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Three Crusader Runners Earn Academic All-League Honor
Three Valparaiso cross country student-athletes were awarded Horizon League Academic All-League honors as the league revealed the squads. Sophomore Claire Johnson (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie) represented the Crusaders on the women’s side, while junior Joe Johnson (Darien, Ill./Downers Grove South) and senior Jordan Piaskowy (Crete, Ill./Illiana Christian) each earned the accolade on the men’s side.
Three Crusader Runners Earn Academic All-League Honor
Crusader Cross Country Announces Year-End Awards
Crusader Men Close Season at NCAA Regional Meet
Valpo Places Eighth at Horizon League Championships
Date Opponent/Event Location Time Coverage
Sat, 10/29 at Horizon League Championships Cleveland, Ohio 8th/9 (223 pts.)
Sat, 11/12 at NCAA Great Lakes Regional Toledo, Ohio 29th/31 (893 pts.)
October 15, 2011
Led by the effort of freshman Trace Ostergren (LaPorte, Ind./Culver Academy), the Valparaiso men's cross country team ran to a ninth-place finish Saturday at the Evansville Invitational in Evansville, Ind.
September 30, 2011
Running on a soggy, windy afternoon Friday in Notre Dame, Ind., the Valparaiso men’s cross country team placed 18th in the Gold division of the Notre Dame Invitational.
September 17, 2011
The Valparaiso men’s cross country program split its squad on Saturday for its second weekend of competition this season. Some Crusader runners competed at the Navy Invitational in Annapolis, Md., while others ran at the Knight Invitational, hosted by Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich.
September 02, 2011
Junior Wally Bradford (Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago) ran to a 13th-place finish Friday at the season-opening Crusader Open to pace the Valparaiso men’s cross country team.
September 01, 2011
Three of the Valparaiso men’s cross country team’s top five runners from a season ago highlight a solid group of returnees, while a contingent of four newcomers joins the squad as well as the Crusaders prepare to open the 2011 cross country season.
July 12, 2011
Four races, including the season-opening Crusader Open at Sunset Hills Farm, will prepare the Valparaiso cross country teams for the Horizon League Championships as head coach Mike Straubel announced the Crusaders' 2011 schedule today.
February 18, 2011
Senior Chris Bednarczyk (Carmel, Ind./Westfield) and junior Jordan Piaskowy (Crete, Ill./Illiana Christian) earned spots on the Horizon League men's cross country 2010 Academic All-League Team.
February 14, 2011
One of the top runners ever at Valparaiso, Dennis Murray held seven school records on the oval during his career with the Crusaders, and, on Saturday, February 19 he will be inducted into the Valparaiso University Athletics Hall of Fame.
Men's Cross Country
Points
Butler22
Loyola69
UIC83
Milwaukee118
Detroit121
Wright State148
Youngstown State167
Valparaiso258
Green Bay261

2010 Horizon League Men's Cross Country Championship
M Basketball Valpo 60 Green Bay, Wis.
Jan 26 Green Bay 75
W Basketball Milwaukee 55 Athletics-Recreation Center
Jan 26 Valpo 47
W Bowling Kutztown Invitational Reading, Pa.
Jan 27 2nd/28 (5-1)
W Bowling Kutztown Invitational Reading, Pa.
Jan 28 3rd/28 (10-2)
M Track IPFW Quadrangular (with Detroit and Oakland) Fort Wayne, Ind.
Jan 28 No Team Score
W Track IPFW Quadrangular (with Detroit and Oakland) Fort Wayne, Ind.
Jan 28 No Team Score
M Tennis Valpo 1 Muncie, Ind.
Jan 28 Ball State 6
W Swimming Monmouth (Ill.) 40 Athletics-Recreation Center
Jan 28 Valpo 63
M Swimming Monmouth (Ill.) 36 Athletics-Recreation Center
Jan 28 Valpo 57
W Swimming Butler 56 Athletics-Recreation Center
Jan 28 Valpo 39
M Basketball Valpo 55 Milwaukee, Wis.
Jan 28 Milwaukee 52
W Basketball #12/9 Green Bay 65 Athletics-Recreation Center
Jan 28 Valpo 37
W Bowling Kutztown Invitational Reading, Pa.
Jan 29 5th/28 (11-4)
W Basketball Valpo 58 Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 2 Youngstown State 64
M Basketball Detroit 73 Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 2 Valpo 78
W Tennis Valpo 0 Fort Wayne, Ind.
Feb 3 IPFW 7
W Bowling Prairie View A&M Invitational Arlington, Tex.
Feb 3 3rd/12 (2-3)
W Track Meyo Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Feb 3 No Team Score
M Track Meyo Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Feb 3 No Team Score
W Tennis Valpo 6 Fort Wayne, Ind.
Feb 3 Wittenberg 1
M Track Meyo Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Feb 4, 9:00 a.m.
W Track Meyo Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Feb 4, 9:00 a.m.
W Bowling Prairie View A&M Invitational Arlington, Tex.
Feb 4, 9:40 a.m.
W Track Mastodon Invitational Fort Wayne, Ind.
Feb 4, 10:00 a.m.
M Track Mastodon Invitational Fort Wayne, Ind.
Feb 4, 10:00 a.m.
W Basketball Valpo 66 Cleveland, Ohio
Feb 4, 10:00 a.m. Cleveland State 48
W Swimming Valpo Monmouth, Ill.
Feb 4, 1:00 p.m. Monmouth (Ill.) w/ Western Illinois and Augustana
M Swimming Valpo Monmouth, Ill.
Feb 4, 1:00 p.m. Monmouth (Ill.) w/ Western Illinois and Augustana
M Tennis Valpo Dayton, Ohio
Feb 4, 3:00 p.m. Dayton
M Basketball Wright State Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 4, 7:05 p.m. Valpo
W Bowling Prairie View A&M Invitational Arlington, Tex.
Feb 5, 8:30 a.m.
M Basketball Valpo Cleveland, Ohio
Feb 9, 6:00 p.m. Cleveland State
M Track GVSU Big Meet Allendale, Mich.
Feb 10, 9:00 a.m.
W Track GVSU Big Meet Allendale, Mich.
Feb 10, 9:00 a.m.
Softball Valpo Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 10, 7:00 p.m. UNI
W Track GVSU Big Meet Allendale, Mich.
Feb 11, 9:00 a.m.
M Track GVSU Big Meet Allendale, Mich.
Feb 11, 9:00 a.m.
Softball Valpo Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 11, 10:00 a.m. Nebraska-Omaha
W Tennis Valpo Homewood-Flossmoor
Feb 11, 11:00 a.m. Kalamazoo
Softball Valpo Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 11, 12:00 p.m. Iowa State
W Basketball Valpo Indianapolis, Ind.
Feb 11, 1:00 p.m. Butler
M Tennis Grace Matchpoint Tennis Club
Feb 11, 3:00 p.m. Valpo
M Basketball Valpo Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 11, 6:00 p.m. Youngstown State
Softball Valpo Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 12, 12:00 p.m. Drake
W Tennis Bradley Homewood-Flossmoor
Feb 12, 3:30 p.m. Valpo
M Basketball UIC Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 14, 7:05 p.m. Valpo