Rutgers University - Newark Women's Cross Country

Edney has produced three of NCAA Division III All-Americans while seeing several Scarlet Raiders earn individual All-New Jersey Athletic Conference laurels. In 2010, the mens cross country team earned its first meet championship by taking the Belmont Classic in November to start a watershed year for the program.  Sophomore hurdler Kevon Brown earned All-America status in the mens 55-meter hurdles at the NCAA D-III Indoor Championships in March before freshman javelin thrower Mercedes Glover finished fourth in the Outdoor Championships in May to give the fledgling program its first national honorees.  Brown also competed in the outdoor championships in the 110-meter hurdles. In the spring of 2014, Glover repeated as an USTFCCA All-American in the javelin and was joined on the squad by Donnie House who placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA D-III Nationals. An 11-time All-American runner at Lincoln, Edney helped coach 97 student-athletes to All-America status as an assistant coach under Cyrus Jones for 15 years following his graduation in 1990. He anchored the Lions 1989 outdoor 4 x 100-meter relay team which took the NCAA Division III title. The Lions notched two national titles with Edney in uniform and 13 more with him serving as assistant coach. He served as an assistant athletic director during his final 10 years at Lincoln. Edney came to Rutgers-Newark from Delcastle Technical High School in Wilmington, Delaware, where he served as head boys and girls cross country coach last year. The Philadelphia native was a multi-sport standout at Dobbins High School, excelling in cross country, basketball and football. He helped Dobbins to Public League titles in cross country as a freshman and basketball as a junior. Edney earned a bachelor of science degree in health and physical education from Lincoln and received a master of arts degree in organizational management in 2005 from the University of Phoenix. He is an active member of the NCAA Division III Track & Field Coaches Association as well as the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He also is a certified water safety instructor who has taught as an adjunct professor at Lincoln and Cheyney University.

Happel joined the Scarlet Raider staff as a graduate intern in the fall of 2014.   Happels R-N T&F Bio   The Kearny native, who was a double major in psychology and criminal justice, received his bachelors degree in the spring of 2014 and is now pursuing a masters degree in public administration with a concentration in public health.  He plans to graduate in 2017.   The 800-meter specialist earned second team All-NJAC honors as a senior as a member of the indoor distance medley team and Honorable Mention All-NJAC as a member of the Scarlet Raiders outdoor 4 x 400-meter relay unit as a junior.   He clocked a personal best of 1:58.66 in the 800.   A member of the cross country team during his junior and senior years, Happel figured in the team scoring in every meet in which he competed.  As a senior in 2013, he finished either first or second on the squad in each of its seven races.