2008-09 Women's Track & Field News
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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.
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
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
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.
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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.