By Steve Holt, Copy Editor In two locations, the ACU track and field teams added to their lists of qualifiers on their way to the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championship May 22-24 in Edwardsville, Ill. Six Wildcat athletes and one relay team qualified either provisionally or automatically at the 76th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor The Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. In this state, probably no other athletic tradition has been embraced and publicized like the annual track and field meet on the campus of the University of Texas. It features the best of the best collegiate and elite United States track and field athletes and draws upward of 20,000 ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor Junior Arthemon Sindayigaya will be the lone Wildcat track and field athlete participating in the Stanford Invita-tional in Stanford, Calif., Friday and Saturday. Sindayigaya will run the men's 10,000-meter run among some of the nation's best collegiate competition. The distance runner will attempt to meet the ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor Christie Van Wyk won the men's 100-meter dash by such a big margin at the Oliver Jackson Open Saturday, one might have wondered if he had accidentally entered the high school girls' division. The sophomore star won the event in 10.22 seconds, more than half a second faster than the runner-up and good for an automatic bid ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor The 48-time national champion men's track and field team, along with the equally decorated women's team, will compete in the first of two home meets Saturday at Elmer Gray Stadium. The Oliver Jackson University Open, named after the legendary Wildcat track and field coach from 1948-63, will begin at 1 p.m. and will ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor ACU won its 48th national title Saturday, edging out Western State (Colo.) 58-54 at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Champion-ships. The women's team placed second to St. August-ine's. All but two of the 11 Wildcat men's athletes or relays scored team points in the battle, but no points were more important ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor The men's and women's track and field teams will be taking 24 athletes and both 4x400-meter relay teams to the Division II Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Boston, March 14-15, after the list of qualifiers was announced Tuesday. Three athletes who would not have qualified for nationals based on previous ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor The list of nationals qualifiers is now four individuals and a relay stronger for the Wildcat track and field teams after the Oklahoma Indoor Invitational in Norman, Okla. Saturday's provisional qualifiers for the NCAA Division II Indoor National Track and Field Championships included sophomore long jumper Tarrant ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor While Abilenians curse the 50 degree days and pray for an early spring, Yuliya Stashkiv is out training in and enjoying the heat wave. The distance runner considers Abilene warm compared to her native Lviv, Ukraine, where daily highs only reach the mid 20s with frequent sub-zero wind chills. Or maybe Stashkiv just ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor As the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field National Championships app-roach quickly, head coach Jon Murray knows that his main responsibility right now is getting people qualified to participate. On the men's side, 13 athletes have qualified either provisionally or automatically in eight events. Twelve women have ... [Read More…]