Your gifts help to fuel not only the student-athlete experience but also support training tools and long-term equipment purchases for the development of our runners.
- $5,000: Assault Runner Elite Curved Treadmill - Paired with a LightSpeed Lift for our most running-specific cross-training modality
| - $4,000: LightSpeed Lift-Bodyweight Assisted Training (paired with treadmill) - To keep our student athletes running with less impact
| - $4,000: Elliptical Trainer - Cross-training bridge between the bikes and the LightSpeed - fully weight-bearing with minimal impact
| - $1,000: Assault Bike - High Intensity, zero-impact cross-training tool for anaerobic training sessions
| - $800: Indoor Training Bike - The most low-impact cross-training tool in our XT collection
| - $200: Impact or Roped Medicine Ball - From warm-up to core-stability to power circuits - we can never have enough!
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$150: ALTIS Activator Belt - A new tool to add to our collection - providing athletes feedback on downward force application
| - $100: Rubber Med Ball - Used by our pole vaulters and javelin throwers for reactive strength development in the shoulders
| - $75: Indoor Throwing Ball - Proprioceptive work for the discus and javelin during the winter gets a jump-start on the outdoor season events
| - $30: Resistance Band - Heavy bands are a staple in our acceleration development circuits; lighter bands are key proprioceptive tools for the throwers
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If you are interested in making a gift to support one of these items, please reach out to Coach Wingard or Mary-Margaret Wells after making your gift to let them know.
The 2024-25 seasons were full of record-breaking performances and high academic achievement with accolades coming from the national and conference level.
Senior Katie Stevens wrapped up her career with appearances at both Track & Field National Championships, earning 2nd-Team All-America honors in the Weight Throw, Hammer, and Discus. For good measure, she was named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the third time in her career. Latrell Fomby joined her at the Outdoor Championships with his first appearance in the Discus.
Stevens was joined on the All-Academic Team by five other teammates while CNU earned team recognition for all four squads (M/W XC, M/W T&F) by the national coaches’ association.
The School Record Board has five new entries, including Stevens upping her Weight Throw best, Fomby breaking both indoor throws records (Weight Throw and Shot Put), Colin Sliwa taking down the Hammer record. Millie Weinhold, Courtney Mudd, Sarah Bland, and Adalyn Perez combined for a new 4x1500m Record at the Colonial Relays. The All-Time Lists saw 84 changes during the year, settling on 49 new listings.
While Santa Cruz broke three of our four Conference win streaks, the women retained the Indoor Title and the team posted 50 All-Conference performances overall. Andrew Janetsky earned XC Rookie of the Year honors, Stevens was named Women’s Outdoor T&F Athlete of the Year. Five Championships Records were claimed by your Captains along with five Athlete of the Championships honors.
The 2025-26 campaigns are off to a good start with the XC squads posting 14 new entries on the All-Time Lists, including 3 of the top 15 Men’s 8k times and 4 of the top 20 (including 2 of the top 5) 6k times every posted by a Captain. All seven of those student-athletes are returning next year and are favorites for Nationals berths in 2026!
Though the indoor T&F season really kicks off in January, we had a chance to get a glimpse of what’s coming from our new freshmen and the progress the returners have made since last spring at our December Holiday Open. Junior Seth Morris led the way with a new School Record in the Shot Put (53-11.75) which would have qualified him for Nationals last year.
We will once again host the Coast-to-Coast Indoor Championships on the Vince Brown Track February 20-21 and will travel to Mary Washington for the Outdoor Championships May 1-2.
We continue to maintain and upgrade our training tools that helped generate 439 PRs last year and travel the team to the best meets to hone their competitive skills and post their biggest performances.
Your generous support keeps these efforts moving forward and allows our student-athletes to enjoy and benefit from one of the best experiences in collegiate athletics.
Join our community of champions and support CNU TFXC!
Go Captains!
Tyler Wingard
Director of Track & Field/Cross Country
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The Champions Club is an Athletic Giving Society for donors who make a gift of $25 or more to any area of CNU Athletics.
If you are a Young Alum (2022-2025), there is a special component of the Champions Club just for you!
| - $1,000: Blue Tier ($52 of your gift is non-charitable)
- $2,500: Silver Tier ($232 of your gift is non-charitable)
- $5,000: Platinum Tier ($373 of your gift is non-charitable)
Have questions about how you can make a difference for CNU Athletics? Please contact:
Mary-Margaret Wells
Director of Parent and Family and Athletic Development
mary-margaret.wells@cnu.edu
757-594-8590 |
