Allegheny College Athletics

Allegheny has had several outstanding distance runners, but Kevin Pool '05 set the standard for which all others are measured. The New Windsor, Pennsylvania, native was the first-ever Gator to win an individual NCAC championship and the conference's Runner of the Year award, a feat he accomplished twice during his junior and senior cross country seasons. He was also the first men's cross country runner to earn All-America accolades, as he placed 10th nationally in 2003 and 17th in 2004. Pool earned All-Mid-East Region honors in each of his seasons on the cross country team, which won the NCAC's team titles in 2002 and 2004. A five-time conference champion on the track, Pool won indoor crowns in the 1,500- and 5,000-meter races as well as the outdoor 1,500-, 5,000-, and 10,000-meter races. After winning three events at the 2005 NCAC Outdoor Championships, Pool was tabbed the league's Distance Runner of the Year. Currently the director of operations for California-based Blistering Pace Race Management, Pool enjoyed a successful running career post-graduation, including an 18th-place finish at the 2013 Boston Marathon.