Van Arsdale Retires, Tritons Hire Nate Garcia as New Head Coach for Cross Country

UC San Diego Director of Athletics Earl W. Edwards announced Tuesday afternoon that Nate Garcia has been hired as the new men's and women's cross country head coach for the 2007 season. He replaces Ted Van Arsdale who announced his retirement from coaching earlier this morning after spending the last 15 years as the head coach of the Triton cross country programs. Garcia assumes the helm of the program for which he has been associated with for 10 seasons, the first five of which were as a student-athlete. The last five years have been spent as an assistant coach with both the cross country and track & field programs at UCSD. || CONTINUE

Triton Harriers Finish 16th at NCAA Championships on Saturday in Pensacola

The UC San Diego women's cross country team finished its season in 16th place out of 24 teams at the NCAA Division II National Championships on Saturday at the Escambria County Equestrian Center in Pensacola, Florida. The race was one of six NCAA D-II National Championship events to be held on the day as part of the NCAA D-II Fall Sports Championships Festival hosted by the University of West Florida. UCSD was paced on the day by junior Diane Dunn who finished in 38th place with her time of 21:34.7. She narrowly missed out on All-America accolades as the top-30 finishers earned that status. Senior Nina Miller concluded her Triton career with a 59th place finish in a time of 22:00.4. || CONTINUE