The King's College cross country team has made great strides in recent years. Formerly a co-ed sport, cross country was divided into separate men's and women's teams in 1992 to provide additional opportunities for participation and competition. The building process has seen steady improvement as the program has seen its largest participation numbers since the division into men's and women's teams.

The program has seen vast growth in recent years and is expected to continue to improve under the direction of fifth-year head coach Mike Kolinovsky who moved up to the top spot in 2002 after serving as assistant coach  with the Monarchs for three years. Kolinovsky is also a former King's standout runner and team captain. 

King's showed it was a program on the rise in 2005 when sophomore Ed Kopec led a young Monarch contingent with a fourth-place finish at the MAC Championships, giving the King's its fourth conference place-winner in the past four years. Kopec then finished 27th in the NCAA Mid-east Regionals, narrowly missing a trip to Division III nationals. On the women's side, Kelley Weidwald became the first Lady Monarch freshmen to earn all-conference honors with a 19th place finish in the MAC Championships.

The vast majority of the team's competition comes in the form of large, multi-team tournaments on weekends, with an occasional dual, triangular, or quadrangular meet on the schedule.  

Both men's and women's teams then compete in the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships which includes a field of approximately 125 runners from 13 rival colleges in each men's and women's competition.  

The squad also competes in the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships, vying for a spot in the NCAA Division III National Championships.

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