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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
Softball Valpo 5 Ames, Iowa
Feb 12 Drake 3
W Tennis Bradley 7 Homewood-Flossmoor
Feb 12 Valpo 0
M Basketball UIC 65 Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 14 Valpo 74
W Basketball UIC 54 Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 16 Valpo 43
M Tennis Valpo 1 Rockford, Ill.
Feb 17 Northern Illinois 6
Baseball Valpo 2-2 susp. end 12
Feb 17 Murray State
M Basketball Valpo 53 Los Angeles, Calif.
Feb 17 Loyola Marymount 61
M Tennis Valpo 2 Rockford, Ill.
Feb 18 IUPUI 5
M Track Boilermaker Invitational West Lafayette, Ind.
Feb 18 No Team Score
W Track Boilermaker Invitational West Lafayette, Ind.
Feb 18 No Team Score
Baseball Valpo 5 13 inn.
Feb 18 Murray State (resumption) 2
Baseball Valpo 1 Murray, Ky.
Feb 18 Murray State 2
W Basketball Loyola (Chicago) 46 Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 18 Valpo 69
Baseball Valpo 7 Murray, Ky.
Feb 19 Murray State 4
M Basketball Loyola 62 ot
Feb 21 Valpo 66
M Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 22, 7:00 p.m. Horizon League Championships
W Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 22, 7:00 p.m. Horizon League Championships
W Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 23, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
M Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 23, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
W Basketball Valpo Green Bay, Wis.
Feb 23, 7:00 p.m. #12/12 Green Bay
Softball Valpo Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb 24, 10:00 a.m. East Tennessee State
M Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 24, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
W Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 24, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
M Tennis Valpo Kalamazoo, Mich.
Feb 24, 12:00 p.m. Western Michigan
Softball Valpo Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb 24, 12:15 p.m. UT-Chattanooga
Baseball Valpo Fayetteville, Ark.
Feb 24, 3:05 p.m. #4 Arkansas
W Bowling Holiday Classic Bessemer, Ala.
Feb 24, 3:45 p.m.
W Tennis Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 24, 4:00 p.m. Milwaukee
M Basketball Butler Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 24, 6:00 p.m. Valpo
W Track Horizon League Indoor Championships Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 25, 8:00 a.m.
M Track Horizon League Indoor Championships Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 25, 8:00 a.m.
W Bowling Holiday Classic Bessemer, Ala.
Feb 25, 9:30 a.m.
W Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 25, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
M Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 25, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
W Tennis Western Illinois Homewood-Flossmoor
Feb 25, 11:00 a.m. Valpo
Softball Valpo Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb 25, 12:15 p.m. UT-Martin
Baseball Valpo Fayetteville, Ark.
Feb 25, 1:05 p.m. #4 Arkansas
W Basketball Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 25, 2:00 p.m. Milwaukee
Softball Valpo Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb 25, 2:30 p.m. Niagara
M Track Horizon League Indoor Championships Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 26, 8:00 a.m.
W Track Horizon League Indoor Championships Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 26, 8:00 a.m.
W Bowling Holiday Classic Bessemer, Ala.
Feb 26, 8:30 a.m.
Softball Valpo Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb 26, 10:00 a.m. Belmont
Baseball Valpo Fayetteville, Ark.
Feb 26, 1:05 p.m. #4 Arkansas
W Basketball Wright State Athletics-Recreation Center
Mar 1, 7:05 p.m. Valpo
Softball Valpo El Paso, Texas
Mar 2, 3:30 p.m. Iowa State
W Track Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Mar 2, 5:00 p.m.
M Track Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Mar 2, 5:00 p.m.
W Tennis Valpo Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mar 2, 5:00 p.m. Western Michigan
M Track Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Mar 3, 10:00 a.m.
W Track Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Mar 3, 10:00 a.m.
Baseball Valpo Boiling Spring, N.C.
Mar 3, 1:00 p.m. Gardner-Webb
W Basketball Detroit Athletics-Recreation Center
Mar 3, 1:35 p.m. Valpo
Softball Valpo El Paso, Texas
Mar 3, 3:00 p.m. Brown
M Basketball Horizon League Championship Athletics-Recreation Center
Mar 3, 7:30 p.m. Valpo
Softball Valpo El Paso, Texas
Mar 3, 7:30 p.m. UTSA