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…]

Fresh off of being ranked No. 24 in the nation by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country pre-season rankings Tuesday, the ACU track and field team will look to defend that ranking Friday and Saturday at the Texas Tech Invitational in Lubbock. The meet will mark the team's second meet of the 2012 season, and head coach Roosevelt Lofton ... [Read More…]

The quartet of track athletes known as the 'Fab Four' added another accomplishment to Abilene Christian's storied track and field history by garnering another national championship May 28, this time at the NCAA Division II outdoor national meet in Turloch, California. The same group led the men's track and field team to a national title at the ... [Read More…]

The quartet of stars known as the 'Fab Four' garnered ACU another track national championship, this time at the NCAA Division II outdoor national meet. Desmond Jackson, Amos Sang, Ramon Sparks and Nick Jones earned 60 of the Wildcat's 68 total points at the meet, 13 more than second place Adam State. It is ACU's 19th outdoor national championship ... [Read More…]

The ACU men's track and field team took home their - hold your breath - 18th consecutive Lone Star Conference Championship on Sunday at Tarleton State's Memorial Stadium while the women's team finished in second place. The ACU men finished the meet with 223 points, a staggering 57 points in front of second place finisher Tarleton State. The women ... [Read More…]

ACU's track and field teams split again this weekend. As some Wildcats went to the Mean Green Invitational at the University of North Texas, some of the team went to the Jordan Payton Invitational at Stanford University, while the rest of the ACU team competed in the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. As a team, ACU finished in fourth place at the UNT ... [Read More…]

The ACU track team split to participate in two different meets over the weekend, ending a week in which the men's team kept its No. 1 national ranking. One group traveled to San Angelo for the David Noble/Angelo State Relays. Angelo State dominated both the men's and women's overall team competitions by huge margins. The ACU men's team finished in ... [Read More…]

Hurdler Andrew McDowell and triple jumper Ramon Sparks ignited a strong showing by the ACU track and field team that included five top five finishes Saturday at the Texas Relays in Austin. McDowell, a redshirt senior from Kansas City, Mo., finished second in the college division of the 110 hurdles in a blazing 14.17 seconds. That time is a mere ... [Read More…]

Last weekend, most of the ACU track and field teams competed in the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational, while some of the school's throwers instead went to the Elite Discus section at the meet at Texas Tech on Friday and Saturday. In the UTA Invitational, which took place over the weekend in Arlington, the men's team as a whole finished in fifth place, ... [Read More…]