GC Athletic Mission Statement:
To develop skill, Christian character, and prepare students for servant leadership through intercollegiate athletic competition.

The RECORD Online

Summer 2000

Highlights On and Off the Field

In the past 6 seasons in cross-country . . .

  1. The men finished this past school year with a 3.81 team GPA, ranking them No. 1 in the nation among the nearly 400 NCAA Division III programs, finishing ahead of other outstanding academic institutions such as Washington University and MIT.
  2. The combined men’s and women’s programs had a 3.53 GPA, ranking Greenville 9th in the nation in NCAA Division III. (MIT was No. 1 overall.)
  3. The men had 6 Academic All-Ameri- cans in 1999-2000: Jeff Boele, Jared Hart, Joe Niemuth, Jimmy Bean, Justin Snider, and Brian Weiss.
  4. The women had 4 Academic All- Americans in 1999-2000: Amy Ferrell, Becky Knight, Jenny Svoboda, and Tiffany Weiner.
  5. Mark Theiss and Jeff Boele have represented GC in the NCAA National Meet for the past 3 years. Theiss has twice earned All-America honors, finishing 27th and 10th.
  6. The Greenville College men’s and women’s teams have won 20 invitational meets in the past 6 years.
  7. The women have never lost a conference championship since joining the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) in 1995. That’s 5 consecutive conference championships.
  8. The men have failed to win the conference championship only once since joining the SLIAC (1995), finishing 1st the past four seasons.

In the past 6 seasons in track and field . . .

  1. The men have won 4 NCCAA national championships, 3 this past spring. They were: Danny Donaldson, long jump and 100-meter dash; Toye Watts, Shane Cress, Justin Bennett, and Donaldson, 4 x 100-meter relay. Greenville College’s first national championship (in any sport) was earned by Mark Theiss in the steeplechase 3 years ago.
  2. GC won the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) National Indoor Meet in the spring of 2000.
  3. GC finished 3rd at the NCCAA National Outdoor Championships in 2000, our highest finish ever.
  4. The men and women have broken 51 different records a total of 115 times.
  5. The number of athletes participating has grown from 18 in 1995 to 75 in 2000. Total expected for this coming school year: 96.
  6. The women had a cumulative team GPA of 3.39 at the end of the spring 2000 semester, earning them Academic All-America team honors.

Last updated: September 22, 2000