Adam Wolfe is a senior captain on the men’s cross country team at Elizabethtown College.

Wolfe credits his participation in cross country to his family. His mother sprinted in high school and his uncle especially influenced him because he ran for Shippensburg University and became an All American at the university.

“[My uncle] and I were very close growing up, so I pretty much wanted to be like him,” Wolfe said. “In sixth grade I got invited to the middle school cross country practice since you can only start officially running in seventh grade…I really liked being able to go out and blow off some energy because I didn’t have many outlets to do that.”

In seventh grade Wolfe officially began running for the team and ever since he has run cross country and track every year. Wolfe was recruited by Coach Falk to run at Etown and he did an overnight visit with some of the former players who were on the team at the time.

Since he is a senior, going forward Wolfe plans to take a short break from running to rest his body and heal. However, he does not plan to stop running and wants to begin running marathons.

Class Year: 2022

Major: Data Science

Minor: Computer Science

Hometown: Lebanon, Pa.

High School: Cedar Crest High School

Favorite Jay’s Nest item: Crispy chicken quesadilla

Favorite Movie: “Rocky IV”

Favorite singer: John Mayer

Favorite sports team: Philadelphia Eagles

Favorite place to visit: Family cabin in upstate Pennsylvania

Favorite Etown memory: Living with teammates on campus

Greatest Etown accomplishment: Regionals meet sophomore year

Hardly anyone knows that… Really into reading and writing

I started running in… sixth grade