By Steve Holt, Sports Writer A handful of track and field athletes are in Philadelphia competing in the prestigious Penn Relay Carnival. The meet, which began Tuesday with the heptathlon and de-cathlon, will run through Saturday at Franklin Field on the University of Penn-sylvania campus. The 2004 Penn Relays are the 108th running of the event, ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer With two weekends to go before the Lone Star Conference Championships, the men's and women's track and field teams added eight new qualifiers for the national meet at the Michael Johnson Classic in Waco on Saturday. Four men and four women added their names to the provisional lists with their performances Saturday, ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Head track and field coach Jon Murray will take his teams to Waco on Friday for the 2004 Michael Johnson Classic, which will run through Saturday at Baylor's Hart-Patterson Track and Field Complex. With only three opportunities remaining for Wildcat athletes to qualify for the NCAA Division II Outdoor National ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer ACU picked up new qualifiers in eight events between the men's and women's teams Saturday at the David Noble Angelo State Relays in San Angelo. Three women qualified in three events and four men qualified in five events at the competition, which featured teams such as Texas Tech, South Plains, Wayland Baptist and ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer AUSTIN-"It's a beeeauutiful day for outdoor track and field!" echoed the voice of the announcer at the 77th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin. Indeed it was-warm temperatures, an electric crowd and the best collegiate and professional athletes in the nation make the event an annual Mecca for track and ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer In outdoor track and field, wind is either a blessing or a curse. Saturday, it was both. Winds at the Oliver Jackson Open at Elmer Gray Stadium were too gusty to legally qualify many Wildcat sprinters for nationals, but just right for the throwing events and vaults. The 15-30 mile-per-hour winds certainly didn't ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer The men's and women's track and field teams will play host to the Oliver Jackson Open Saturday at Elmer Gray Stadium. A few field events will begin at 9 a.m. and continue throughout the morning, and running events will begin at 1 p.m. The meet also will feature a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer "Shoeless Bernard Manirakiza" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but after Saturday's mile run at the NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships, the senior just might have himself a nickname. Another runner stepped on the back of Manirakiza's right spike on the second lap of the eight-lap mile race, forcing the ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer The NCAA released Tuesday the final entries for the 2004 NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships in Boston March 12-13, and ACU will be represented by 10 men and nine women. ACU will have competitors in nine men's events and eight women's events. ACU's men's team is the defending champion at the meet, while ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer A small group of athletes traveled to Norman, Okla., to compete in the Sooner Indoor Invitational Saturday. After Saturday's meet, Wildcat athletes have only one left-next weekend's Clemson Classic in Clemson, S.C.-to qualify for the Division II Indoor National Championships. Liga Klavina was the only automatic ... [Read More…]