1989 Miracle Yearbook

Champion Eric Fillinger accepts an award from Coach King. Cedarville fans greet freshman Troy Hahn. Both men's and women's cross country teams had very profitable seasons in spite of the fact that neither team had many returning runners. Christian unity was the overriding theme of the season, and all the runners did an exceptional job of en- couraging each other and displaying their theme of unity. The men's team, with only three returning runners, wasn't too con- sistent at the beginning of the season but showed much improvement and ran very well toward the end. One runner who had a tremendous season was junior Eric Fil- linger. CROSS COUNTRY Bottom row: Jeff Bolender, Neal Wallace, Eric Fil- linger, Peter Casaletto, Troy Hahn, Corey Woods Top row: Coach Elvin King, Allen McElroy, Andy Schwaderer, JP Dawes, Rick Jenkins, Kris Williams, and manager Kari Clark "He was very consistent and competi- tive against all competition," said Coach King. Eric was the champion of every meet except one. He won the NCCAA national meet and placed sixth in the NAIA national meet. This allowed him to achieve all-American status for the third consecutive year in the NCCAA and the second consecutive year in the NAIA. Eric also received the Wheeler Award which is given to the outstanding Christian cross country runner of the year. 144 Sports