GROVE CITY - Christine Rummel had some simple words of advice for younger brother Bob.

"Don't quit," said Bob Rummel, a freshman on the Grove City College track and field team. "She told me to run all four years, and that I'd be disappointed if I ended up quitting."

There's no chance of that. He has the Rummel legacy to continue.

In her four years running and jumping for the Wolverines, Christine, a Knoch High graduate, left a big mark on the Wolverines.

She culminated her career with two more Presidents' Athletic Conference championships in the 110- and 400-meter hurdles, bringing her conference title mark to five.

Her wins last Saturday in the two events put a satisfying end to a disappointing season for Christine.

"It was pretty frustrating," she said. "That last meet I said to myself, 'I'm not thinking about anything else but this meet. I'm just thinking about track and field.' And I had my best meet of the season."

Christine had a lot on her plate this spring. She had graduation to think about as well as an exhaustive job search that has taken her all over Pennsylvania and Virginia.

She hopes to land a high school teaching job that includes a position as a track coach.

Christine did a little bit of coaching this season with Bob. Her main objective was to enlighten him about the rigors of college track and field.

"I coach him a little bit," Christine said. "I tried to help him out, but it was kind of weird because he's my younger brother."

Christine holds the Grove City College record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1 minute, 7 seconds.

Bob wants to put his name in the record book, too.

He is only an eighth of a second off the record in the 110 hurdles.

"I definitely think I have a shot at the school record next year," he said.

He has another shot at it this year. Bob qualified for the East Coast Athletic Conference track and field meet, which will be held next Thursday and Friday.

With the high level of competition at the ECAC meet, Bob might be pushed hard enough to surpass the record of 14.97 set in 1986.

If he does, he will owe a lot to Christine's advice.

"She helped me lots," he said. "Lots. It was really nice having an older sister to help me out."

Like Christine, Bob got off to a slow start as a freshman.

Last year as a senior at Knoch, he was second in the WPIAL Class AAA in the 110 hurdles and advanced to the state meet.

He said he came into his inaugural season with Grove City out of shape and didn't really round into form until the PAC meet.

"I don't know if it was the food here or what, but I felt more out of shape than I ever had," Bob said.

Then there was the three-inch adjustment he had to make between the height of high school and college hurdles.

Toss in a complete revamping of his hurdling form and struggles are born.

"I pretty much re-did everything I was taught in high school," Bob said. "It was definitely a hard adjustment, but I'm glad I did it. Once you get a hold of the stuff, it makes it a lot easier."

Bob's role will change next year, as he will be the experienced Rummel on the Grove City track and field teams.

Younger sister, Katie, will most likely join the team. Bob already has begun imparting some of his advice on her.

"I would tell her to definitely work out," Bob said. "And to keep in mind the workouts are a lot harder."

Bob already has warned her of the plight that usually befalls track athletes when they go to college. Times are usually slower that first year before all the re-tooling and conditioning kicks in.

"You're not going to be your best your freshman year," Bob said.

But Christine and Bob bucked that trend a little bit at the end of their respective freshmen seasons.

Of course, both were on programs that traditionally have been strong.

The women, helped by Christine's two individual titles as well as her leg of the winning 1,600-meter team, captured their seventh-straight conference title.

The men reclaimed the conference championship after winning it five straight years previously.

"It was great," Christine said of her four years with the Wolverines. "It was probably the best thing I did in four years of college."