DeSales University Women's Track

Hornig has done an incredible job during his tenure building both the womens cross country and track & field program into a contender in the MAC Conference every year. In cross country, the Bulldogs have finished as high as second place four times at the MAC Championships in 2003, 2012, 2014, and 2015 while also placing among the top four 11 times since the 2001 season.  He was honored following the 2012 cross country season as the MAC Coach of the Year.  Horning also guided DSU to a program best sixth place finish in 2015, a seventh place finish in 2003, and an eighth place finish in 2002 at the NCAA Mid-East Regional CC Championships.  In track & field, DeSales enjoyed its finest season under Horning in 2008-09 when the Bulldogs were second in the MAC Indoor Championships and third at the MAC Outdoor Championships. Additionally, Hornig helped the most celebrated runner in DSU history, , graduate having earned All-American honors 10 times in her career, become the first-ever DeSales University National Champion when she won the 1,500-meter race at the 2004 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships, be named DSU's Female Athlete of the Year all four years and earn Academic All-American honors as a senior.  She was inducted into the DeSales University Hall of Fame in the Fall of 2014 and the MAC Hall of Fame in 2015. Hornig was an assistant mens cross country and track & field coach in 1992-93 and from 1994-96 under head coach Al Weiner. Hornig graduated from DeSales in 1992 with a degree in criminal justice and received his masters degree in social work from Marywood in 1998. He also coached boy's high school cross-country and track at Archbishop Wood HS from 1988-90 and 1992. Wood won Philadelphia Catholic League boys cross country championships in 1988 & 89 and was nationally ranked in 1989.  As a runner at DSU, Hornig was team captain and Most Valuable Runner in 1991 as well as earning Academic All-League honors. Hornig, who works full-time as a Psychotherapist and also as an adjunct professor at DeSales in the criminal justice department, resides in Center Valley, PA with his wife Robie and daughter Hannah.

Burns was named All-Region twice in cross country in 2008 and 2009, was the conference champion in the 1,500-meters in 2008 and in the 5,000-meters in 2010 in track & field.   She will be pursuing her Masters in Business Administration at DeSales.

Kyle McHugh joined the men’s and women’s track & field coaching staff during the 2017 indoor season as the sprints coach, returning to his alma mater after graduating in 2004 with a degree in history.  He spent three years as a volunteer coach with the Bulldogs following graduation.   Following his volunteer stint with DSU he moved on to Nazareth Area High School coaching there for six years. During that time, he helped coach the women’s team to a league regular season title in 2008 and the men’s team in 2011 while also winning the league championship in both 2011 and 2012 for the men.  Under his guidance, his athletes broke 10 school records (three women’s and seven men’s) while having 25 athletes go on to the state meets in either indoor or outdoor.   Kyle moved on to Lehigh University where he again helped with sprints, hurdles, relays, and assisted with multi event hurdlers.  His primary focus was hurdles; he had athletes break three school records for hurdles and seven more on the track. Several athletes garnered All Patriot league honors and moved on to ECAC/ IC4A meets.   McHugh works full time at RHD as a residential support staff where he has been for more than six years.