Reyare Thomas made Wildcat history last weekend at the 2013 Armory Collegiate Invitational, and didn't even know it. Thomas, a 2012 London Olympian native from Trinidad Tobago, recorded a 23.98 200-meter dash, which places her over former Wildcat record holder Kim Prather. Prather's previous record was 24.26 in 2009. "I didn't even know I broke ... [Read More…]

Abilene Christian assistant track and field coach Jerrod Cook is confident in this year's throwers after their success in their season-opening meet Saturday at the Texas Tech Open. Seniors Baptiste Kerjean (known as the Frenchman) and Shalania Lakey took first place in their weight throw event. Kerjean threw his collegiate best with a throw of ... [Read More…]

Last weekend, the men's and women's track teams put their talents on display at the annual LoneStar Conference tournament in Commerce. The men's team was able to take home their nineteenth consecutive championship while the women's team claimed second place. The men's squad earned over 175 points that will help them on their way to the LSC ... [Read More…]

In preparation for the post-season, the track and field team split the weekend between three meets across the country. Seniors Amanda Ouedraogo and Nick Jones both finished in the top two of their respective events, and Chloe Susset received a NCAA Division II National Championship qualifying mark. A group of Wildcats competed at the prestigious ... [Read More…]

Last weekend, the ACU men's and women's track team traveled to Baylor for the Michael Johnson/Dr. Pepper classic. In Waco, the 'Cats won five events, including Senior Nick Jones' two victories in the shot put and discus. "It is awesome to win at a place like Baylor at the Michael Johnson classic because there is such history there," Jones ... [Read More…]

Senior Nick Jones took fourth place in the university-college section A discuss throw this weekend at the Texas Relays in Austin, placing Jones at the top of the Division II discuss rankings in this season's first outdoor contest. Jones threw for 195 feet, two inches in the fourth round. He finished behind Luke Bryant of Oklahoma, (197-9) Ryan ... [Read More…]

Abilene Christian's outdoor track and field team will offically begins their season Friday and Saturday at the Bobby Lane Invitational at the University of Texas at Arlington. The women's team return this season with hopes of redeeming their 29th place finish last year. The Wildcats tied just above the top 30 teams with eight points; the worst ... [Read More…]

Three meets into the young 2012 outdoor season, and the Abilene Christian Track and Field team has three athletes who have automatically qualified for nationals. Junior hurdler Dennis Bain was the most recent to add his name to that list, as he won the 60-meter hurdles with a personal record time of 7.95 seconds last weekend at the New Mexico ... [Read More…]

The ACU track and field program will attempt to add to the ten athletes that provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championship Meet Friday and Saturday as the team travels in two separate directions. The multievents athletes - Parker Petty, Matthew Stark and Cassie Brooks will travel northwest to Colorado Springs, Col. to compete at the Air Force ... [Read More…]

Junior triple jumper Amanda Ouedraogo jumped her way to the NCAA Championship Meet after winning the women's triple jump title Saturday at the Texas Tech Open in Lubbock. Ouedraogo jumped 12.48 meters, hitting the automatic qualifying mark necessary to compete at Nationals. "Amanda is an athlete that has a great combination of skills and drive ... [Read More…]