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Wingeart qualifies for NCAAs
It has been a year of awards and accomplishments for Waynesburg University sophomore cross country runner Aubrey Wingeart. After earning five Presidents’ Athletic Conference Runner of the Week appointments, Wingeart won her first individual title at the annual PAC Championships and was named PAC Runner of the Year.
On Sunday, Wingeart picked up her biggest accolade of the season when she was named to the participant list for the NCAA Division III National Championships. Wingeart earned the spot in the race after placing 10th at Saturday’s NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships.
Johns Hopkins and Dickinson earned automatic qualifying bids as teams out of the Mideast Region, while Carnegie Mellon scored an out-large bid. Wingeart earned her ticket to the national championships as a Mideast Regional automatic individual qualifier.
The sophomore standout is Waynesburg’s fourth qualifier in the last five years (Julie Gerber, 2015; Katie and Emily Latimer, 2016).
Palone nears 19,000 wins
Dave Palone, harness racing’s “winningest” driver, is approaching another historic milestone as the race week begins at The Meadows.
With 18,997 career victories, he needs three wins to reach 19,000 – heady territory, indeed. By way of comparison, Russell Baze, the all-time wins leader in Thoroughbred racing, notched 12,842 victories. Palone is scheduled for nine drives on the 13-race card, which begins at 1:05 PM.
Palone, 57, began driving in 1982 and has amassed a number of unique accomplishments. Among his career highlights:
- He was inducted into the Harness Hall of Fame on July 4, 2010.
On July 5, 2012, he scored career win 15,181 to break Herve Filion’s longstanding North American record.
On Nov. 14, 2014, he became the “winningest” driver on the planet when career victory 16,754 vaulted him past Germany’s Heinz Wewering.
· If he wraps up the 2019 driving title at The Meadows – he’s comfortably ahead – it will be his 30th consecutive season as the track’s top dog.
Along the way, Palone has earned more than $144 million in purses.