Archive for May, 2013

Beth Hauer And Ally Voss Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors

St. Peter, Minn. – The 2013 Capital One Academic All-District Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, has been released to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.  Representing Gustavus Adolphus College on this year’s Academic All-District First Team for District […]

Donkena, Smith-Dennis Fall In Quarterfinals Of NCAA Doubles Championship

Kalamazoo, Mich. – The Gustavus men’s tennis doubles team of Amrik Donkena (Sr., Rochester, Minn.) and Mya Smith-Dennis (Jr., Savage, Minn.) concluded its 2013 campaign on Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championship.  The pair fell at the hands of Nicholas Ballou and Raymond Worley of California Lutheran University by […]

Josh Owens Earns All-America Honors With Third Place Finish At NCAA Championships In Pole Vault

La Crosse, Wis. – Gustavus track and field athlete Josh Owens (Sr., Brooklyn Park, Minn.) placed third in the pole vault competition at the 2013 NCAA Men’s Track and Field Championships held on the campus of UW-La Crosse on Thursday afternoon.  Owens capped off his senior spring with a vault of 16-feet 2.25-inches to earn All-America […]

Donkena, Smith-Dennis Advance To Quarterfinals In 2013 NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championship

Kalamazoo, Mich. – The Gustavus men’s tennis duo of Amrik Donkena (Sr., Rochester, Minn.) and Mya Smith-Dennis (Jr., Savage, Minn.) advanced to the quarterfinal round of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championship after a convincing 6-2, 6-3 win over Tanner Brown and Erik Lim of Johns Hopkins University.  The tandem will play again Friday, […]

Ally Voss Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Indianapolis – The National Collegiate Athletic Association announced its 2013 winter sports postgraduate scholarship winners earlier this week.  Among the list of 29 male and 29 female winter sports student-athletes was Gustavus senior track and field competitor Allyson Voss (Wausau, Wis.). “It was such an honor for me to receive a nomination from Gustavus for […]

Josh Owens And Ally Voss Set To Compete At NCAA Championships

St. Peter, Minn. – A pair of Gustavus Adolphus student-athletes are set to compete in the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships being held May 23-25 at Roger Harring Stadium at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.  Senior Josh Owens (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and senior Allyson […]

Nicole Porath And Brenden Huber Take Gold At Fargo Marathon

St. Peter, Minn. – Battling the high humidity and unpredictable weather of the Red River Valley, a pair of runners with Gustavus ties made their mark at the ninth annual Fargo Marathon on Saturday. Nicole Porath, a 2005 Gustavus graduate, crossed the finish line with a time of 2:50:49 in front of a roaring Fargodome crowd […]

Men’s Golf Finishes Seventh At 2013 NCAA Championship

The 2012-13 Gustavus men's golf NCAA Tournament squad. Destin, Fla. – The Gustavus men’s golf team concluded its 2013 season with a seventh place finish at the NCAA Championship on Friday afternoon.  After sitting in a tie for eighth place after Thursday’s third round, the Gusties shot a nine-over-par 297 in Friday’s final round to […]

Andrew Oakes, Kayleigh Dittes, Lindsey Hjelm, And Alissa Tinklenberg Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors

St. Peter, Minn. – The 2012-13 Capital One Academic All-District Men’s and Women’s At-Large Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, have been released to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.  Making its presence felt in a big way on among this year’s list […]

Four Gusties Compete At UW-La Crosse NCAA Track & Field Qualifier

La Crosse, Wis. – At Roger Harring Stadium at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Comlex on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, which also happens to be the site of the 2013 NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships, select members of the Gustavus Adolphus men’s and women’s track and field teams took advantage […]