Friday, June 27, 2008 | Track & Field
UNI's Bucknam Named Track & Field Coach at Arkansas
After a quarter century of putting the University of Northern Iowa track and field program on the map, head coach Chris Bucknam is stepping down as a Panther to take over the head men's track and field coaching job at the University of Arkansas.
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Sunday, June 15, 2008 | Track & Field
UNI Men 11th as MVC Teams Conclude NCAA Championships
UNI Added eight top-eight finishes on the final day of the 2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship in Des Moines, Iowa and earning an 11th-place team finish, the highest-ever in school history and the top Valley team finish since Southern Illinois' 5th-place team finish in 1984.. UNI's Dorian Ulrey claimed the second runner-up finish for an MVC athlete in the men's 1500m run, matching the women's hammer throw effort of Southern Illinois' Brittany Riley.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 | Track & Field
NCAA Track & Field Championships Underway
Action at the 2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship is underway at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. Missouri Valley Conference member Drake University is this year's championship host, welcoming 26 Valley entries.
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Monday, June 09, 2008 | Track & Field
UNI's Bucknam, Geopfert Earn USTFCCCA Coaching Honors
UNI head track & field coach Chris Bucknam was named United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association women's track coach of the year in the Midwest Region, while assistant Travis Geopfert was named the top men's assistant coach. Bucknam's honor is his first on the women's side, adding to the seven district coach of the year honors as a men's head coach.
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Sunday, June 01, 2008 | Track & Field
Valley Automatically Qualifies 20 for NCAA Track & Field Championship
Twenty Missouri Valley Conference athletes have punched tickets to the 2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship as automatic qualifiers with standout performances in regional competition on Friday and Saturday. MVC member Drake will host for the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championship at historic Drake Stadium on June 11-14.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008 | Track & Field
2008 All-Conference Teams
The league has released the list of all-conference performers following the State Farm MVC Track & Field Outdoor Championship meet.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008 | Track & Field
2008 Scholar-Athlete Teams
Thirty-five male and 54 female student-athletes have been named to the 2008 MVC track & field scholar-athlete teams, announced today by the league office.
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Sunday, May 18, 2008 | Track & Field
2008 State Farm MVC Outdoor Track & Field Championship
UNI became the first team to sweep the men's and women's title in both the indoor and outdoor championships as they topped the field in Carbondale, Ill., at the 2008 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship. The Panthers outdistanced Wichita State, 204-180.50, on the men's side for their second-straight outdoor team title and snuck by host Southern Illinois, 172.50 to 168, on the women's side. Full results are below.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | Track & Field
Weekly Track & Field Notebook: MVC Championship This Weekend
The 2008 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship will take place May 16-18 at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Ill., on the campus of Southern Illinois University. The 2008 meet marks the 98th outdoor track & field championship sponsored by the Missouri Valley Conference, the most contested championship in the conference and second-most contested track & field championship in the nation (Big Ten, 108). Northern Iowa's men and Wichita State's women were the team champions.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 | Track & Field
Weekly Track & Field Notebook
Jarell Anderson of UNI, Asher Kyger of Missouri State, Kyle Becker of Wichita State and Rachel Jansen of UNI have been named State Farm MVC Track & Field Athletes of the Week.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 | Track & Field
Weekly Track & Field Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference track & field athletes stood out among thousands of athletes at prestigious meets across the nation last week, posting some of the nation's top performances as they head towards NCAA Regional competition. A baker's dozen of performances from the weekend sit atop the MVC best lists. Valley teams are making their moves in the national rankings as the UNI men jumped 31 spots, Wichita State's men picked up three positions over last week and the UNI, Southern Illinois and Wichita State women all picked up ground.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 | Track & Field
Weekly Track & Field Notebook: Drake Relays This Week
Missouri Valley Conference athletes posted 24 conference-best performances over the weekend as the competition heads toward the State Farm MVC Championship and the NCAA Regional meets in less than a month's time. The Track & Field world will turn its focus towards Des Moines, Iowa, this week for the 98th Drake Relays, hosted by Drake University. Competition begins April 23 and runs through the weekend, with nearly 8,000 athletes scheduled to compete. More information on the Drake Relays can be found here.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | Track & Field
Weekly Track & Field Notebook
In an off week on the track for many, Indiana State turned in three of the MVC's four NCAA Regional qualifying performances. Of note, Steve Daniel turned in the nation's 11th-best triple jump with a leap of 51-07.25 (15.73m) and Erica Moore posted 5,368 in the heptathlon, the 10th-best score in the country to date. The State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship is a month away, beginning May 16 in Carbondale, Ill., hosted by Southern Illinois University.
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 | Track & Field
Weekly Track & Field Notebook: Valley Athletes Have Big Weekend
Twenty-seven Missouri Valley Conference track & field athletes met or improved upon their NCAA Regional qualifying marks over a weekend marked with standout performances that set new MVC season bests in 20 men's events and 12 women's events. This week's State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Athletes of the Week are Brandon Deloney of Southern Illinois, Brett Trudo of Wichita State, Olimpia Nowak of UNI and Kylie Hutson of Indiana State.
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 | Track & Field
Weekly Outdoor Track & Field Notebook: Fast Start to Outdoor Season
Seventeen Missouri Valley Conference track athletes posted regional qualifying marks over the first two weekends of the outdoor track & field season, including throws by Rachel Jansen of UNI and Brittany Riley of Southern Illinois that rank second in the nation in the shot put and hammer throw, respectively. The UNI men are ranked 15th in the USTFCCCA preseason poll, after finishing ninth in the NCAA Indoor Championship, equaling their 2007 finish and the top finish in MVC history. Long-time Indiana State men's coach John McNichols will be inducted into the Drake Relays Coaches Hall of Fame on April 24, as announced Tuesday, April 1.
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Sunday, March 16, 2008 | Track & Field
UNI's Mulder Wins 800m National Title; UNI Men Ninth
The University of Northern Iowa track and field team scored four All-America performances Saturday at the NCAA Indoor Championships, including a national championship performance from Tyler Mulder in the men's 800m that helped the Panthers claim its second-straight ninth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championship. Mulder's championship comes a day after Southern Illinois' Brittany Riley won her second NCAA weight throw title.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008 | Track & Field
Riley Wins Second NCAA Weight Throw Title
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Southern Illinois senior thrower Brittany Riley defended her weight throw title from last season today at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
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Monday, March 10, 2008 | Track & Field
Valley Qualifies 13 For NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship
Led by seven qualifiers from MVC men's and women's champion UNI, the Missouri Valley Conference will be represented by 13 athletes in this weekend's NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship in Fayetteville, Ark., hosted by the University of Arkansas. The NCAA released the list of qualifiers today (Mar. 10).
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Monday, March 10, 2008 | Track & Field
UNI?s Bucknam, Cepeda; SIU?s Riley Honored as Regional Coach, Athletes of the Year
UNI head coach Chris Bucknam and Panther multi-event standout Raven Cepeda joined Southern Illinois national champion Brittany Riley as honorees of the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, as they announced the annual award winners for each of the nine USTFCCCA Regions for the 2007-08 indoor track and field season.
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 | Track & Field
2008 Indoor Track & Field All-Conference
UNI claimed the men's and women's team championships over the weekend at the 2008 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The UNI men tallied 167.5 points, ahead of runner-up Southern Illinois by 24 points and 40 points clear of third-place Wichita State. On the women's side, the Panthers notched 147.5 points to claim the title over Southern Illinois (116.2) and Indiana State (112.70).
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Sunday, March 02, 2008 | Track & Field
2010 State Farm MVC Indoor Track & Field Championship
The 2010 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship is scheduled for February 27-28 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, hosted by the University of Northern Iowa. Host UNI has won 10 consecutive men's titles and Southern Illinois is the defending women's champion.
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Sunday, March 02, 2008 | Track & Field
2008 State Farm MVC Indoor Track & Field Championship
UNI claimed the men's and women's championship at the 2008 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The men's championship was the ninth-straight and set a new MVC record.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 | Track & Field
MVC Championship This Weekend; Pre-Championship Poll/Weekly Track & Field Notebook
The State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship will take place this weekend, March 1-2, at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa. UNI has been tabbed as the favorite on the men's and women's side. This week's State Farm MVC Athletes of the Week are Dorian Ulrey of UNI, Jennifer Snyder of Wichita State, Alex Straughn of Illinois State and Olimpia Nowak of UNI.
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Monday, February 25, 2008 | Track & Field
2009 Indoor Track & Field Championship Schedule of Events
2009 Indoor Track & Field Championship Schedule of Events
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 | Track & Field
Weekly MVC Track & Field Notebook
The 2008 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship is less than two weeks away. UNI will host this year's event on March 1 & 2 at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa. This weekend, just four events dot the MVC slate ? the EIU Friday Night Special, Boilermaker Invitational, UNI-Dome Open and K-State Open.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | Track & Field
Weekly MVC Track & Field Notebook
Just two weekends of competition remain before teams converge on Cedar Falls, Iowa, for the 2008 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship and MVC athletes are heating up with nationally significant performances. Two Valley athletes, UNI's Raven Cepeda and Southern Illinois' Brittany Riley hold NCAA top marks in the heptathlon and weight throw, respectively.
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008 | Track & Field
Cepeda's Heptathlon One For the Books; Weekly Track & Field Notebook
A dominating, national-best performance in the heptathlon by UNI's Raven Cepeda and another world-class weight throw by Southern Illinois' Brittany Riley highlighted a busy weekend in Missouri Valley Conference track & field. Cepeda broke the school and MVC record in the event and recorded the top total in the nation with his 5,906-point effort. The total also tops the U.S. Track & Field list that was last updated on Jan. 29. Riley recorded the second-best weight throw in the nation among all throwers with a 24.12m toss.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 | Track & Field
MVC Weekly Track & Field Notebook
A combined 15 Missouri Valley Conference best times were set over the weekend, eight on the men's side and seven from the women. UNI's men led the charge with six new league standards while Missouri State and Illinois State's women each set two new top marks. Five women's teams recorded at least one Valley best time.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | Track & Field
Weekly Track & Field Notebook
The 2008 indoor track & field season is in full swing for Missouri Valley Conference teams and last weekend's meets drove the point home as 16 new MVC season bests were set, 11 on the men's side and five others on the women's side. Indiana State's Jeramie Gray added his name to the NCAA provisional qualifying group with a 6.74 in the 60-meters at the EIU Mega Meet.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | Track & Field
Weekly Indoor Track & Field Notebook: Season in Full Swing
Valley athletes are off to tremendous starts in the 2008 indoor track & field season, having met NCAA provisional qualifying standards five times in four events, highlighted by Southern Illinois' Brittany Riley, who launched the national-best weight throw of 24.23m (79'6"), and UNI's Rachel Jansen, whose shot put is seventh-best and weight throw is ninth-best in the nation.
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 | Track & Field
Indoor Track & Field: UNI Men, Southern Illinois Women Earn Preseason Rankings
The University of Northern Iowa men's team and the Southern Illinois women's team are ranked among the nation's best indoor track & field teams in the preseason United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Top 25 poll. The Panther men are ranked eighth while the Saluki women enter the season at No. 20.
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Friday, December 14, 2007 | Track & Field
Drake Awarded 2010 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships
DES MOINES -- Drake President David Maxwell announced during a Thursday afternoon news conference that the school and city of Des Moines will join forces to welcome America's best athletes to Drake Stadium for the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 | Track & Field
Southern Illinois' Price-Smith, Riley to be Honored by National Throwing Coaches Association
Southern Illinois track and field head coach Connie Price-Smith and Saluki thrower Brittany Riley will be honored by the National Throwing Coaches Association at the Sixth Annual NTCA Conference and Clinic in Dublin, Ohio, Nov. 16-18. Price-Smith will be inducted into the association's Hall of Fame, while Riley will receive 2007 Female Thrower of the Year honors.
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Monday, August 13, 2007 | Track & Field
Former Southern Illinois Track & Field Coach to be Inducted Into USTFCCCA Hall of Fame
Former Southern Illinois track & field coach and Missouri Valley Conference All-Centennial team coach Lew Hartzog will be inducted into the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Dec. 18 in Phoenix the association announced today.
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Friday, July 13, 2007 | Track & Field
Price-Smith Leads U.S. Team, McNichols to Coach Sprints/Hurdles at Pan Am Games
Southern Illinois head track & field coach Connie Price-Smith and John McNichols, Indiana State men's track & field and cross country head coach, will lead United States athletes at the 2007 Pan American Games, beginning today, July 13, and continuting through the 29th in Rio De Janerio, Brazil.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 | Track & Field
Drake Men's Track & Field Paces the Nation
The men's track & field team at Drake boasts the nation's highest cumulative grade point average among NCAA Division I men's track & field teams and was one of 34 programs named 2007 All-Academic Track & Field Teams by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Tuesday.
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Monday, July 09, 2007 | Track & Field
Five Valley Teams Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Honors
Women's track & field teams from Bradley, Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State and Southern Illinois were named 2007 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Teams as announced Monday by the coaching organization.
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Friday, July 06, 2007 | Track & Field
USTFCCCA Men's and Women's Division I All-Academic Track and Field Teams Announced
The 2007 USTFCCA Men's and Women's Division I All-Academic Track and Field Teams were announced on Thursday, July 5, and Valley members were recognized on the team.
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