Coach Elvis Forde knows replacing Blanca Fernandez—his best athlete this season—will be a challenge.
The graduate senior Fernandez earned NCAA All-American Second Team honors twice in her time at Temple for track and was a first-team NCAA All-America selection in cross country last season.
Fernandez was also first-place finisher in six of the seven races she competed in during the fall cross country season.
“The two years that she has given us have been nothing but stellar,” Forde said. “I know she has been somewhat curtailed because of the nagging injury she has had, but she has had tremendous success in what she has done for Temple.