Our Cross Country Coach, BJ Wagner, was awarded ACAA Cross Country Coach of the Year this past weekend at the 2015 ACAA Cross Country Running Championships help in Brookvale, PEI. Following the races, the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA), gathered teams and coaches from six university to recognize their season’s athletic accomplishments and devoted coaching abilities.

This was the first year Wagner has coached, and she hopes it won’t be her last. “This season is one to remember. All of the athletes worked so hard, and we became like family” says Wagner. Wagner is a seasoned runner, running for over 20 years herself. She ran with the Crandall athletes during practice and races because she “wanted to be a part of the athletes growth; running with them encouraged them as much as it encouraged me to be the best coach I could be.”

Crandall took home bronze in the male finals at the Championships, and the majority of the Crandall athletes walked away with a personal best time.

Photo: BJ Wagner, Crandall University Cross Country Coach