Blake Boldon named cross-country head coach

Serving as a distance coach for the Quakers this past season, Blake Boldon has been promoted as head coach of both the men's and women's cross-country squads. For a coach who graduated from college just eight years ago, Boldon has already enjoyed a good deal of success. Before graduating, though, he was a star at Missouri State, where he became the Missouri Valley Conference's Most Valuable Athlete — Indoor. From a coaching standpoint, he has held a number of assistant positions, including gigs with the following schools: his alma mater, Florida State, and Iowa State.

Boldon also does have prior head coaching experience, leading the University of Alabama-Birmingham's women's cross country team back in 2009.

For a lot more on Boldon, here's the press release.

He will be continuing his work with a Penn squad that had a number of standouts last year, including rising junior Leslie Kovach — who became just the 2nd outdoor All-American in the women's track and field program's history.