Track and field alumnus in position to qualify for Summer Olympics for Samoa
Chippewa fans have an extra reason to pay attention to this summer’s Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Chippewa fans have an extra reason to pay attention to this summer’s Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro.
Going into the Jesse Owens Memorial Meet, Head Coach Mark Guthrie said the meet will be indicative of the coming championships.
One of the most iconic photographs in sports history is that of Jesse Owens in the 1936 Berlin Olympics on the podium, flanked by America’s eventual World War II enemies Germany and Japan. In those Olympics, Owens rebuked the notion of the superiority of Adolf Hitler’s Aryan race.
Dual-sport athletes have been waning in college athletics. They could be making a comeback on Central Michigan’s campus, partly because of Berkley Edwards.
With eyes toward the Jesse Owens Classic at Ohio State next weekend, the Central Michigan Track and Field teams took home 9 first place finishes from this weekend’s meet at Oakland.
Unlike last weekend's outdoor opener, the Chippewas had decent weather for this weekend's competition at the Gibson Invitational at Indiana State.
In the first meet of the outdoor season, the Central Michigan track and field teams faced adverse weather conditions while trying to set benchmarks to build off of.
This weekend, the men's and women's Central Michigan Track and Field teams will be splitting up for the first competition of the outdoor season.
The Indoor track and field season came to a close Saturday with the Mid-American Conference Championship meet in Akron, Ohio.
This weekend, the Central Michigan track and field teams will travel to Akron, Ohio for their second scored meet of the indoor track season: The Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships.
With only one week until the culmination of the Indoor Track and Field season at the Mid-American Conference Championship meet in Akron, the Grand Valley State Tune-Up was the Chippewas’ last chance to qualify for the meet.
With the Mid-American Conference Track and Field Championship meet one week away, athletes have one more chance to qualify for the competition Friday at Grand Valley.
With two weeks until the Mid-American Conference Championship meet, the Big Meet at Grand Valley State was the second-to-last chance for Central Michigan track and field members to automatically qualify.
With more than 40 teams competing at the Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame, there wasn’t much room for Central Michigan track and field participants in the top positions.
Prior to this weekend, Central Michigan Track and Field Head Coach Mark Guthrie called the Jet’s Pizza Invitational “a stepping stone.” After the meet, Guthrie said this weekend was a step in the right direction.
In 2016, the Central Michigan track and field teams have no home meets for the indoor or outdoor seasons. Most notably is the removal of the indoor Jack Skoog Meet from the schedule.
Coming off of last week’s second place finish at the Eastern Michigan Triangular, the Central Michigan track and field teams are looking for better performances at the second annual Jet’s Pizza Invitational at Saginaw Valley State.
In the first scored meet of the season, the Central Michigan track and field teams had weaknesses exposed.
The men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams were both slotted fifth in Monday’s Mid-American Conference preseason coaches’ poll — which implies two vastly different outlooks for the teams.
In its first meet of the year, the Central Michigan track and field team started strong, meeting multiple Mid-American Conference qualifying standards at Friday's Saginaw Valley Holiday Classic.