The Washington University men’s and women’s track and field teams attended the Bob Keck Invitational at Illinois Wesleyan University, competing against hard teams including Division I Illinois State. Though the Bears left Bloomington, Ill., without winning the meet, the team brought home school records that showed improvement in several events.

The Washington University men’s and women’s track and field teams finished in fourth and first place, respectively, at the ninth annual Rose-Hulman Engineer Track and Field Invitational Saturday in Terre Haute, Ind. The women’s side won with a score of 149 points, besting runner-up Monmouth College by 22 points.

The Washington University track and field teams squared off with two Midwest rivals this past weekend and eked out a pair of wins against both.

Men’s swimming tops Wabash; women second at WU Invitational After their yearly winter-break trip to Florida, the Bears took part in a pair of meets over break. On Wednesday, Jan. 11, the men’s team headed to Crawfordsville, Ill., and handled Wabash College by a score of 182-94. The Bears were victorious in 12 of the meet’s 14 swimming events.

Getting an earlier-than-usual start to their winter campaign, the Washington University track and field teams kicked off their 2012 season in 2011 with a good showing at the Illinois Wesleyan First Chance Meet in Bloomington, Ill. While official scoring did not take place at the meet, a number of Bears on both the men’s and women’s teams put up quality performances.

For the third straight year, the Washington University men’s track and field team will be bringing in the University Athletic Association trophy. The men’s and women’s teams traveled to Atlanta, Ga. on Friday and Saturday for the 2011 UAA Outdoor Championships, and the men’s team came home with its third straight conference title and 14th overall in the program’s history. The women’s team took second, just behind Emory University.

With one week until the University Athletic Association championships, the Washington University track and field teams performed well in their final test before the big meet.

The Washington University track and field teams can’t help but enjoy the warm weather when it brings the performances they saw in Saturday’s Washington University Select Meet. “We wait all early season for a day like this,” junior Dan Davis said.

The Washington University track and field teams continued their streak of solid performances during the second meet of their current three-week homestand to open the spring outdoor season. The men’s team took second and the women placed fourth amongst 24 different competing schools on Friday and Saturday, at the Washington University Invitational meet.

With the weather wreaking havoc on the Bushyhead Track, the Washington University men’s and women’s track and field teams began their spring seasons on Friday at the Washington University Mini Meet.