Varsity Cross Country - Girls
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Team Overview
Pingree’s cross country team competes in the Eastern Independent League (EIL). EIL schools include Bancroft, Beaver Country Day School, Berwick Academy, Concord Academy, Dana Hall School, Lexington Christian Academy, Newton Country Day School, Portsmouth Abbey, and Winsor School. Preparation
for competition incorporates periods of building base mileage, resistance training, developing endurance, improving individual speed, developing teamwork, and just plain fun — as well as season-long core and upper body strength conditioning. In addition, the Pingree program provides athletes with nutritional and injury prevention/treatment information and insights.
The cross country team competes and trains on 37 acres of school grounds and neighboring horse trails. Pingree’s home course is considered by coaches, runners, and fans to be one of the most challenging courses in New England.
Pingree cross country runners expand their self-confidence, develop leadership skills, and learn to accomplish goals as members of a team and as individuals. The team values cooperation, sportsmanship, and hard work above all else.
Pingree Alumni Collegiate Athletes:
Ali Knowles '17, St. Lawrence University
Taylor Landers '15, Stonehill College
Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Jim MacLaughlin
A graduate of the class of 1984, Mr. MacLaughlin has been coaching at Pingree for over 25 years, and began coaching cross country in 2013. A runner for Pingree's inaugural cross-
Assistant Coach: Erin VanTuyl
Coach VanTuyl believes “You have to go for it, if you don’t, you won’t get it, so I went for it!” Since then, her athletic accomplishments include podiums in triathlons, competing in Xterra Off Road Nationals in Utah, competing in Xterra Worlds in Hawaii, she is a 6-time Women’s Champion (aka Braveheart Lassie) at the Berkshire East Pentathlon. Recently placed 2nd in the 2023 Mount Washington Tuckerman’s Inferno and her Dek Hockey Team won the 2019 & 2021 season championships. Her coaching career started as a ski instructor at Wachusett Mountain in the mid-90’s. In 2016 she started a mountain bike camp which led to a mountain bike race team. The team competes in the New England Youth Cycling League. Coach VanTuyl is excited to bring my coaching enthusiasm to the Pingree athletic department. Her philosophy for coaching is to provide an atmosphere which encourages athletes to compete to their best ability while having fun.