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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
Valpo Women Compete Saturday at NCAA Great Lakes Regional
Johnson Leads Crusader Women at HL Championship Meet
Date Opponent/Event Location Time Coverage
Sat, 10/29 at Horizon League Championships Cleveland, Ohio 9th/10 (190 pts.)
Sat, 11/12 at NCAA Great Lakes Regional Toledo, Ohio 29th/33 (855 pts.)
January 31, 2012
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.
October 15, 2011
Freshman Jessica Richardson (Columbus, Ind./North) recorded the first top-ten finish of her career, running to a ninth-place finish on Saturday at the Evansville Invitational in Evansville, Ind. to lead the Valparaiso women's cross country team, which posted an eighth-place team finish.
September 30, 2011
The Valparaiso women’s cross country team, led by freshman Jessica Richardson (Columbus, Ind./North), ran to a 16th place finish in the Gold race at the Notre Dame Invitational in Notre Dame, Ind. on Friday afternoon.
September 17, 2011
Freshman Jessica Richardson (Columbus, Ind./North) registered the second top-15 performance of her young career to lead the Valparaiso women’s cross country team as it competed Saturday at the Navy Invitational in Annapolis, Md.
September 02, 2011
Freshman Jessica Richardson (Columbus, Ind./North) debuted with a bang Friday afternoon at the Crusader Open at Sunset Hills Park, running to a 14th place finish to lead the Valparaiso women’s cross country squad.
September 01, 2011
A small and youthful squad will take to the cross country trails this year, as the Valparaiso women’s cross country team prepares for the start of the 2011 season this weekend.
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.
November 13, 2010
The Valparaiso women's cross country team finished ahead of three fellow Horizon League squads on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders closed out the 2010 season at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in Rochester, Mich.
October 30, 2010
Paced by a 23rd-place finish by freshman Claire Johnson (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie), the Valparaiso women's cross country team finished in ninth place Saturday at the 2010 Horizon League Championships in Chicago, Ill.
Women's Cross Country
Points
Butler18
Loyola78
Milwaukee103
Youngstown State111
Wright State149
Cleveland State157
UIC183
Detroit187
Valparaiso198
Green Bay256

Horizon League 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