Cross Country Info:
Head Coach: Brian Falk
Brian Falk will begin his second season as head women's cross country coach in 2009, following a highly-successful debut in 2008 in which his Blue Jays won their second consecutive Middle Atlantic Conference team championship.
He ascended to the head coaching position in the summer of 2008 after he served as the team's assistant coach in 2007 as the Blue Jays won the MAC championship, took fourth at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet and finished tied for 23rd at the NCAA Division III championships.
A 1988 graduate of Temple University with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a 2003 graduate of McDaniel College with a master's degree in exercise science, Falk was a longtime assistant at Dickinson College, where he coached seven individual All-Americans and nine NCAA qualifiers.
In 2006, Falk served as the head coach of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire men's and women's cross country teams, and guided the women's squad to a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Division III championships.
Competitively, Falk placed second in the Harrisburg Marathon in 2003 and took third in the God's Country Marathon the same year. He has U.S. Track & Field Level 2 Certification in endurance, jumps and sprints/hurdles/relays.
Falk is a health teacher at Wilson Middle School in the Carlisle School District.
