Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

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Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe
Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

CROSS COUNTRY

Cassondra O’Connor competes in the RMU Colonial Invite on Sept. 12.

Runner takes first place in MEC Championship race

Written By Edmee Idalis, Staff Writer • October 29, 2025
For the second time in her college career, Cassondra O’Connor was named Mountain East Conference Runner of the Year. O’Connor gained this after her first-place performance at the MEC Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Oct. 25. 
Elijah Bechdel competes in the RMU Invitational on Sept. 12.

Cross country teams both finish in fourth place at CMU Invitational

Written By Megan Lukitsch, Staff Writer • October 15, 2025
The men and women’s cross country teams each had fourth place finishes at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational on Saturday morning.

Point Park cross country posts solid runs at RMU

Written By Makenna Smith, Staf Writer • September 17, 2025
The Point Park men’s and women’s cross country teams turned in solid performances Friday at the Colonial Invitational hosted by Robert Morris University.
Cassondra O’Connor runs in the West Liberty Invitational against Washington & Jefferson’s Claire Anderson.

Women’s cross country crushes opening meet

Written By Makenna Smith, For The Globe • September 10, 2025
Point Park opened the 2025 cross country season with the women’s team taking first place and the men’s team finishing fourth at the West Liberty Invitational on Thursday evening at the Bethany College Cross Country Course.
Sophomores Cassondra O'Connor and Luke McKenna run in the Carnegie Mellon invitational on Oct. 12.

Cross-country earns four All-MEC honors

Written By Brynn Rees, Sports Editor • October 30, 2024
The Point Park men’s and women’s cross-country teams earned four all-conference honors after competing in the 2024 Mountain East Conference (MEC) Championship on Saturday, October 26 in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Pioneer Public: Cassondra O’Connor

Pioneer Public: Cassondra O’Connor

Written By Megan Lukitsch, Staff Writer • October 2, 2024
If you looked at where Cassondra O’Connor has placed in her first three races this season, it would be hard to believe that this is her first year ever doing cross country.
Cassondra O'Connor competes in the 5k race. She finished 14th overall.

Cross Country finishes in sixth place

Written By Megan Lukitsch, Staff Writer • September 18, 2024
The Point Park men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Clinton, Pennsylvania on Sept. 15. Both teams placed sixth out of 10 schools at the Robert Morris University Colonial Invitational.
Luke McKenna poses for his headshot on cross country media day in August. McKenna earned MEC Runner of the Week this week.

Pioneer Public: Luke McKenna

Written By Jake Loveisky, Staff Writer • September 18, 2024
Last Saturday, Sept. 14, sophomore Luke McKenna set the Point Park record for the 8k at the Robert Morris Invitational.
Assistant coach Josef DiPietrantonio, students Joshua Gosselin, John Dyar, Gabe Ebersole, Jannik Windleband and head coach Tim Creamer pose for a photo in Sacramento, California. The men placed first at the first NAIA Marathon National Championship.

Men’s Cross Country make school history

December 6, 2023

Point Park University has its first NAIA National Championship from a team. The Point Park men's track and field and cross country program had four members team up to win the NAIA Men's Marathon National...

Cross country places big at NAIA Great Lakes Challenge

October 25, 2023

The cross country team recently had a long bus ride to Grand Rapids, Michigan. This meet was the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge that took place this past Saturday. Many top 25 NAIA schools were featured in...

Josh Gosselin reflects upon his first cross country season

Written By Antonio Rossetti, Co-Sports Editor • November 16, 2022

Wales, Maine is pretty far away from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but a motivated Josh Gosselin, a freshman cross country runner, made the trek to the steel city in the summer. Gosselin developed a love...

Women’s Cross Country take home RSC Championship

Written By Antonio Rossetti, Co-Sports Editor • November 9, 2022

Jot it down in the record books. Point Park Women’s Cross Country fights off the wicked winds of Indiana and wins the 2022 River States Conference (RSC) Championship. On Saturday, Nov. 5, the Pioneers...

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