DeSales University Men's Track

Weiner Head Men's Cross-Country and Track & Field Coach Phone ) ext. 1418 Head mens cross country and track & field coach Al Weiner is entering his 31st season in charge of the DeSales cross country team and his 23nd season as head coach of the mens track and field team.   Weiner has enjoyed tremendous team and individual success throughout his tenure highlighted by the 2007 fall season when his cross-country took home the schools first and only MAC Championship.  He has also guided the Bulldogs to five top 10 finishes at the NCAA Mid-East Regional Championships including the first in 2002 (10th) and DSUs best-ever finish at the regional meet in 2013 in eight place.  DSU has finished inside the top 10 in three of the last four years.   The Bulldogs have also enjoyed tremendous success in track & field under Weiner winning their first-ever MAC Championship in the spring of 2011, taking home the 2011 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship in which Weiner earned Coach of the Year honors.  Prior to that, DSU had finished second or third in each of the previous five MAC Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championship meets and have finished among the top five all but one time since 2008 in both the MAC Indoor and Outdoor T&F Championships.   Individually, Weiner has had a few runners excel individually on the national level including current DSU Hall of Famer, Jamie Hibell, who earned All-American honors in the 5,000-meters in track & field in 1997.  Mike Vidumsky earned All-American honors in cross country twice and finished 11th in 2004, while Lou Corominas earned All-American honors three times in the 400-meters in track & field.  Vic Longo, Andrew Ferretti, and Nate Noll have earned three of the schools five NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarships in cross-country.   Weiner owns an impressive running background.  He was team captain and most valuable runner in cross-country and track at Whitehall High School.  He set school records in the two-mile run and two-mile relay, and was the Lehigh Valley League champion in both events, setting a league record in the two-mile.  He was a three-time district champion and recorded a 10th-place finish in the two-mile at the Pennsylvania State Championship Meet.   He continued his running career at Kutztown (Pa.) University where he set school records in the mile and 1,500-meter runs.  He placed sixth in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference in the 1500 meters as a senior and was named to the All-PSAC Team.  While at Kutztown, he was cross-country captain as a senior and track captain as a junior and senior.   Weiner graduated from Kutztown University in 1979 with a degree in business administration.  In addition to coaching both the mens cross country and track teams here at DeSales, Weiner serves the University as the equipment manager.  He resides in Northampton, PA, with his wife Lisa and their two children, Ryan and Kelly.

Mateer was a member of seven conference championship teams, was named All-Conference twice, and was an ECAC champion in the 3,000-meters in 2009.   Upon graduation, Mateer coached at Geneseo for the 2013-14 season, where he worked with five individual conference champions. Additionally, he has worked with athletes of all abilities at Fleet Feet Rochester, where he also served as a coach.   Chris will be pursuing his Masters Degree in Secondary Education.