Duquesne University Men's Cross Country

Lear's watch. Lear first came to Duquesne in 1994 and was promoted to head coach in 1996 after two campaigns as an assistant. During his tenure at Duquesne, Lear has seen numerous runners be named either Atlantic 10 Performer or Rookie of the Week and has had 21 Atlantic 10 All-Conference performers. Lear's runners also excel in the classroom as evidenced by the numerous Academic All-Americans the program has had and the Academic All-Conference accolades his student-athletes have collected. A former track and cross country runner himself in high school and college, Lear began his coaching career in 1975 as the head cross country and track coach at Central Catholic. He coached the Vikings for nine years and also had a one-year simultaneous stint as assistant track coach at Carnegie Mellon University in 1981-82, where he produced his first All-American performer. Following his tenure at Central Catholic, Lear worked for one year as coach at Mercersburg Academy in Central Pennsylvania before accepting the position of assistant track coach in charge of distance runners at the University of Pittsburgh in 1985. During nine seasons at Pitt, Lear guided two additional athletes to All-American status and was involved with the only Pitt cross-country team to ever qualify for the NCAA Championships in 1990. Lear resides in Wilkins Township with his wife Debbie and has three daughters, LeAnne, Kaitlin and Jessica. SPONSORED BY:   

Slosky captured second place at A-10's and turned in a 16th place showing at the NCAA Regional, just missing a shot at qualifying for nationals. As a sophomore in 2005, Slosky placed fourth overall at the A-10 Championship, leading five Dukes who finished in the top 15, as Duquesne captured first place as a team and the school's first Atlantic 10 championship in any sport since 1977. The Dukes finished an all-time best sixth in the region that year as well. Slosky was equally, if not more successful on the track, qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase three times and being crowned Atlantic 10 champion on three occasions as well. In 2007, he became the first Duquesne track athlete to receive All-American status and is still the school record holder in the steeplechase with a time of 8:43.39 set at the 2007 NCAA Championship Trials. SPONSORED BY: