BYU TRACK & FIELD / XC
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Women travel to Washington, Air Force
PROVO, Utah—The Cougars will be splitting up for their meets Friday and Saturday, sending the distance runners to the Husky Classic in Seattle and their sprinters and field athletes to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
“We are looking forward to these meets,” head coach Ed Eyestone said. “This should be a big weekend for our distance runners. Seattle has a great track for distance and we have to maximize our opportunities there. It is just a matter of getting qualifying marks for nationals.”
For many of the distance runners, this will be their first or second time competing in a race during indoor season. Senior Sarah Yingling will be running the mile in Seattle, alongside fellow teammate and sophomore Makenna Smith. Distance coach Patrick Shane said both women have had great practices and workouts leading up to the meet and expects improvement on Saturday.
Read more at BYUCougars.com.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Men travel to Washington and Air Force
PROVO, Utah—BYU men’s track splits up this weekend with distance and mid-distance runners headed to Seattle to compete in the UW Invitational, and field athletes and sprinters going to Air Force for the Air Force Collegiate Open.
“We are looking forward to these meets,” head coach Ed Eyestone said. “This should be a big weekend for our distance runners. Seattle has a great track for distance and we have to maximize our opportunities there. It is just a matter of getting qualifying marks for nationals.”
All-Americans Jared Ward and Tylor Thatcher are both looking to qualify for nationals and are poised for big performances at the UW Invitational.
Read more at BYUCougars.com.
“We are looking forward to these meets,” head coach Ed Eyestone said. “This should be a big weekend for our distance runners. Seattle has a great track for distance and we have to maximize our opportunities there. It is just a matter of getting qualifying marks for nationals.”
All-Americans Jared Ward and Tylor Thatcher are both looking to qualify for nationals and are poised for big performances at the UW Invitational.
Read more at BYUCougars.com.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Chase for No. 1 in Division I National Team Rankings is Heating Up
NEW ORLEANS – Four-time defending NCAA Division I women’s indoor champion Oregon and defending men’s champion Arkansas remained atop the second regular-season edition of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Computer Rankings released Tuesday, but both are beginning to come back to the pack...
The national team rankings will be complied by mathematical formulae based on national descending order lists and data taken from previous seasons. For the preseason ranking and early-season rankings, data will be taken from previous seasons as well as the current season.
The purpose and methodology of the rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best potential of achieving the top spots in the national team race. Rankings points do not equate with NCAA Championships team points. A full description of the rankings can be found here.
The USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings should not be referred to as a “poll” as no voting occurs during the process.
Read more at USTFCCCA.org.
The national team rankings will be complied by mathematical formulae based on national descending order lists and data taken from previous seasons. For the preseason ranking and early-season rankings, data will be taken from previous seasons as well as the current season.
The purpose and methodology of the rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best potential of achieving the top spots in the national team race. Rankings points do not equate with NCAA Championships team points. A full description of the rankings can be found here.
The USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings should not be referred to as a “poll” as no voting occurs during the process.
Read more at USTFCCCA.org.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Jared Ward leads Cougars at UW Invitational
SEATTLE-- Jared Ward led a strong debut of the BYU distance runners and many standout perfomances for the men's track squad Friday and Saturday at the UW Invitational.
"It was a good meet for us," head coach Ed Eyestone said. "By in large we did great and performed well. We looked forward to the debut of our distance squad and they didn't disappoint."
Read more at BYUCougars.com.
"It was a good meet for us," head coach Ed Eyestone said. "By in large we did great and performed well. We looked forward to the debut of our distance squad and they didn't disappoint."
Read more at BYUCougars.com.
DMR makes winning debut at UW Invitational
SEATTLE--Lauren Baxter, Shea Martinez, Rachel Stewart and Sarah Yingling of BYU debuted with a first-place finish Friday in the women's distance medley relay at the Washington Invitational.
The medley team consisted of sprinter Baxter and Martinez, both true freshmen, sophomore Stewart and senior distance runner Yingling. The squad ran a time 11:31.40, a full nine seconds faster than the second place team and conference rival, Portland.
Read more at BYUCougars.com.
The medley team consisted of sprinter Baxter and Martinez, both true freshmen, sophomore Stewart and senior distance runner Yingling. The squad ran a time 11:31.40, a full nine seconds faster than the second place team and conference rival, Portland.
Read more at BYUCougars.com.
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