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Cross Country
Coaching Staff
Richard Alsup
Men's Head Coach
Office: (660) 562-1327
E-mail: ralsup@nwmissouri.edu
Northwest men's cross country coach Richard Alsup has been the the Bearcats' mentor since 1976.
In 1998, Alsup led the Northwest men to the Great Lakes Regional Championship and a runner-up finish at the MIAA Championships. The regional title was the first-ever for Northwest.
Alsup was awarded MIAA Cross Country Coach of the Year honors in 1997.
In addition to his cross country accomplishments, Alsup has been named MIAA Track and Field Coach of the Year three times.
Originally from Tarkio, Mo., Alsup received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwest.
Scott Lorek
Women's Head Coach
Office: (660) 562-1303
E-mail: slorek@nwmissouri.edu
Northwest head women's cross country coach Scott Lorek is in his third season with the Bearcats.
Before coming to Northwest, he spent the past five years as head men's and women's track and field coach at Western State College in Gunnison, Colo. Hje led Western State to a second-place finish at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships in 2002 and a third-place finish in 2004. His men's team was in the top five in NCAA Division II for his last three seasons. Lorek was named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women's Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year in 2001, also winning the RMAC Indoor championship that season.
Prior to his time at Western State, Lorek was the head men's and women's track and field/cross country coach at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio for two seasons. He was an assistant coach at Butler University for one season in 1996-97.
Lorek was the head women's track and field/cross country coach at the University of Idaho for 11 years. He coached Idaho athletes to school records in 23 or 33 events and coached NCAA qualifiers in cross country and four track and field events. Lorek also served as an assistant at Idaho for two seasons and was a graduate assistant at the University of Illinois.
The former Butler University 10,000-meter record holder, Lorek competed in the USA World Cross Country Trials and USA National Championships. He took fifth-place at the Hungarian National Championships in the 10,000-meter run.
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