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December 12, 2011
NASHVILLE – East Tennessee State University head track and field/cross country coach Dave Walker was one of ten inductees to The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
December 08, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Northern Kentucky University will join the Atlantic Sun Conference effective July 1, 2012, with competition to begin in all sports for the 2012-13 academic year.
December 08, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Northern Kentucky University has become the Atlantic Sun Conference’s newest member. Here is a quick rundown of what you need to know about NKU athletics.
October 07, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The USC Upstate Director of Athletics Mike Hall announced the hiring of Natalie Smith as the head coach for the men's and women's cross country and track & field programs.
September 11, 2011
MACON, Ga. – The Atlantic Sun Conference and Streamline Technologies debuted a re-designed AtlanticSun.org on Monday, continuing a seven-year partnership between the entities.
August 17, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The NCAA Division I Track and Field Committee announced that UNF will host one of two preliminary rounds for the 2012 NCAA Division I Track and Field Outdoor Championships.
August 08, 2011
NEW ORLEANS - Four Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Track & Field Student-Athletes were named to the USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic.
July 08, 2011
MACON, Ga. – The River City dominted the cross country and track & field championships with UNF claiming their first cross country title while Jacksonville swept through the track and field crowns.
June 09, 2011
DES MOINES, Iowa –University of North Florida junior distance runner Ecaterina Gheorghiu finished with a time of 10:39.70 in the semifinals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
June 08, 2011
DES MOINES, Iowa –UNF freshman sprinter Brianna Frazier posted a school record time of 52.86 in the semifinals of the 400-meter dash at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
June 07, 2011
MACON, Ga. - Kennesaw State's Josh McNair and the duo of Ecaterina Gheorghiu and Brianna Frazier from UNF are set to compete in the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.
May 28, 2011
The 2011 NCAA East Preliminary Round meet ended for A-Sun competitors on as the Jacksonville 4x400-meter relay team missed out on advancing to the semifinals despite a school record in the event.
May 27, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Four more A-Sun competitors advanced in their events during the second day of the NCAA East Preliminary meet hosted by Indiana University at Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex.
May 26, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Five A-Sun athletes advanced on the first day of competition at the NCAA East Preliminary Round meet hosted by Indiana University at Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex.
May 26, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Atlantic Sun Conference will showcase 24 of its student-athletes at the NCAA Track & Field East Preliminary Round at Indiana University's Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex.
May 19, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Thirteen Atlantic Sun Conference Women’s Track and Field Student-Athletes qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Bloomington, Ind. from May 26-28 at Indiana University’s Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex.
May 18, 2011
MACON, Ga. – ETSU swept the Atlantic Sun Track Athlete of the Week awards with Mike James and Emani Harrison earning the honors, while Campbell’s Diego Lawrence claimed his fourth award.
May 11, 2011
MACON, Ga. – A pair of women, Jacksonville’s Danielle Davenport and USC Upstate’s Michelle Quimby won their first Atlantic Sun Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards.
May 04, 2011
MACON, Ga. – ETSU picked up two Atlantic Sun Conference Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week awards with Jason Johnson and Leah Oakhill earned the honors.
April 29, 2011
PHILADELPHIA - Jacksonville's 4x400 team of Danielle Davenport, Unique Singleton, Joane Pierre and Bienna Freeman tied the school record with a 3:39.18 to earn a spot in the main final at the Penn Relays.
April 27, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Following the 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, ETSU and Belmont each corralled two weekly awards after competing at the Charlotte Invite and Vanderbilt Invitational.
April 16, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville won 11 events, including a top-three sweep in two, en route to claiming its sixth-consecutive Atlantic Sun Conference Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
April 16, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Kennesaw State's Naomi Mack earned back-to-back heptathlon titles at the 2011 Atlantic Sun Outdoor Track & Field Championships to push the Owls' lead to 20 points early in the final day.
April 15, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kennesaw State’s Naomi Mack opened her pursuit for a back-to-back heptathlon title at the 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
April 14, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kennesaw State and Jacksonville left last year’s Atlantic Sun Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship with hardware and are looking to repeat their efforts on Friday and Saturday.
April 13, 2011
MACON, Ga. – The Music City swept through the final week of Atlantic Sun Track & Field Weekly Awards before the 2011 A-Sun Outdoor Championships starting on Friday in Jacksonville.
April 06, 2011
MACON, Ga. – UNF’s Ecaterina Gheorghiu and Ann Demi swept the women’s side of the A-Sun Track & Field awards, while Kennesaw State’s Piotr Witczak and USC Upstate’s Perrish Goggins took the men’s honors.
March 30, 2011
MACON, Ga. – JU’s Ronnisha Hall earned her third-straight Atlantic Sun Outdoor Track & Field honor as her teammate Bienna Freeman, Kennesaw State’s Kendall Parks and Belmont’s Joe Frye joined Hall in the weekly awards.
March 23, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Diego Lawrence and Ronnisha Hall earned back-to-back A-Sun Track & Field awards, while Kennesaw State’s Jaakko Nieminen and Lipscomb’s Dani Walker earned their first career awards.
March 16, 2011
MACON, Ga. – In the opening weekends of outdoor track & field competition Campbell teammates Diego Lawrence and Dave Matthews won the Atlantic Sun’s first Men’s Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards.
December 06, 2010
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – ETSU head track and field coach Dave Walker was named the recipient of the 2010 US Track Meet Directors “Howard Schmertz” Lifetime Achievement Award.
September 07, 2010
KENNESAW, Ga. – The men’s and women’s track and field teams have a new leader at the helm as the Kennesaw State Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced the hiring of Andy Eggerth as the new head coach.
August 16, 2010
NEW ORLEANS – Jacksonville's champion women's track & field team as well as Lipscomb's men and women earned All-Academic Track & Field teams honors from the USTFCCCA.
July 01, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - JU track & field head coach Ron Grigg received the “Outstanding College Coach” honor by the Jacksonville Track Club at its annual banquet on Sunday.
June 26, 2010
DES MOINES, Iowa- Kennesaw State Owls throws specialist Suzee Mills placed 15th in the Discus Throw at the US Junior Nationals, launching a top throw of 45.01 meters (147’8”).
June 25, 2010
TOWSON, Md. - Campbell's Diana Norden and Belmont's Brittany Thune was named to the 2009-10 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Teams
June 23, 2010
DES MOINES, Iowa – ETSU's pair of Duronal Monal and Jason Johnson plus Kennesaw State's Suzee Mills will represent the Atlantic Sun at the 2010 USA Outdoor Championships this weekend
May 30, 2010
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Jacksonville’s 4x100-meter relay team and Kennesaw State’s Jill Arthur wrapped up the outdoor track & field season at the NCAA East Preliminary Round Meet.
May 29, 2010
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Christina King cleared 3.60 meters in the pole vault at the NCAA East Preliminary Round Track & Field meet. Her mark was good enough to finish in a tie for 30th.
May 27, 2010
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Mackenzie Howe finished 20th in the 10,000-Meter Run at the 2010 NCAA Eastern Preliminary Round of the Track & Field Championship on Thursday night to lead A-Sun women’s competitors.
May 27, 2010
MACON, Ga. - The Atlantic Sun Conference has 10 women's student-athletes headed to the NCAA East Regional. Kennesaw State sends two, UNF two and Jacksonville six to the regional, which begins Thursday.
May 16, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University women’s track team claims its fifth consecutive Atlantic Sun Conference Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
May 14, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Kennesaw State holds the day one lead at the Atlantic Sun Women’s Track and Field Championship with a solid team performance led by Mackenzie Howe and her record breaking performance.
May 05, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Jacksonville’s Unique Singleton earned Atlantic Sun Track Athlete of the Week with the league’s top 200-meter time while Campbell’s Nadia Natt leaped to the field honor.
April 28, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Campbell sophomore runner Rachel Deline earned Atlantic Sun Track Athlete of the Week honors, while USC Upstate’s Camille Masanotti earned the field award Saturday at the USC Upstate Invitational.
April 21, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Jacksonville’s freshman distance runner Joane Pierre raced her way to an Atlantic Sun Track Athlete of the Week award, while Lipscomb’s Brittany Duerk earned the field award.
April 15, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Winning performances from UNF’s Elise Trexler and Kennesaw State’s Mackenzie Howe earned the pair the Atlantic Sun’s Women’s Field athlete and Track Athlete of the Week awards
April 07, 2010
MACON, Ga. –. Jacksonville’s J’Zotta Rolle earned Atlantic Sun Track Athlete of the Week honors after posting two of the conference top marks while Kennesaw State’s Suzzette Van-Lare took the field award.
March 31, 2010
MACON, Ga. –. ETSU’s Jasmine Ingram broke a facility record to earn Atlantic Sun Track Athlete of the Week honors while Jacksonville’s Charlene Charles earned Field Athlete of the Week.
March 24, 2010
MACON, Ga. – USC Upstate’s Jemeli Sang earned Atlantic Sun Track Athlete of the Week by posting the league’s top 5,000-meter time while Gabrielle Walker collected the league’s Field Athlete of the Week award.
March 17, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb’s Amanda Twigg bested a field of 43 to earn Atlantic Sun Track Athlete of the Week honors while Kennesaw State’s Jakia Ragland earned A-Sun Field Athlete of the Week accolades.
March 10, 2010
MACON, Ga. - UNF swept the weekly Atlantic Sun Women’s Track and Field honors with Christina King earning the field honor and Charisma Anderson earning the track accolade.
September 30, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - USC Upstate head cross country and track and field coach Jimmy Stephens was recently inducted in to the USA Track & Field /South Carolina Hall of Fame.
July 17, 2009
NEW ORLEANS - Track and Field programs and student-athletes from three A-Sun institutions earned honors from U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for their respective academic excellence.
July 07, 2009
BANSKA, Slovakia - Despite having concluded her NCAA season, Jacksonville's Louise Kiernan has not slowed down as she won the 100-meter at the Irish National Under-23 Championships.
August 06, 2008
NEW ORLEANS - Lipscomb's Track and Field program highlighted honors earned by Atlantic Sun institutions from U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for their respective academic excellence.
August 06, 2008
A pair of Atlantic Sun institutions, UNF and USC Upstate will soon feature new track facilities, furthering the development of one the conference's top growing sports.
June 26, 2009
EUGENE, Ore. - Four A-Sun student-athletes - ETSU's Heidi Dahl, Belmont's Lynette Rives and Kennesaw State's Jemir Martinez and Suzzette Van-Lare - earned spots in USA National Outdoor Track and Field Championships
July 21, 2008
TOLUCA, Mexico - Jacksonville's Natasha Harvey temporarily put away her Dolphin uniform for Team USA colors and placed second in the long jump at the North American Central American and Caribbean U-23 Championships.
June 17, 2009
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The JU track & field season may be done, but sophomore Louise Kiernan is still competing as she runs a leg of the 4x100-meter relay for the Irish National Team at the European Team Championships
July 02, 2008
EUGENE, Ore. - A day after Natasha Harvey and Shaquania Lundy participated in the 2008 US Olympic Team Trials in the long jump, JU head coach Ron Grigg reflects upon the season and looks toward the future.
June 16, 2009
NEW ORLEANS - Jacksonville's Natasha Harvey and ETSU's Heidi Dahl were named All-Americans by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA)
June 13, 2009
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Athletes finished their quest for titles at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday. ETSU's Heidi Dahl took a sixth place finish in the 1500-meter run.
July 01, 2008
EUGENE, Ore. - Jacksonville's Natasha Harvey and Shaquania Lundy placed 20th and 25th, respectively, in the long jump preliminaries at the 2008 US Olympic Team Trials at Eugene's Hayward Field.
June 10, 2009
Heidi Dahl makes her last run as a member of the East Tennessee State track team this week, and she has a chance to go out with a bang. The senior from Utah will be competing in the 1,500 at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Dahl is fresh off a victory at the Mideast Regional, where she outdueled Tennessee's Sarah Bowman
June 30, 2008
EUGENE, Ore. - Jacksonville head coach Ron Grigg and long jumpers Natasha Harvey and Shaquania Lundy reflect on their first day of practice in Oregon as they anticipate the start of competition on Monday night.
June 10, 2009
MACON, Ga. - Through regional competition, six A-Sun athletes earned the chance to compete in the NCAA Championship - Belmont's Lynette Rives in the 200-meter dash, ETSU's Heidi Dahl in 1500m and Jacksonville's Natasha
June 28, 2008
Eugene, Ore. - Jacksonville's Natasha Harvey and Shaquania Lundy will chronicle their week at the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials with diary entries on AtlanticSun.org.
June 09, 2009
MACON, Ga. - After leading Jacksonville to indoor and outdoor track and field titles this year, Natasha Harvey captured the Atlanic Sun Conference Female Student-Athlete of the Year award, the conference announced
June 17, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Following strong performances at the 2008 NCAA Track & Field Championships, the USTFCCCA named Belmont's Lynette Rives and Jacksonville's Natasha Harvey NCAA Division I All-Americans.
June 09, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Belmont University senior sprinter Lynette Rives was featured on Channel 4's Inside Sports on June 8. Channel 4's Terry Bulger was able to catch up with the lightfooted Clarksville, Tenn., native to discuss her upcoming trip to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and another track star from her hometown.
June 13, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa - Belmont's Lynette Rives ran well enough Thursday to advance out of the First Round of the women's 200-meter dash at the 2008 NCAA Track & Field Championships, but could go no further
June 05, 2009
MACON, Ga. - Eight A-Sun track & field and cross country athletes garned honors on the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team. Four conference schools represent the list.
June 12, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa - Natasha Harvey of the JU women's outdoor track & field team earned All-American honors after a second-place finish in the long jump on Thursday at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.
May 16, 2009
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Racing in its home city, Jacksonville piled up a record 212 points en route to capturing a fourth straight Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship from UNF's Hodges Stadium.
June 11, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - JU women's outdoor track & field head coach Ron Grigg garnered the South Region "Coach of the Year" award on Monday, as announced by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
May 27, 2009
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - As one of the greatest athletic careers in Jacksonville University history nears the finish line, track and field coach Ron Grigg wonders if he will ever be this lucky again. The near-impossible challenge for Grigg is filling the void that Natasha Harvey, a four-time All-American, will leave behind.
June 11, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa - Jacksonville's Natasha Harvey qualified for Thursday's finals in the long jump after she placed second overall in Wednesday's preliminary round - breaking the school record with a leap of 21-09.
June 09, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Five A-Sun athletes representing Jacksonville, Belmont, and Campbell prepare to compete against the nation on Wednesday at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Champinships in Des Moines, Iowa.
May 15, 2009
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Kennesaw State Owls took an early lead in day one of the 2009 Atlantic Sun Outdoor Track & Field Championship at UNF's Hodges Stadium with 61 points after five events.
June 04, 2008
MACON, Ga. - After finishing sixth in the 200-meter dash at the NCAA Mid East Regional this past weekend, Lynette Rives of Belmont earned an at-large bid to the NCAA National Championships on June 11.
June 01, 2008
MACON, Ga. - With top-five finishes at regionals, Campbell's Sam Tilly, Belmont's Lauren Weaver and Jacksonville's Natasha Harvey and Shaquania Lundy assured themselves berths in the NCAA National Championships.
May 13, 2009
MACON, Ga. - Lady Buccaneer sprinter Judy Johnson made the most of her homecoming on Saturday afternoon at the Tennessee Invitational in Knoxville. Johnson claimed a regional qualifying mark in the 100-meter dash.
May 29, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Student-Athletes from Belmont, Campbell, ETSU, Gardner-Webb, and Jacksonville make their way to regionals this weekend, hoping to earn a spot in the NCAA Championships.
May 06, 2009
MACON, Ga. - In her final competition before the Atlantic Sun Championships, Belmont's Lynette Rives earned an NCAA Regional qualifying mark in the 200-meter dash to earn the Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week award
May 17, 2008
CLEMSON, S.C. - Led by Outstanding Field Performer Natasha Harvey, Jacksonville joined UCF as the only two programs to win three Atlantic Sun Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships in succession.
April 29, 2009
MACON, Ga. - USC Upstate's Emily Tangwar competed in the esteemed Penn Relays and posted a school record time in the 5,000-meter race to earn her first Athlete of the Week honor, the conference announced Wednesday.
May 16, 2008
CLEMSON, S.C. - Gardner-Webb took the early lead, while Jacksonville's Natasha Harvey emerged as the leader after four events of the heptathlon at the A-Sun Track & Field Championship.
April 22, 2009
MACON, Ga. - The lone senior on the Jacksonville team, Natasha Harvey, put in another excellent performance at the UNF Osprey Challenge on Saturday setting two regional qualifying times and a school record...
April 15, 2009
MACON, Ga. - Sprinter Unique Singleton had a large hand in Jacksonville's success at the Seminole Invitational over the weekend. She posted two NCAA regional qualifying marks to earn her Athlete of the Week.
May 07, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Gardner Webb's Kelly Bridges set a school record in the pole vault over the weekend, earning the Atlantic Sun Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award,
April 08, 2009
MACON, Ga. - Campbell jumper Jocelya Webb set an NCAA Regional Qualifying mark over the weekend at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational to earn Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced Wednesday.
April 23, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Jacksonville's Natasha Harvey met a pair of regional qualifying marks this weekend in winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award.
April 01, 2009
MACON, Ga. - Senior Heidi Dahl made her 2009 Outdoor Track and Field debut for the Bucs on Friday evening setting a regional qualifying mark in the 1500-meter run to earn Athlete of the Week.
April 30, 2008
MACON, Ga. - The Gardner-Webb women's track and field athletes enjoyed a successful Radford Invitational led Carrie Long who on Wednesday earned the Atlantic Sun's female Athlete of the Week award
March 25, 2009
MACON, Ga. - Jacksonville sophomore J'Zotta Rolle set a regional qualifying mark in the 400-meter hurdles in her first try this season at the UNF Spring Break Open to earn the first Athlete of the Week award.
April 16, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Elizabeth Maxwell of Gardner-Webb took home her second Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field honor of the season after registering three top-three performances
August 06, 2008
NEW ORLEANS - Lipscomb's Track and Field program highlighted honors earned by Atlantic Sun institutions from U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for their respective academic excellence.
April 09, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Jacksonville's Shaquania Lundy met regional qualifying standards in the long jump and the triple jump over the weekend to earn her first Atlantic Sun Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honor.
March 24, 2009
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Senior track & field athlete Natasha Harvey, NCAA athletic faculty representative Dr. Kim Capriotti and Board of Trustees member Carolyn Munro Wilson have all made an impact on JU athletics and for their unique efforts, they will each be honored as Jacksonville University's "Woman of the Year" on Tuesday.
April 02, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Lynette Rives of Belmont tied her own school record and met the NCAA Regional Qualifying mark in the 100 meters at the Alabama Relays last weekend in winning the Atlantic Sun Athlete of the Week award.
February 01, 2009
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Former JU track & field athlete Monique Tubbs added one more honor to her illustrious career as she was inducted into the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Hall of Fame on Feb. 1.
March 26, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Gardner-Webb's Elizabeth Maxwell began the 2008 outdoor track and field season by setting a new mark in the hammer throw. Maxwell registered a throw of 161-04.00 (49.17m) to distinguish herself
September 26, 2008
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.- Head ETSU track and field coach David Walker announced the hiring of a new assistant, Eli Sunquist, on Wednesday afternoon. Sunquist will work with all the male and female field athletes, while emphasizing on the vertical and horizontal jumps as well as the multi-event athletes.
August 06, 2008
A pair of Atlantic Sun institutions, UNF and USC Upstate will soon feature new track facilities, furthering the development of one the conference's top growing sports.