Alvernia University Men's Cross Country

Eric joined the Crusader staff as the head track and field and cross country coach in the fall of 2013.He comes to Alvernia from the University of Rochester, where

Track and Field Events: Distance Joe McCool, Head Coach E-mail: Coach McCool Joe McCool joined the Alvernia College staff in the summer of 2002. He is now

Track and Field Events: Distance Tim Hartung joined the Alvernia staff in October of 2018 as the Head Coach of Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track & Field.

Zach joined the Alvernia staff as an assistant distance coach in August of 2016. He comes to Alvernia from Liberty University, where he was a graduate assistant for two years. Barker is a 2014 graduate of Liberty University where he competed in cross-country and track and field for four years. Zach left the Liberty University Cross Country team with All Conference Honors. He set personal bests of 25:05 in the 8k, 15:16 in the 5k, and 4:22 in the Mile. Barker still competes post collegiately and finished the Boston Marathon in 2016. He also placed 16th in the 2016 Philadelphia Half Marathon clocking a time of 1:11:55. Zach is excited to be part of the Alvernia Track and Field Coaching staff and is happy to be coaching in his hometown of Reading, PA.