About Club XC

About Us

Penn State Club XC is in its 6th year of existence as a running club that gives students an opportunity to run, train, and compete. The club was founded so runners wouldn't have to run by themselves and also to give runners a chance to compete on the college level without the stress of being on an NCAA Varsity team. The club is open to all types of runners...if you're just out to stay in shape and meet people this is the club for you! If you'd like to train and compete against college teams on a serious level, this is also the club for you.

Our motto is "the club is what you make of it." In 2006, we competed for the first time under the club sports department at PSU and also as a member of the newly-formed National Intercollegiate Running Club Association (NIRCA). At the first NIRCA Championship our girls team finished first and the guys finished fourth. Currently, our roster totals over 130 students.

Spring 2009 practice is running now at 4:30pm in front of Rec Hall - ALL ARE WELCOME SO COME CHECK US OUT!

Leadership

President - John McPheron

John is a senior majoring in Mechanical Engineering and has been with the club for the last 4 years. His interests include Iowa, Mets baseball, 2 hour pre-race warmups, helping the webmaster with Dreamweaver and color-coordinated sweatbands. If you have any questions about the club, he's the man to ask!

Vice President -Morgan Barth

Morgan is a senior majoring in Chemical Engineering. After having joined the club her freshman year, she has been at practice every single day through rain, snow, sleet, heatwaves and the occasional earthquake. She enjoys rice krispie treats, triathlons, but not chocolate.

Treasurer -Marc Paulhamus

Marc is a senior majoring in Computer Science and in his 4th year with Club XC. You can always find him yelling loudly about 'taking no prisoners' while running and generally causing chaos. He's the one to run with if you're into lightening speed and intense hill workouts.

Secretary - Kelsey Markham

Kelsey is a junior majoring in Nutritional Sciences. She joined the team as a freshman last year and literally has not stopped talking and laughing since. Her favorite run is Lowes Loop, but only if she can stop running and swing on the swings at the playground.

Captain - Nate King

Nate is a Junior majoring in Kinesiology. Nate joined the team last year and loves running all around State College in short shorts. He enjoys XC because he gets to meet people that he would not normally encounter. If given the chance to run anywhere in the world, he would choose New Zealand.

Captain - Liz Baugher

Liz is a senior majoring in Meteorology, but don't expect her to tell you if its going to rain or not. Liz has been on the team for 3 years and loves traveling with a family of over 100 members! She loves to workout and claims that she can out-eat anyone

Captain - Brian Beatty

Brian is a junior majoring in business. The thing he enjoys most about club XC is traveling around to all the different schools across the nation. Brian spends his summers training the mountains and likes every race from the 400 to 1000m.

Captain - Emily Insetta

Emily is a senior majoring in Nutritional Sciences. She has always loved running but unfortunately, did not discover club XC and all of its AWESOMENESS until this year! She loves running on the beach, on lacrosse fields, in marathons, and most of all, with the club team!