Rolf Receives Academic All-District Accolade

Valparaiso University’s Laura Rolf (Rochester, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) has been named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District V women’s track and field/cross country Second Team for the second consecutive year, as announced today by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Rolf Named Horizon League Athlete of the Year

Valparaiso junior Laura Rolf (Rochester, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) was named the Horizon League women’s cross country Athlete of the Year today.  Rolf finished the season with five victories in seven races, including a winning effort at the Horizon League Championship.

Rolf Places in Top-50 at NCAA Championships

Junior Laura Rolf (Rochester, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) earned a top-50 finish at the NCAA Championships for the second straight year Monday in Terre Haute, Ind., finishing in 48^th position out of an elite field of 253 runners.

Rolf Finishes Sixth as Valpo Competes at Great Lakes Regional

Laura Rolf (Rochester, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) earned a second consecutive trip to the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a sixth-place finish Saturday morning in Bloomington, Ind., as she paced the Valparaiso women’s squad at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.

Five-for-Five: Rolf Wins Horizon League Championship; Button Earns First Team Honors as Crusaders Finish Fourth

Laura Rolf (Rochester, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) won her fifth consecutive race Saturday morning at Sunset Hills Farm Park in Valparaiso, winning the Horizon League Championship and helping the Crusaders to a fourth-place team finish.

Rolf Breaks Own School Record; Wins For Fourth Time in 2007

Laura Rolf (Rochester, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) continued her stellar junior campaign Saturday morning, winning for the fourth time in as many races and breaking her own 5K school record at the Evansville Invitational in Evansville, Ind.  Rolf helped lead Valparaiso to a tie for fourth place in the team standings.

Rolf Receives Third League Honor of the Season

For the third time this season, junior Laura Rolf (Rochester, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) has been named the Horizon League women’s cross country Athlete of the Week.

Rolf Wins Third Consecutive Race With Dominating Performance at Notre Dame

Laura Rolf (Rochester, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) dominated the Gold Race at the Notre Dame Invitational in Notre Dame, Ind. Friday afternoon, covering the five-kilometer course in 17:04, setting a new school record for the distance and winning the race by 46 seconds.

Rolf Receives Repeat Horizon League Honor

For the second week in a row, junior Laura Rolf (Rochester, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) has been named the Horizon League’s Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week after winning the Boston College Open last weekend.

Rolf Wins for Second Straight Week; Crusaders Finish Seventh

Rolf Earns League Athlete of the Week Honors

The Horizon League announced today that junior Laura Rolf (Rochester, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) has been named its Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week for her performance last Friday at the Crusader Open.

Rolf, Button Finish 1-2 For Valpo at Crusader Open

Crusader Squad Poised for 2007 Season

Coming off of a runner-up finish in the 2006 Mid-Continent Conference Championships, the best league finish in program history, the Valparaiso women’s cross country team moves into the Horizon League with high aspirations for the 2007 campaign, led by one of the nation’s best runners in junior Laura Rolf.