Race to the Top

When five NC State women’s cross country runners crossed the finish line among the top 32 finishers at the NCAA Championships in Tallahassee, Florida, on Nov. 20, they brought home the school’s first national title in any sport in 38 years and the first for a women’s program since the 1979 and ’80 women’s cross country teams won back-to-back Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women’s (AIAW) championships.

对于沃尔夫帕克（Wolfpack）远程运营的家庭来说，这是一场惊人的活动，在同一城镇竞争，早期的沃尔夫帕克（Wolfpack）在1979年赢得了第一个AIAW冠军，而在贝蒂·乔·斯普林斯（Betty Jo Springs）40周年之前的四天就赢得women’s championship ever sponsored by the NCAA, a 5K cross country race in Wichita, Kanas.

狼群,排名进入了周末。1in the nation, led the 6,000-meter race from beginning to end, dominating even after sitting its best runner out at the NCAA regional race two weeks prior. Led by sophomore Kelsey Chmiel, State’s runners finished 6th, 15th, 18th, 24th and 32nd in the race, winning with 84 points over second-place Brigham Young’s 122 points.

“The cross country race is one of the most unpredictable events in the country,” said women’s cross country coach Laurie Henes, a formerNC状态距离跑步者and graduate of the university. “It’s 250 good people lined up together on a course.

“在同一比赛中，您必须让五位真正的出色跑步者在同一天进行他们的最佳表现。我们很幸运能够做到这一点。”

All five of the Pack’s scoring runners were named All-Americas, a school record in a single race for the Wolfpack running.

“We do kind of have the perfect mascot for cross country because we are always running as a Pack,” Henes said. “And that definitely was the case in the championship race.”

Lifetime Commitment

亨斯（Henes）一生的大部分时间都涌入了沃尔夫帕克（Wolfpack）的家庭友好跑步计划，从长期越野越野和田径首席教练罗莉·盖格（Rollie Geiger）的大学生涯开始。她的丈夫鲍勃·亨斯（Bob Henes）在1990年代的跑步职业生涯中也是一名ACC冠军，而她却获得了历史学位并为体育管理硕士学位（体育管理硕士学位），他正在获得工业工程学位。

她的高年级赢得了1991年NCAA 5,000米5,000米的田径冠军，并继续参加国际赛车，并于1993年参加了世界大学比赛，参加了1995年世界锦标赛的美国田径比赛，并于1996年参加了美国奥运会试验。。

她作为一名学生表现出色，获得了ACC的Marie James奖学金和NCAA研究生奖学金。她曾两次获得NC State H.C.肯尼特（Kennett）奖是该学校表现最佳的女运动员（1990-91和1991 - 92年）。

She coached her eldest daughter, Elly, for five years with the Wolfpack as the younger Henes earned a degree in psychology. Last spring, Elly Henes wonthe same NCAA championshipthat her mom did and also earned the H.C. Kennett Award. Henes’ youngest daughter Jordan is a student at Appalachian State.

Despite the individual titles, the successful women’s cross country program had not won a team title since before the NCAA era, which began in 1981. Before, the AIAW was the governing body for women’s collegiate sports and oversaw the team national titles State won in 1979 and ’80, including back-to-back individual titles for Julie Shea.

Springs won the individual title in the NCAA’s inaugural season and again in 1983, while Suzie Tuffey won the individual title as a freshman in 1985.
亨斯（Henes）指导沃尔夫帕克（Wolfpack）取得了六个前10名NCAA的成绩，其中包括去年最优秀的第二名。老实说，在学校历史上第三次获得亚军有点令人失望。因此，今年的胜利是庆祝的原因。

Guiding the Pack

在不到20分钟的比赛中，在全国比赛中赢得胜利的训练和执行。自从Mentor Rollie Geiger接管妇女越野计划以来，Henes在15年内取得了巨大的成功。

她被任命为“年度ACC教练”七次，其中包括过去六年，因为沃尔夫帕克女子连续六次获得ACC冠军。上周，亨斯被评为美国田径和越野教练协会年度国家教练。

本周，除了Henes的荣誉外，Chmiel被命名为ACC的顶级女性越野表演者2021年。

亨斯（Henes）将她成功的教练简历归结为长寿的长寿。

“I’ve been here forever,” she said.

And now she and her program are standing tall on the championship podium.