Emory University was well represented on the 2014-15 Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Track and Field/Cross Country Teams with Lukas Mees, Julie Williamson and Electra Korn all earning berths on the prestigious squads.
With a strong balance of talented returning competitors and an infusion of freshman into the mix, the Emory University track and field team put together a solid campaign during the 2014-15 indoor season.
The 2015 outdoor campaign proved to be a banner year for the Emory University men’s track and field team, including a pair of all-America honors and the team’s first University Athletic Association Outdoor Championship since the 2004 season, and fifth overall in the program’s history.
Emory University senior James Bassen and freshman Daniel Pietsch each posted an All-America finish during the final day of competition at the 2015 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.
Making his first career appearance in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Emory University freshman Daniel Pietsch qualified for the finals of the 400-meter dash, finishing ninth in the preliminaries of the event on Friday afternoon in Canton, New York.
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has released the 2014-15 Capital One Academic All-District teams in men’s and women’s cross country/track and field with a total of four Emory student-athletes being chosen.
Three members of the Emory University Track and Field Team were in action on Thursday during the first day of competition at the 2015 NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.
Emory University seniors Hannah Smith and James Bassen, junior Lukas Mees, sophomore Grant Murphy and freshman Daniel Pietsch were each selected to compete at the 2015 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York from Thursday, May 21st – Saturday, May 23rd.
Emory University junior Lukas Mees demolished the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and sophomore Grant Murphy bested his own program-best mark in the 1,500-meter run, leading the Eagles at the Gregory Invitational in Naperville, Illinois, the team’s final meet before the 2015 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Members of the Emory University track and field team will have one last chance to improve their position for selection to the field of competitors for the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, when the squad heads to North Central College in Naperville, Illinois for the Gregory Invitational.
Emory University junior Julie Williamson highlighted a number of strong Eagle performances at the Georgia Invitational in Athens on Saturday, recording the second-fastest women’s 800-meter run time in the program’s history.
Emory University will continue its 2015 outdoor track and field season this weekend, when the Eagles travel in-state to the Georgia Invitational, hosted by the University of Georgia in Athens on Saturday, May 9th.
Emory University senior James Bassen was named the University Athletic Association Most Valuable Performer for Field Events, while freshmen Daniel Pietsch and Caitlin Cheeseboro were selected as the UAA Men’s and Women’s Rookie of the Year, respectively, following their performances at the 2015 University Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Atlanta, Georgia.
If you missed the webcast of the 2015 University Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships the first time around, it’s not too late to purchase access to a replay of the stream from each day.
For the first time since 2004 and the fifth time overall in the program’s history, the Emory University Eagles claimed the men’s team title at the University Athletic Association Championships, held at the Woodruff Physical Education Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Emory University senior Hannah Smith and junior Lukas Mees won the women’s and men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, respectively, to pace the Eagles during the first day of the 2015 University Athletic Association Championships at the Woodruff Physical Education Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Emory University will welcome in six other participating University Athletic Association programs to the Woodruff Physical Education Center for the 2015 UAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th.
Emory University sophomore Grant Murphy set a new program record in the 3,000-meter run to lead the Eagles’ competitors at the Mountain Laurel Invitational at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee on Friday.
The Emory University Eagles will get their final tune-up before hosting the 2015 University Athletic Association Championships, sending a small contingent to the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, April 17th and Saturday, April 18th, and a larger group to the Mountain Laurel Invitational in Sewanee, Tennessee, also on Friday.
Emory University athletes combined for season-best times by an Eagle in nine different events, while in action at the Catamount Classic in Cullowhee, North Carolina this weekend.
The Emory University Track and Field Team will be making the trip to Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina for the 2015 Beynon Sports Surface Catamount Classic on Friday, April 10th and Saturday, April 11th.
Emory University turned in a number of strong performances, including a number from its mid-distance runners, while facing mostly NCAA Division I competition at the VertKlasse Meeting in High Point, North Carolina on Friday and Saturday.
The Emory University Track and Field team will be back in action this weekend, sending a full contingent of athletes to the VertKlasse Meeting in High Point, North Carolina on Friday, April 3rd and Saturday, April 4th.
Emory University junior Maxwell Hoberman and senior Katie Wilson were named the University Athletic Association Field Athletes of the Week, after each won an event at the Emory Classic in Atlanta, Georgia last weekend.
The Emory University Men’s Track and Field Team claimed its second-straight meet victory, winning the Emory Classic at the Woodruff Physical Education Center on Saturday, while the women turned in a second-place finish at the meet.
The Emory University Eagles opened competition at the 2015 Emory Track and Field Classic on Friday afternoon, recording first-place finishes in five events during the first day of the meet.
The Eagles’ Track and Field team will host an outdoor meet at the Woodruff Physical Education Center for the second-straight weekend, as the Emory Classic will take place on Friday, March 27th and Saturday, March 28th.
Emory University junior Adam Rabushka and senior James Bassen were selected as the University Athletic Association Track and Field Athletes of the Week, following their standout performances at the Eagles’ season-opening Emory Invitational last weekend.
Emory University opened its 2015 outdoor track and field season on a strong note, with the men’s program finishing first and the women’s squad third at the Emory Invitational at the Woodruff Physical Education Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Emory University Women’s 4x800-meter relay team of senior Marissa Gogniat and Stephanie Crane, sophomore Alexa Young and junior Julie Williamson and the men’s distance medley relay team of freshmen Max Brown, sophomore Ian McIsaac, junior Josh Traynelis and freshman Shane Sullivan each kicked off the Eagles’ outdoor season with a program-record setting performances, during the first day of competition at the Emory Invitational on Friday.