For more information about Lynchburg College Cross Country, please contact head coach Jesse Baumann at (434) 544-8467 or by email at baumann.j@lynchburg.edu.
ODAC Championships (6): 1986, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2009
NCAA Appearances (1): 1998
Two Lynchburg College women’s cross country athletes participated in the NCAA National Championship meet hosted by Baldwin-Wallace College after qualifying at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional Meet.
The women’s cross country team placed fourth at the South/Southeast Regional Meet held in Greensboro, NC. Jennie Pernisi (Camden, NY/Altmar-Parish Williamstown), Ashley Meyer (Springfield, MO/Glendale), and Molly Galloway (Fairfax, VA/W.T. Woodson) qualified for the NCAA National Championship meet by finishing in the top-35 and earning All-Region honors
The Lynchburg College women's cross country team, guided by head coach Jesse Baumann, won the program's first Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championship since the 2003 season and its sixth overall. Junior Jennie Pernisi (Camden, NY/Altmar-Parish Williamstown) paced the field to win the meet.
Jennie Pernisi (Camden, NY/Altmar-Parish Williamstown) reigned victorious by a wide margin of 21 seconds in a mostly Division I laden field at the Blue Ridge Open on Friday afternoon from Boone, NC. The women’s cross country team also finished in fourth place.
A shakeup in the Lynchburg College women’s cross country records book took place Friday as four runners recorded top-ten times en route to earning a sixth place finish at the illustrious Paul Short Invitational.
The women’s cross country team were the runners up at the Maroon Invitational on the campus of Roanoke College as the meet was run amidst rain showers.
The Lynchburg College women’s cross country team placed seventh at the Dickinson College Long Short Invitational. The invite featured two races – the 4K and 6K – and combined scores in the two races determined the overall winner.
The Lynchburg College women’s cross country team placed fourth in the 10-squad Elon Invitational, finishing ahead of six Division I and II squads.
The Lynchburg College women's cross country team won the Virginia Wesleyan Invitational with 30 points as the hosts finished runner up with 48 points.
The Lynchburg College women’s cross country team was slated fifth in the South/Southeast Region in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association preseason poll.
Lynchburg College women’s cross country team was picked second in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) preseason poll as voted on by the league’s head coaches.
