By Steve Holt, Sports Writer On showcase at the most prestigious collegiate meet in the world Friday and Saturday, the Wildcat distance runners once again demonstrated their ability to perform with the best in the nation. Friday night, ACU freshman distance runner Nicodemus Naimadu ran the second-best 5,000-meter time in school history and the ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer The men's track and field team picked up its fourth straight indoor national championship with ease Saturday at the NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships in Boston. ACU placed first overall with 84 points behind 12 top-eight individual finishes. Adams State finished second with 46 points, followed by Lincoln, ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Twenty-four Wildcat track and field athletes will represent the university March 11-12 at Boston's Reggie Lewis Center for the 2005 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships. The final list of qualifiers, released at noon on Tuesday, ranked the top Division II performers in 15 events. Thirteen ACU men qualified in 10 ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Twenty-two ACU track and field athletes will travel to Norman, Okla., this weekend to compete in the Sooner Indoor Invitational, with the hopes of adding to the number of athletes and relays that have qualified for the indoor national meet. Head coach Jon Murray said he hopes all the athletes qualify this weekend so ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Freshman Nicodemus Naimadu's victory and indoor school record in the 5,000-meter run Saturday highlighted a weekend full of new and better qualifying marks as the men's and women's track and field teams participated in the Tyson Foods Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday and Saturday. In total, 24 athletes ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Wildcat track and field athletes will see the season's best competition Friday and Saturday at the Tyson Foods Indoor Invitational at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark. The nation's top elite athletes will be on showcase Friday night for the invitational portion of the meet, and a who's who of colleges ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer While ACU's top track and field athletes stayed in Abilene to train, a handful of Wildcats traveled to Lubbock for the Wes Kittley Invitational with the hopes of returning with new or improved qualifying times and marks. Two athletes improved their provisional qualifying marks or times in Lubbock, but head coach Jon ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer The men's 4x400-meter relay team posted an automatic qualifying time for nationals Saturday, crossing the line less than two seconds after the squad from Texas Tech at the Wes Kittley Classic in Lubbock. ACU's relay team, which included Delt Cockrell, Ricardo Johnson, Marvin Bien-Aime and Marvin Essor, posted the ... [Read More…]