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Head Coach
Erin Cahill
First Year
Women's Cross Country
9/2/10
Coach
Erin Cahill is busy preparing members of the college's new
Women's Cross Country team for the start of the team's inaugural
season, which commences with the Delaware Valley College Invitational
on Sept. 4. Three additional meets are scheduled; runners
will compete at the Region 19 championships Oct. 23, with
winners to advance to the District Championships in November.
Cahill notes that she has room on the roster for additional
runners seeking to join the squad during the season.
Cahill has an extensive background of personal bests that
should motivate her runners to pursue excellence. As an undergraduate
at The College of New Jersey from 2000-2004, she ran varsity
cross country and indoor and outdoor track. She was a New
Jersey Athletic Conference Champion in Indoor and Outdoor
Track in the 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 meter events and was
named to the Div. III Atlantic Region Cross Country All-Region
Team in 2003. She competed in the NCAA Division III Cross
Country National Championships in 2001 and 2003. In 2003,
she helped TCNJ earn an Atlantic Region Championship and a
ninth place finish at the National Championships. She was
named to the NJ Athletic Conference All-Conference Team in
Cross Country and Indoor and Outdoor Track all four seasons
of her undergraduate career. As a student at The Hun School,
Cahill earned 12 varsity letters, in cross country, basketball
and softball.
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Head
Coach Erin Cahill
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Cahill
earned her master's degree in Physical Education from The College
of New Jersey in 2006 and has coaching certification from the American
Sports Education Program.
The
Vikings will compete in Division I against other regional community
colleges as well as Division II and III schools in the tri-state
area. Runners will train at neighboring Mercer County Park and other
parks in the area. Because of its Division I status, Mercer will
be able to offer in-county tuition rates to out-of-county runners.
Female
athletes interested in running for the Vikings should email Coach
Cahill at cahille@mccc.edu.
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