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Gallery: Track and Field Team prepares for meet at Texas Tech

February 9, 2024 by Sarah Thompson

ACU's Track and Field team prepares to head to Texas Tech for their third indoor meet this semester. The team will participate in a two-day competition spanning from Friday to Saturday. The Jarvis Scott Open is the last meet before the WAC Conference Championships held on February 19-20. ... [Read More…]

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Track prepares for first home meet of season

April 9, 2016 by Savanah Silva

The ACU track and field teams have spent this entire outdoor season traveling across the state, but finally they'll be in Abilene for the third annual Wes Kittley Invitational. Both teams are coming off of strong showings from the two different meets they went to. Some of the team went to compete at the Texas Relays in Austin and the other half ... [Read More…]

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Track gears up for Texas Tech Open

March 23, 2016 by Savanah Silva

Easter weekend will be full of jumps, sprints and runs for the Wildcat track and field teams as they travel to the land of Red Raiders to compete in the Texas Tech Outdoor Open. This will only be the second meet in the outdoor season for the 'Cats. They competed during Spring Break in Fort Worth at the TCU Invitational where they had over eight ... [Read More…]

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Track ends on high note at Indoor Championships

February 16, 2016 by Savanah Silva

FINAL RESULTS The women's track and field team was all smiles on the podium as they received their second place team trophy Tuesday during the final day of the Southland Conference Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama. ACU's mens team finished sixth overall with 59 points. The women had a total of 112.5 points collectively while the ... [Read More…]

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Track sets new personal best at A&M

February 8, 2016 by Savanah Silva

FINAL RESULTS College Station seems to be a place of luck for ACU's track and field teams, as they walked away this weekend with 28 personal/season best, 17 top-10 finishes and another school record. Sophomore sprinter Corniel Lionel ran a personal best in the 60 meter with a time of 6.75 seconds. Lionel would then go on to finish fourth in ... [Read More…]

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Back on Track: Walker balances classes and track coaching

February 4, 2016 by Savanah Silva

He trades out his stopwatch for a backpack, his running spikes for dress shoes and removes his racing singlet for a normal shirt. Ray Walker does all of this before lunch. While most coaches are middle aged and a few years outside of their glory days, Walker, assistant track coach, is still in his prime. Not only was he one of the first ... [Read More…]

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Track heads back to College Station for one final meet before conference

February 4, 2016 by Savanah Silva

Houston, Texas Christian University and Baylor will be among the 12 teams the men's and women's track and field teams will be competing against this weekend as they travel to College Station for the Charlie Thomas Invitational. This will be the second time both teams travel to Aggieland this season. Last time they were there, the Wildcats ... [Read More…]

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Head track coach back after health issues

February 4, 2016 by Abbey Bowling

Track and Field head coach Keith Barnier is back in the office after dealing with some severe health problems over Christmas break. Barnier was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, a blockage in the lung's main artery last month. He had two blood clots and had to undergo a new procedure in emergency surgery to save his life. The blood clots were a ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats come up big in Washington and Houston

January 31, 2016 by Savanah Silva

UW RESULTS | HOUSTON RESULTS Twelve personal best, three event champions and one school record was the final outcome for the track and field team this weekend at the Houston Invitational. Junior Allie Hackett completely obliterated a 12-year-old school record in Seattle on Friday night as she and teammate, Diana Garcia-Munoz, competed in the ... [Read More…]

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Track heads to Houston for another tough meet

January 28, 2016 by Savanah Silva

The track and field team will travel to Houston this weekend as they compete in yet another toughly stacked meet. South Florida, Houston, Rice and Stephen F. Austin will be among the starting blocks along with the Wildcats. This will be no surprise for the 'Cats considering they are coming off a strong team performance last week at Texas ... [Read More…]

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