Lark athletes named to the 2018-19 NJCAA All-Academic first team

42 Larks named to NJCAA All-Academic Teams

The Hesston College athletic department announces that 42 student-athletes have been named National Junior College Athletic Association Academic All-Americans. To be an All-American a student needs to complete a minimum of 24 credits over the two semester school year. The 42 student-athletes represents 24% of Hesston’s total athletes on campus. Congratulations to the following students: […]

Coach Gerry Sieber visits with freshmen Brandon Kirby (Potwin, Kan.) and Tobias Belknap (Inman, Kan.) at practice.

Coach Gerry Sieber to retire at end of cross country season

by Mackenzie Miller ’18, Matthew Gerlach contributing writer Runner’s World magazines dating back to the 1970s are piled high around his office. Team photos hang on the wall. And there, in the middle of all the memories, sits Gerry Sieber, reminiscing on his lifelong love for athletics and his 30 years at Hesston College, now coming […]

Jacob Landis and Hayley Gately, Hesston College student athletes of the year 2012-13

Top student athletes named at Hesston athletic banquet

Hayley Gately, Roseville, Calif., a sophomore co-captain on the softball team, and Jacob Landis, Sterling, Ill., a men’s cross country runner, are the 2012-13 Hesston College Student Athletes of the Year. Gately, an all-region infielder, is the Larks all-time leader in homeruns, doubles, triples, runs and runs batted in. Off the field, she served the […]

Hesston College men's cross country runners Jacob Landis and Kenny Graber

Family and faith transcend generations of runners

Kenny Graber, Stryker, Ohio, and Jacob Landis, Sterling, Ill., are two of the top men’s cross country runners at Hesston College. A generation ago, their fathers also ran on the Hesston campus. Collectively, their competitiveness, ties to family and faith and support of a small liberal arts college in the heart of Kansas has lead […]

Cross Country Results – Tabor College, Sept. 25

Hesston Women – 5K Date: 9-25-10 Location: Tabor College Place Runner Team Total Time 37 Krista Rittenhouse Hesston 24:05.04 55 Claudia Baca Hesston 25:29.57 64 Mara Short Miller Hesston 25:56.87 78 Thalia Nieto-Montoya Hesston 27:13.06 92 Kaedi LeFevre Hesston 28:40.29 96 Lauren Weaver Hesston 32:35.88 10th place finish (out of 14 teams) for Hesston Total […]

Sieber hired to establish cross country team at Hesston College

Gerry Sieber of Newton has accepted an appointment to coach men’s and women’s cross country at Hesston College, according to Athletic Director Art Mullet. Sieber begins his duties this fall, recruiting a team to compete beginning in fall of 2010. Sieber will also direct Hesston’s intramural athletics program. A 1964 Hesston College graduate, Sieber earned […]