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Track Archive
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August tells story of GCU’s growing role in local recruiting
A flurry of recruit signings announced by Grand Canyon University this month helps to illustrate the impact the private, Christian-based college in west Phoenix is having on the college careers of local athletes. The Antelopes are sucking up the local talent like a vacuum. Arizona State in Tempe and University of Arizona in Tucson play in the [...] -
Ryan Whiting has one more award to win…The Bowerman
Just when we thought Ryan Whiting had accomplished all he could during his storied college track & field career, along comes one more possibility. Whiting, who pretty much owned the shot put event during a storied career at Arizona State that just concluded, has been announced as one of three male finalists for The Bowerman. The award [...] -
Jelmini wins big at NACAC track meet. Next stop: ASU
Here’s a young lady about to make a name for herself in college athletics. It’s a name worth remembering… Anastasia Dalma Jelmini. But her friends just call her Anna. Anna Jelmini will be a redshirt freshman at Arizona State during the 2011 season. While she is waiting for her college career to get started, she filled her [...] -
New track program at GCU off to a running start
As each new piece is added, the excitement of building a new college sports program grows exponentially. The recent addition of a state champion like Mason Simmons will accelerate the development of the first-ever track & field program at Grand Canyon University. New head coach Tom Flood put together a limited schedule this spring that focused on [...] -
Former ASU, NAU track athletes win national titles
Runners enjoying success at the 2010 USA Track & Field Championships that just wrapped up at historic Drake Stadium in Iowa included many either attending one of Arizona’s major universities, or with recent ties to the schools. Arizona State had 19 athletes with ties to the school, while University of Arizona sent a handful from the [...] -
Hardt, Todd top Tribune’s list of best HS track athletes
Jasmine Todd and Sherod Hardt were just selected by the East Valley Tribune as its high school Track Athletes of the Year among schools in the East Valley. But they would just as easily qualify as two of the best in the state. The nice thing about the award selections made the the Trib staff is that [...] -
Whiting, McNeill add more NCAA track titles
Ryan Whiting saved his best for last. On the very last throw of his collegiate career, the celebrated Sun Devil broke the 72-foot mark for the first time to win his second straight national title in the shot put as the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships wrapped up yesterday in Eugene, Ore. Whiting’s throw of [...] -
Dozens of AZ track athletes pack for NCAA nationals
Anyone who left the track early Saturday at the NCAA Preliminary Round West in Austin, Tex., probably won’t do it again. They missed the most exciting event of the day – probably of all three days of the meet. The University of Arizona 4×400 women’s relay team covered the distance in a blur, clocking a 3:33.40 [...] -
Meet of Champions great way to end HS track season
This year’s Meet of Champions once again gave high school track athletes from the smaller schools a chance to compete head-to-head with those from the 4A and 5A divisions. The meet, held Saturday at Queen Creek HS, is an AIA-sanctioned event and is considered the premier post-season competition. Athletes who won their event at one of [...] -
Arizona schools show well at Pac-10 track championships
No cigar this year… but close. The University of Arizona women ’s team matched their best conference finish ever, while Arizona State once again dominated women’s discus. Those were just a couple of the highlights from a Pac-10 Track & Field Championship concluded yesterday that saw UofA’s women’s team finish in second place, and the ASU women [...]