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AZ high school track teams flock to Sun Angel Classic
Arizona State has opened its track facilities to some 2,500 high school and college athletes from around the country this weekend. But tomorrow’s events in the 32nd Sun Angel Track Classic could get a little water-logged. For the colleges, the chance of inclement weather didn’t keep many of the best track squads from showing up [...] -
Jim Click Shootout draws Big-10 track teams to UofA
Although we’re several weeks into the college outdoor track & field season, Arizona is looking at this weekend’s “shoot out” as the first true meet on its 2011 outdoor schedule. The University of Arizona women’s track team is set to defend its Jim Click Shootout title Saturday, when Pac-10 foe, Washington State, rolls into Drachman [...] -
Willie Williams Classic showcased top prep track athletes
When Jaide Stepter crossed the finish line of the 4×400 relay at the Willie Williams Classic this weekend, she accomplished more than winning her third gold medal of the event. The junior from Canyon del Oro High School also got some great exposure in front of coaches from the dozen or so colleges and universities [...] -
UA track caps successful indoor season with nat’l titles
The 2011 indoor track & field season has to be considered a break-out year for the University of Arizona. The women’s team came in seventh overall at the NCAA Championships, the best finish in nearly a decade, while the men’s 14th-place finish marks the highest since 2007. Along the way, both teams broke school records [...] -
ASU, UA, NAU use Lumberjack Invite as a final tune-up
Arizona’s Division I colleges used last weekend’s Lumberjack Invitational as a final tune-up heading into the championship portion of the indoor season. Each came away from Flagstaff with varying results. Arizona State took home the lion’s share of the honors, as the men’s and women’s teams combined to win 13 events, including a sweep of [...] -
Track teams compete in the eerie quiet of NAU Skydome
The Lumberjacks invited seven track & field teams to their NAU Team Challenge today. But they aren’t inviting any spectators. It should provide an eerily quiet afternoon without cheering fans in the stands, as the Jacks compete against in-state rivals, Arizona State and Grand Canyon University, as well as teams from California and Nevada. Spectators [...] -
AZ colleges debut new sports programs for track, baseball
The options in Arizona are growing for high school athletes who want to move on to play at the college level. Two new sports programs debut this weekend, as Grand Canyon University launches its new track & field program and Arizona Christian University throws out the first ball in its new baseball program. Arizona Christian [...] -
UA women begin track & field season with No. 14 ranking
It’s still early in January and it’s already time for the jocks in the baggy, knee-length basketball shorts to make room on the sports page for those athletes running around the oval in the short shorts. Yep, it’s time for college track & field to begin its indoor program. And in Tucson, the women Wildcats [...] -
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. [...] -
Chandler HS girls’ track team wins title at Nike Nationals
The Wolves finally broke out of the pack and claimed the national track & field title for Chandler High School. All season long, the Chandler girls’ team was stuck in second place in the chase for a ”mythical’ national championship, behind the Long Beach Poly girls. The standing was based on computer statistics, since there [...]
