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Track hosts Kittley Invitational in Abilene

April 15, 2014 by Emily Seidel

Track and field impressed again on Saturday at their first home meet of the season, the inaugural Wes Kittley Invitational at Elmer Gray Stadium. With almost a dozen schools invited to the meet, the Kittley Invitational was the first major regular-season meet the Wildcats have hosted in several years. ACU combined a sole victory by Baptiste ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats move up in Southland after Tech Open

April 8, 2014 by Emily Seidel

Track and field fought hard against tough competition Saturday at the Texas Tech Open in Lubbock, moving themselves up in the Southland Conference rankings. The Wildcats collected four personal records and combined for nine top-five performances among schools such as Southern Methodist University, New Mexico State, Oral Roberts and Oklahoma ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats prepare for test in Lubbock

April 3, 2014 by Emily Seidel

Track and field will travel to Lubbock this weekend for the Texas Tech Open, a one-day meet starting Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with the men's javelin throw. The Wildcats are coming off a respectable weekend in Austin and San Marcos. A handful of athletes traveled to the University of Texas to compete in the Texas Relays for the first time since ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats send nine to Texas relays

March 28, 2014 by Emily Seidel

Track and field athletes are split this week between two major meets: the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin and the Bobcat Invitational in San Marcos. The Wildcats will send nine standout athletes to the Texas Relays at Mike A. Meyers Stadium. One of the largest meets in the NCAA, the Relays bring in dozens of top teams including ... [Read More…]

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Track begins outdoor season

March 20, 2014 by Emily Seidel

After a brief break from competition, track and field will begin its outdoor season Friday in Abilene at the War Hawk Classic. The meet, which will be at the Wilford Moore Stadium at McMurry University, kicks off the second half of track and field's season after their impressive showing at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships. Both high ... [Read More…]

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Track and field signs three standouts

March 18, 2014 by Emily Seidel

ACU track and field will welcome three new recruits in the 2015 season. Two throwers and a pole vaulter have just signed their National Letters of Intent to join the Wildcats in the fall. Kami Berryhill, a two-time state champion and state record holder from Midland Christian, will bring her talents to the women's track and field program in ... [Read More…]

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Football stadium to be built on-campus

February 14, 2014 by Marissa Jones

ACU will soon play its home football games at an on-campus stadium for the first time since 1958 as a result of the largest donation in the university's history. Wildcat Stadium will be built on the site of Elmer Gray Stadium. Wildcat Stadium, which includes Anthony Field in recognition of alumni April and Mark Anthony, is projected to cost $30 ... [Read More…]

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Track and Field head to New Mexico

February 6, 2014 by Emily Seidel

The Wildcats travel to Albuquerque this weekend for the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, an indoor track meet with a stacked lineup of competition including five nationally ranked teams. ACU will be joined Friday and Saturday by the Arkansas Razorbacks, Texas Longhorns and Washington Huskies at the Albuquerque Convention Center, all teams whose ... [Read More…]

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ACU earns pair of 3rd place finishes

May 7, 2013 by Daniel Zepeda

The Wildcat's men and women track and field teams both finished third in their last Lone Star Conference Championships over the weekend in Canyon. The third place finish snaps the ACU men's nineteen year first place streak, as Angelo State took home first and West Texas edged out the Wildcats for second place by half a point. "It was an exciting ... [Read More…]

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Hudson hurls his way to personal record

April 30, 2013 by Daniel Zepeda

The Wildcat track and field team traveled to Lubbock this past weekend to compete in the Texas Tech Red Raider Open. The team registered a total of eight individual season bests, led by junior Andrew Hudson and freshman Johnathan Farquharson. "I was very pleased with our overall performance at Texas Tech," Head Coach Jerrod Cook said.  "I think ... [Read More…]

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