By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The ACU track and field team will travel to Lubbock Friday and Saturday for its first track meet of the semester, the Wes Kittley Invitational. The meet will be indoors on the campus of Texas Tech University. The first meet of the 2009 season will be used as a measuring stick of where the teams are in ... [Read More…]

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief The Lone Star Conference track and field championships came easy to the men's and women's teams this year. The men won their 15th title in a row this weekend, outscoring Tarleton State, 290-125, while the women won their third straight title and 23rd of the last 25 years, beating runner-up Angelo State, ... [Read More…]

By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor Normally, Wildcat sports fans do not have many chances to watch ACU play in the postseason because games are held out of town. But this weekend, fans will get more than one opportunity to cheer on their favorite team, as ACU will host two Lone Star Conference tournaments. Starting Friday, the men's and ... [Read More…]

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Hosting this year's Lone Star Conference meet, the Wildcat track and field teams aren't thinking about the end of the year. The women's team has won 22 of the previous 25 team championships, and the men's team has won 12 in a row. It is no surprise that winning this year's meet is an understood goal, but this meet ... [Read More…]

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief After a weekend in Pennsylvania for the Penn Relays Carnival, it was an individual that made the biggest news for the Wildcat track and field team. Junior Daniel Maina won the steeplechase with a time of 8:40.46, turning in the top time in NCAA Division II and the second fasted collegiate time this year. "He got ... [Read More…]

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief One athlete highlighted the Wildcats' weekend at the Michael Johnson Invitational at Baylor. Raymond Radway posted the second best time in Division II with a 46.24 in the 400-meters. "I ran my race," Radway said. "I knew it was fast; I thought it was gonna be a 46-high, but then I saw it was 46-low and I got ... [Read More…]

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Getting closer to the Lone Star Conference meet in two weeks, the ACU track and field teams head to the Michael Johnson Invitational at Baylor University to pick up better marks and times for the national meet. "We're going to try to approach it more as another opportunity to qualify," said head coach Don ... [Read More…]

By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor The Texas Tech Invitational on Saturday was a walk in the park for ACU; 11 Wildcats qualified for next month's NCAA Division II outdoor championship meet in Walnut, Calif. "It was a much better week," said head coach Don Hood. "Just another step in the right direction." The ACU men's 4x100 relay team ... [Read More…]

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief With small hail pellets and tornado warnings, head track and field coach Don Hood said he still looks forward to this weekend's meet at the Texas Tech Invitational. The team didn't need to practice too badly Wednesday; it was, "kinda a recovery day anyway," Hood said. Hood said earlier that this time of the year ... [Read More…]

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Atop the steeplechase hurdle on the first lap, Winrose Karunde lost her shoe on the landing. Head coach Don Hood has seen a runner finish a race without a shoe before. The athlete finished without much of the skin on his foot too. Long distance coach, and Don's brother, Derek ran down to Karunde at the end of the ... [Read More…]