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Women's Cross
Country—Coaches
Mark Horstmeyer has served as head coach of the
men’s and women’s cross country teams since the program started in 2000.
He has guided his women’s teams to NJCAA Division I Region IV and Illinois
Skyway Collegiate Conference championships in 2003 and 2006 and his men’s team
to championships in 2004.
Horstmeyer was selected conference and Region IV Women's Cross Country Coach of
the Year in 2003 and 2006 and received the same recognition for his men’s team
in 2004.
Twenty-one men and women runners have
earned Academic All-American honors. Nineteen individual runners and five teams
have competed in the NJCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, 23 runners
have earned all-region and 37 have received all-conference recognition,
including three individual conference champions.
Horstmeyer, who also is Moraine Valley's director of College and Community
Relations and an adjunct faculty member, holds a bachelor’s degree from Trinity
University in San Antonio, Texas, and a master's degree from Drake University in
Des Moines, Iowa.
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Andrea Zylius
Assistant Coach |
Andrea Zylius begins her first year as an
assistant coach. She started her running career with the Cyclones in 2004 and
continues to run long distance, ranging from 5K races to marathons.
She earned an Associate of Arts and a Health Fitness Technician Certificate from
Moraine Valley and a Bachelor of Science degree in Movement Sciences—Exercise
and Fitness from the University of Illinois-Chicago. She is currently working on
a Master of Science degree in Exercise Science at Northeastern University. She
is a fitness specialist with Advocate Fitness.
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Matt Swiatkowski
Assistant Coach |
Matt Swiatkowski begins his first year as an
assistant coach. As a Cyclone runner in 2002 and 2003, he earned all-Illinois
Skyway Collegiate Conference and NJCAA Region IV first team honors. He continues
to run marathons.
He earned an Associate of Science degree from Moraine Valley and a Bachelor of
Science degree in Accounting and Business Information Systems from Illinois
State University. He is a tax associate at RSM McGladrey Inc.
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