Nebraska Wesleyan dominated the 2011 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) All-Conference teams. Hannah Kinberg was named the 2011 Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Year to headline the women’s team, while NWU co-coaches Ted Bulling and Ann Ringlein were the Women’s Coaches-of-the-Year. Five NWU women were All-GPAC, while eight Prairie Wolves were All-GPAC on the men’s side.

The 2011 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Cross Country Championships are this Saturday (Nov. 5) at Pioneers Park in Lincoln, Neb. The meet, hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan University, will begin at 10:00 am with the JV race. The women’s 5K race will start at 10:45 am, with the men’s 8k race to begin at 11:30.

Nebraska Wesleyan University swept this week’s Great Plains Athletic Conference cross country honors as seniors Hannah Kinberg and Michael Rathje were named the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Cross Country Runners-of-the-Week for the week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2.

Both the Nebraska Wesleyan University women’s and men’s cross country teams remain ranked in the third NCAA Division III poll that was released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Wednesday (Sept. 28). The NWU women are ranked No. 15, while the Nebraska Wesleyan men are No. 23.