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…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Life is good for head track and field coach Jon Murray. On Jan. 18, Murray's wife, Samantha, gave birth to the couple's third child. Four days later, the most successful Division II track and field program in the nation kicked off its indoor season with a bang in Lubbock and Fayetteville, Ark., qualifying 13 ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer The ACU men's and women's track and field teams barnstormed meets in Lubbock and Fayetteville, Ark., Friday and Saturday, qualifying 13 individuals and three relay teams for the 2005 NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships. Seven men, one woman and one relay qualified in five events at the Wes Kittley All-Comers ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor Adeh Mwamba has had to make tough decisions throughout her entire life. With whom to live when her father died. Whether or not to run, despite the jeers of her friends. Whether she should leave a newborn baby in her native Zambia to run in America. Which college to attend. Fortunately, the junior cross country ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Most of the men's and women's track and field athletes will rest and train this weekend, a week before the Lone Star Conference Championships, while three athletes compete at the University of Texas-Arlington Open. Sophomore Delt Cockrell, who has been unable to qualify for nationals in the 200-meter dash because of ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer In one of the biggest weekends for track and field in the United States, ACU athletes in two locations qualified for nationals either provisionally or automatically in seven new events. Several standout athletes represented ACU at the prestigious Penn Relay Carnival in Philadelphia, an event witnessed by more than ... [Read More…]