsylvania Conference track and
field champfonships.
Others vying for positions are: sophomores Mary Urban
and Jenny Roch, and freshmen Yvonne Delnis, Kathy
McNally, and Kelly Kessler.
Having 12 members on this year's team allows for a lot
of competition for the top spots and this should show
immediate improvement. The team will be trying to achieve
close grouping in their meets and the overall depth of the
squad should make this possible.
The team is anxious to start a full schedule which includes
four invitational competitions throughout the season. This
season will be tougher due to the fact that there is only one
event scheduled at home.
Stu Nagel will be assisting Wernstedt with the team, as
well as helping with the men.

Bloomsburg State College is comm itted to providing leadership in taking
affirmative action to attain equal educational and employment rights for all
persons, without regard to sex , handicap , or other legally protected classification.
This policy is placed in this document in accordance with state and federal laws
including Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Please direct equal opportunity inquiries to:
Affirmative Action/Title IX Coordinator, Carver Hall , 389-2523.

1980 Schedule
WOMEN
Date

Opponent

Place

September 13

Lebanon Valley Invitational

Away
Away

September 20

Kutztown Invitational

October 4

Lock Haven/Bucknell

Home

October 18

Bucknell Invitational

Away

November 1

EAIAW Division Ill

Indiana U. of PA

November 8

Pennsylvania Conference
Championships

Sl ippery Rock

November 15

AIAW Nationals

Seattle, Washington

September 13

West Chester

Away

September 20

Mansfield

Away

September 27

Kings/Kutztown

At Kutztown

October 4

Lock Haven

Home

October 11

Penn State Open

Away

October 18

Shippensburg/
East Stroudsburg

Home

October 25

Scranton/Mil lersville

Home

November 1

NCAA Division II Regionals

Indiana U. Of PA

November 8

Pennsylvania Conference
Championships

Slippery Rock

November 15

NCAA Division II Nationals

Kemosha, Wisconsin

MEN

College Facts
LOCATION: Bloomsburg , Pennsylvania 17815
YEAR FOUNDED: 1839
ENROLLMENT: 5400 Undergraduates
COLORS: Maroon and Gold
NICKNAME: Huskies
PRESIDENT: Dr. James H. McCormick
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: H. Cecil Tu rberville (Phone: 389-3225)
ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR:Joanne McGomb(Phone: 389-3912)
MEMBER: NCAA (Div. II), Pennsylvania Conference (men)
AIAW (Div. Ill), Pennsylvania Conference (women)
COURSE: Upper Campus
SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: James Hollister (Phone:
389-3411 , Office; 784-6568,
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