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2022 Cross Country

Darren Gauson has built quite a program at Bradley. I would guess that his 8 year run of success exceeds that of any program at Bradley with exception of the 1950s and 1960s men's basketball teams.
 
Old Coach said:
Darren Gauson has built quite a program at Bradley. I would guess that his 8 year run of success exceeds that of any program at Bradley with exception of the 1950s and 1960s men's basketball teams.
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Yes, he is arguably the most successful coach of any Bradley sports program in many years.
And a little credit also goes to Marc Burns, who preceded Gauson for 4 years (2011-2014). He left Bradley in 2014 to become the head cross country coach at Missouri. But in just 4 years at Bradley, he took a moribund cross country program, and a disbanded track & field program, and made them respectable, and the CC programs into perennial contenders.

From his bio at Missouri-
https://mutigers.com/sports/cross-country/roster/coaches/marc-burns/696
Burns resurrected the men's indoor and outdoor track and field team at Bradley, which had been disbanded in 1992, and developed their first NCAA Championships qualifiers since the mid-1970's with juniors Eric Delvo and Chase Coffey competing at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 3000-meter Steeplechase.
Burns also led the women's cross country team to a historic season in 2014, including the team's first NCAA Championships qualifier since 1998 in sophomore Kristen Busch.
In his 4 seasons at Bradley, Burns earned a total of 14 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors, four USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual honors, eight All-MVC First Team finishers (cross country), 17 All-MVC First Team finishers (track & field), five MVC Champions, five NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifiers, three NCAA Midwest All-Region Cross Country performances, one NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier, and 13 new Bradley University School Records.
 
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