Gregg Cornell (1989)

Cornell is considered to be one of CCRI’s best runners to this day.  He was a two-time All-New England selection; he was the first runner to do so for the college and in his last season, he won the New England Championship; he was also part of the first two New England title teams.  As a runner, he qualified for two National Championship meets and was a representative for CCRI at an international meet in Puerto Rico.  He won the Student Athlete of the Year Award in his last year and went on to be a Division III All-American at Bridgewater State and was named Bridgewater State's Athlete of the Year in the 1986-87, after Bridgewater, he became one of the state's best long-distance runners by winning the Cape Cod Marathon in 1995 and the Ocean State Marathon in 1991.  Since then, Cornell has been CCRI’s head coach for Cross Country, Outdoor Track and Field since 1989 and the head coach for the Indoor Track and Field team since it started in 2002.  He is the longest tenured coach for the college.  Cornell has coached 11 NJCAA Division III All-Americans and more than 25 All-District runners; the men's team has placed in the top three at the North East District Meet five times and in the top 10 at the NJCAA Division III national championship three times.  The college presented Cornell with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2010.