track and field
Track and field: Tough breaks hamper the Bears at nationals
Just one-tenth of a second separated first and sixth place in the race for the country’s best Division III hurdlers, and Washington University sophomore Dan Davis was caught right in the middle of it. The sophomore left the NCAA Nationals at Greencastle, Ind., with All-American honors in the men’s 55-meter hurdles.
Harmon leads men to UAA title; Women third
Junior Ben Harmon racked up 36 his team’s 125 points to help the Washington University men’s indoor track & field team capture its 10th University Athletic Association Indoor Championship and the first since 2007. Harmon, competing on a tender ankle, set the pace for the Bears by earning points in all six events he raced. Harmon won in the long jump with a leap of 6.
Harmon, Davis lead track to IWU champions
At the Illinois Wesleyan University Bob Keck Invitational, junior Ben Harmon and sophomore Dan Davis made important steps toward NCAA indoor track and field national competition.
Athlete of the Week: Dan Davis
Sophomore Dan Davis started his indoor track season with a provisional qualifying mark in the 55-meter dash. Later in the season, he added a school-record and NCAA provisional-qualifying time in the 55-meter hurdles to his list of accomplishments. Davis has led the men’s track and field team in points in each of its meets this season. These achievements earned him Student Life’s Athlete of the Week award.
Athlete of the Week: Anne Diaz-Arrastia
Freshman Anne Diaz-Arrastia from Dallas started her college career off with a bang at the Illinois Wesleyan University Triangular meet, where she placed third in the long jump and won the triple jump.
Q&A with Chris Malaya
Senior Chris Malaya took first in the 400-meter dash and helped lead a 4×400 squad to a first place finish at the Illinois College Snowbird Open.
Davis and company off to an encouraging start
Sophomore Dan Davis’ NCAA provisional qualifying time of 7.74 seconds in the men’s 55-meter hurdles at the Illinois Wesleyan Triangular meet highlighted a promising start for Washington University’s track and field team. Wash. U. athletes finished in the top three of 35 events.
Sports summer update
The lessons and efforts from the spring postseason will not be forgotten soon at Washington University. Men’s tennis finished fourth in NCAA action as Wash. U. came in fourth in the Learfield Director’s Cup. The Director’s Cup compares the athletic programs of all Division III schools.
Here’s a look back at some of the other heartaches [...]
Track & Field: Men and women win UAA titles
Washington University’s men’s and women’s track teams both won UAA conference titles Sunday.
Track and field sends more to the NCAA Championships
The Washington University track and field team met five NCAA provisional qualifying marks during the weekend in a men’s fourth-place and women’s runner-up finish at the Illinois Wesleyan Bob Keck Invitational.
The meet began on Friday with the pentathlon, an event in which two Wash. U. athletes succeeded in meeting the NCAA qualifying mark in their [...]
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