This week, a few winter sports seasons came to an end with national championships in indoor track and field, as well as basketball, while spring sports, including baseball, softball, tennis, and golf competed against elite opponents in spring break matchups.

Led by Kelley’s performance, the Washington University women’s track and field team was crowned national runners-up for the second year in a row.

WashU’s women’s track and field team won the UAA indoor track and field championship, their fifth consecutive conference title.

Following a second-place finish in the triple jump at last year’s indoor and outdoor National Championships, Washington University senior Ebun Opata is on a roll. Opata sat down with Student Life to discuss her passion for social work, finding success coming back from injury, and her mango Instagram page.

On Jan. 23, just three days after the meet, the women’s team clocked in as Division III’s best team in the first national rankings of the indoor season. The men’s team was also honored in their respective top 25, slotting in at No. 22.

The Washington University men’s and women’s track and field teams won the annual WashU Invite Meet this past weekend. The men won the meet with 183 points, while the women took care of business at their end with 236 points. The weekend’s major highlights were seniors Ella Behrens and Emily Konkus’s incredible record-breaking performances at the annual WashU Distance Carnival. 

First Distance Carnival held by WashU since the beginning of the pandemic.

Student Life talked to Jacob about how he approached the 2020-2021 season, growing up with athletic siblings and his hopes for upcoming seasons.

Senior Andrew Whitaker isn’t your average college student. On top of his biomedical engineering coursework, Whitaker competes for two different Washington University sports teams: football and track and field.

Senior sports editor Dorian DeBose sat down with Caira Watson-Haynes, a senior on the WU track and field team, to talk about practicing during COVID-19 and supporting Black student athletes on campus.