Artie Gilkes
	Last College: Penn State, '97 Position: Volunteer Assistant Years: Eighth Year

A 1997 graduate of Penn State, Artie Gilkes captained the cross country team and was the track team's top 5,000 and 10,000-meter runner. He was an NCAA All-District II selection in cross country in 1994 and a Big Ten scorer at 10,000 and 5,000 meters. He also has the distinction of running on some of the Lions' best cross country squads and training for a time at the National Olympic Training center. Gilkes will assist head coach Beth Alford-Sullivan in coaching the distance corps, as well as drawing on his Big Ten athletics experience to mentor student-athletes. This will be Gilkes' eighth year as a volunteer assistant coach.