The male Panther of the Week is going to Joe Stoddard from the men’s cross country team. The sophomore from Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin finished the Walt Crawford Classic in first place with a 5K race...

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...

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...

Panther sophomores Mason Stoeger and Michael Atkins and fifth-year Adam Swanson talked about their training over the summer, how they are adjusting after losing one of their best runners, Dustin Hatfield,...

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,...

The Eastern men’s and women’s cross country teams swept the OVC Cross Country Championships in Cookeville, Tennessee last Saturday for the first time since 2001.  Saturday’s championship wins...

The Eastern Illinois Cross Country teams head to Peoria for the Bradley Pink Classic on Friday. The first race begins at 1:30 PM. The Men’s team will compete in the 8K, and the Women will compete...

After setting the school record in the 8K at last year at the Louisville Classic, graduate student Dustin Hatfield did it again, finishing 5th out of 301 in the men’s race and breaking his record he...

The Eastern Illinois men's and women's cross country teams head to the Louisville Classic Saturday, Oct. 1st the men’s 8K begins at 9:30 a.m. and the women’s 5K begins at 10:15 a.m. It is one of...

Both the men’s and women’s cross-country team won first place at their first meet of the season Friday afternoon. The annual EIU Walt Crawford Open combined runners from six different colleges: Southern...