By Jeff Craig, Sports Writer The track and field team's long distance runners shined Friday in Philadelphia at the Penn Relays Carnival. The Wildcats added four more NCAA Division II National Championship invites to an already long list of invites, with Daniel Maina, Amos Sang and Cleophas Tanui combining to gain four spots for the Championships ... [Read More…]

By Jeff Craig, Sports Writer With the conference championship and the national championship just around the corner, the track and field team divided forces last weekend with a small contingent of long distance runners and field events specialists heading to California and most of the field competitors and sprinters competing in Waco. Each event ... [Read More…]

By Jeff Craig, Sports Writer With a slew of national qualifications already in hand, the ACU track and field team will head to Waco this weekend to compete in the Michael Johnson Classic, hosted by Baylor University, looking to qualify more athletes for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship meet. Most of ACU's sprinters, hurdlers and throwers ... [Read More…]

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The track and field teams competed in three meets last week, and four athletes earned automatically qualifying bids to the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships in May. On Tuesday, three multi-athletes traveled to San Angelo for the David Noble Angelo State Multis. On Thursday, more athletes competed in ... [Read More…]

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor Camille Vandendriessche and Linda Brivule became a part of school history over the weekend at the Texas Relays in Austin. Vandendriessche became the first ACU decathlete to win the Texas Relays decathlon, and Brivule set school and NCAA Division II records with her performance in the javelin ... [Read More…]

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The ACU track and field teams traveled to Austin to compete in the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Wednesday through Saturday at the University of Texas. The Wildcats are competing against top programs including Texas, Baylor, Arkansas and Texas A&M. Don Hood, head track and field coach, was excited to ... [Read More…]

By Grant Abston, Sports Editor The track team hosted its first meet of the outdoor season Thursday at the ACU Triangular Track and Field Meet, and four Wildcats automatically qualified for the NCAA Division II outdoor championship meet. "It went really well," said Don Hood, head track and field coach. "We had a lot of good performances, and I ... [Read More…]

The track and field teams sponsored the ACU Triangular Meet on Thursday afternoon at Elmer Gray Stadium. The meet originally was scheduled for Friday afternoon, but forecasts of inclement weather forced the meet to be moved. The Wildcats competed in multiple events against Texas Tech and Oral Roberts. "Our competition is really high quality," ... [Read More…]

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor ACU javelin thrower Linda Brivule reached an automatic qualifying mark for the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championship, while three other athletes provisionally qualified with their performances in two separate meets. Decathlete James Hardin traveled to San Angelo on Thursday and Friday for the ... [Read More…]

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The track and field teams begin their outdoor season this week as they aim to defend their respective national titles from 2008. The men's team began Thursday as it sent James Hardin to the Angelo State Spring Break Multis. Fifteen men and 16 women will travel to Baylor University on Saturday to compete ... [Read More…]