By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Three athletes bettered provisional qualifying marks over the weekend to solidify their spots in the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships March 14-15 in Mankato, Minn. Of the 12 athletes who competed this weekend, the three who qualified were all men - Serge Gasore in the 5000m and pole vaulters Aaron Cantrell ... [Read More…]
Meet offers last chance to qualify
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief A week ago, Don Hood said taking athletes to any meets this weekend would take some special circumstances. It's the last week of meets before the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in two weeks, and only a few meets are being hosted. Since then, however, quite a few special circumstances have arisen - 11 to be ... [Read More…]
ACU adds more for nationals
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief The Wildcats returned home from the Sooner Indoor Open in Norman, Okla., with few athletes who bettered qualifying marks for next month's NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in Mankato, Minn. The women's distance medley relay team improved its time by 10 seconds, winning at Oklahoma with a time of 11:58.12. ... [Read More…]
Qualifiers continue journey toward nationals
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Last weekend's Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., helped fill out the qualifiers' head coach Don Hood would like to see next month at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in Mankato, Minn. "We did just about everything we needed to last weekend," Hood said. "Ninety percent are in right now." Hood said ... [Read More…]
Value your own opinion, not others’
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief We care too much about the opinions and words of other people. Growing up, I was taught kiddie-level existentialism in the form of, "what's important is what you think." Taken with a solid moral upbringing, I find this true. Along with confidence in my own thoughts, I want to know as much as I can. Sometimes I ... [Read More…]
Board of Trustees undergoes change
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief C.E. "Doc" Cornutt, like many Americans, receives numerous credit card mailings. And like the majority, he throws them straight away. The second-year chair of the Abilene Christian Board of Trustees knows mass marketing tells a story. A member of the board since 1989, he co-chaired a fundraising campaign that ... [Read More…]
Clubs’ six-year winning streaks could end in upset
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Below are my humble, yet confident, picks at how the top three acts will place Saturday night. The Sing Song scoring system places a point value on five characteristics: vocals, entertainment, originality, appearance and a small percentage comes from the audience vote. The four-star system is used only to represent ... [Read More…]
The unconventional Abe Brown finds his calling as an assisant coach on the ACU track and field team
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Spending the previous two years in comfortable retirement, Abe Brown thought he left coaching track and field for good, enjoying his hobbies and helping coach former athletes who asked for his help. "I just thought that I'd given a lot to the sport, and the sport had given a lot to me," Brown said. "High-powered ... [Read More…]
Jackson qualifies for two events
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Desmond Jackson posted two automatic times, and the ACU men's and women's track and field teams added more qualifiers for the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships next month. "Honestly, for as hard as we've been working, I thought we ran pretty well," said head coach Don Hood. "I thought we looked pretty good as ... [Read More…]
ACU track teams try to qualify at Tech
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief If you look on the ACU track and field teams' schedule, the teams have no meet scheduled for this weekend. However, head coach Don Hood will take about 30 athletes to the Texas Tech Invitational. Hood said the event fell on what he originally scheduled as an off week, and that the opportunity for his athletes to ... [Read More…]
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