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Dale Boring (Slippery Rock '94; Third Year with Cross Country, Fourth Year with Track & Field) was announced as the new head coach of Washington & Jefferson's cross country and track & field programs in January of 2014.
Under Boring's leadership, the W&J men's cross country team finished second at the 2017 Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship with the women coming in sixth. The men's team proceeded to finish 10th out of 51 teams at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regionals, the highest men's finish in program history, with junior Harley Moyer placing fourth in the 365-runner field, the highest individual finish at a regional in school history. Moyer went on to finish 41st at the NCAA Division III National Championships, narrowly missing All-America honors.
The 2017-18 indoor track season saw the men's squad finish second at the PAC Indoor Championships while the women came in fourth. Moyer (mile) and freshman Krista Sudar were gold medal winners for the Presidents while Moyer claimed his second consecutive overall PAC Indoor Track MVP for earning the most team points out of all the competitors, including the women. Both teams went on to compete at the ECAC Division III Indoor Championships as the men finished 13th out of 32 teams and the women came in 12th out of 29.
At the 2016 NCAA Division III Mideast Regional, both the men's and women's cross country teams improved on their 2015 finishes as the men finished 23rd out of 52 (24th in 2015) while the women placed 36th of 51 (44th in 2015). The 2016 season was highlighted by Harley Moyer who finished third at the PAC Championship, just 41 seconds behind the leader, followed by an 18th place showing at the Mideast Regional.
Boring led both track and field teams to fourth place finishes at the 2017 PAC Indoor Championships. On the men's side, Moyer was named the PAC Men's Indoor Track MVP after claiming a championship in the one mile run to go along with finishes of second place in the 3000-meter run, third in the 5000, and fifth as the anchor in the men's distance medley relay. The women's team was led by Devon Dobbs and Lauren Williams-Wiles who combined to claim three championships as Dobbs finished first in the weight throw while Williams-Wiles was crowned a champion in the long jump and 60-meter dash.
In the spring, both track and field teams placed sixth at the PAC Outdoor Championships as Williams-Wiles claimed two more championships in the long jump and 100-meter dash while Jarrod Webb won the shot put championship.
In cross country, Boring coached the men’s team to a second place finish at the 2015 PAC Championship after finishing 10th the previous season. Harley Moyer and Shane Burkhart finished second overall and seventh overall, respectively, earning First Team All-PAC honors. Theo Kioussis claimed Second Team All-PAC laurels after finishing 11th. With the turnaround, Boring was named the PAC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year. Throughout the course of the season, W&J runners claimed PAC Runner of the Week three times, the most among any of the league's schools.
In 2016, Boring had six Presidents in the ECAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships and two in the Indoor Championships. On the women’s side, Boring oversaw three individual PAC championships. Lauren Williams-Wiles won the outdoor 100-meter dash and high jump, as well as the indoor 60-meter dash. For the men, three runners took home individual championships. At the outdoor conference championship meet, Dwight Nelson won the 400-meter hurdles. Indoors, Harley Moyer won the 5000-meter run and Benjamin Waugh claimed first in the high jump. In total, the 2015-16 indoor and outdoor track & field seasons saw the Presidents' freshmen break 14 school records, with two more falling by veterans.
Between men's and women's cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field during the 2015-16 school year, W&J student-athletes secured 13 ECAC Division III South Rookie of the Week honors, far and away the most of the 44 schools that comprise the ECAC South.
At the 2015 PAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Brook Burns won the league crown in the women's high jump.
In his first track & field season with the Presidents, Boring oversaw Cheyenne Mangold's third-career All-America finish when she placed eighth in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships.
In his inaugural campaign, six W&J student-athletes qualified for the ECAC Outdoor Championships and three participated in the ECAC Indoor Championships. At the PAC Outdoor Championships, Mangold was named the PAC Co-MVP and Harley Straub earned an individual championship in the women's shot put with a distance of 38'0 3/4" W&J women finished third at the meet.
Boring comes to W&J with over a decade of coaching experience at the high school level. Most recently, Boring served as the head coach of the cross country and track & field programs at Mars High School, located just north of Pittsburgh. During his time at Mars, he produced 23 total PIAA qualifiers and his 2013 girls’ team captured a WPIAL AA Championship. The 2012 Mars boys’ cross country team was the WPIAL AA runner-up.
During the spring season, he led the 2013 Mars boys’ track & field team to its first-ever WPIAL AAA playoff appearance and coached three student-athletes to new school records.
Prior to his stint at Mars, Boring coached seven new sprint event school record holders and a 2010 Section 4-AAA Champion girls’ track team at Knoch High School.
In addition to his coaching experience, Boring is the current director and founder of ‘Get FAST’ camps. He has developed more than 10,000 athletes since the company’s inception in 1999. To date, Boring has implemented speed camps for 58 high school football teams and trained two PA state championship teams, one state runner-up and 18 district championship teams.
Boring holds both a bachelor’s degree (1994) and a master’s degree (1997) from Slippery Rock University and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S.).
