Pete Jennings '99 took over as head coach of the boys' cross country team in 2007. In 2010, he guided the Patriots to an undefeated season and a Inter-Ac League Championship. That same year, GA finished second at States (Pennsylvania Independent School Athletic Association meet) and Jennings was named the PAISAA Cross Country Coach of the Year.

In 2019, the Patriots finished second overall at the Inter-Academic Athletic League Championships. Robert DiDonato '21 (16:15.90) and Matt Sandifer '20 (16.57.50) went one-two for GA followed by Alex Badami '22 and Ethan Feigles '22, who finished seventh and ninth, respectively. The Patriots finished fourth overall at the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association (PAISAA) Championships where DiDonato (15.49.60) and Sandifer (16:22.80) again went one-two. DiDonato went on to make history when he became the first GA student-athlete to qualify for the Foot Locker Nationals, which took place in San Diego, California on December 14. DiDonato, who finished 31st overall, qualified by finishing 10th overall in the Boys Championship 5,000-meter Run at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional Meet, which was held on November 30 in New York City. DiDonato clocked in at 15:34.10 to finish in the top 10.

"It’s huge," said Jennings. "Only forty boys and forty girls qualify. It is just ridiculously hard to do so, especially in the Northeast this year, which is just stacked. In just two years, Robert has vaulted to the pinnacle of high school cross country. He had the goal to make nationals from the start of the season, and he never wavered or backed down from any of the work that it took to get there. It is an incredible accomplishment and one that he has really earned through the hundreds of miles he has put in this fall."

The 2018 season saw GA finish third at the Inter-Ac League Championship and fifth at the Pennsylvania independent Schools Athletic Association Championship. The team finished the regular season with a perfect record in Inter-Ac dual and tri-meets.

In 2017, the team went 3-4, but consistently registered season-best times. Jennings helped coach Matthew Sandifer '20 to a First Team All-Inter-Ac selection.

Jennings graduated from GA in 1999 and was captain of his cross country and track teams. He ran Division I cross country and track at the University of Richmond where he was selected to two Atlantic-10 All-Conference teams, and was named team captain and team MVP.

He has also been GA's head boys' track and field coach since 2005.

(Updated on 7/16/2020)

Matt Notary became an assistant coach of the boys' cross country team in 2007. He graduated from Liberty High School (Bethlehem, PA) in 1996 and was captain of the track team. He ran Division 1 track at Princeton University where he specialized in the 800 meters and helped the team to win three consecutive Heptagonal championships in both indoor and outdoor track. He has also been an assistant coach for boys' and girls' track and field at GA since 2007.

"Distance running is a sport in which dedication and effort are rewarded with improvement that is tangible and quantifiable. I really enjoy seeing our runners train hard every day and then, on race days, experience the thrill of conquering that difficult section of a cross country course or running a personal best time on the track."