Elliott Johnson (Minooka, Ill.) has signed a letter of intent to continue his cross country and track and field careers at Northwestern College this fall.

The Northwestern College cross country teams finished seventh (women's) and sixth (men's) out of 11 teams at the 2012 GPAC Championships held at the McCook Lake Nature Preserve in McCook Lake, S.D. on Saturday morning.

The Northwestern College cross country teams recently completed their 2011 seasons at the GPAC championship, hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan at Pioneer Park in Lincoln, Neb.

Dawn Gildersleeve (Elkhart, Iowa) was named to the 2012 GPAC women's cross country all-conference team as announced by the GPAC office earlier today.

The Northwestern College cross country teams will have a new look in 2012 as former NWC runner Scott Bahrke (’01) takes over the program after Nate Wolf resigned in June.

The NAIA announced its list of 2012 cross country scholar athletes and nine Northwestern runners earned the academic honor