Category: Men’s Track & Field
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Three Gustavus Teams, Eight Individuals Recognized for Academics
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Three Gustavus Adolphus College athletic teams and eight individual student-athletes have been recognized recently by each sport’s respective coaches association for excellence in athletics and academics. Men’s and women’s outdoor track and women’s basketball have all earned team honors, while individual athletes in men’s and women’s outdoor track and field and men’s and women’s golf…
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Track Sprinter Jack Henkemeyer Named to Academic All-America Third Team
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Gustavus Adolphus College senior track sprinter Jack Henkemeyer (Plymouth, Minn.) has been named to the 2006 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Men’s College Division Track & Field/Cross Country Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Henkemeyer, who in May was selected as one of 58 student-athletes from across the country…
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Lisa Brown Wins Javelin Throw at NCAA Championships; Cronen and Miest Earn All-America Honors
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Gustavus Adolphus first-year Lisa Brown captured the national title in the javelin throw Saturday at the 2006 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill. Brown’s Division III season best toss of 154 feet, 6 inches bettered her own Gustavus record by nearly 18 feet. Ashley Cronen (fifth) and…
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Joyce Finishes Ninth in Steeplechase at NCAA Championships; Miest and Cronen Advance to Saturday Finals
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Gustavus Adolphus senior Kourtney Joyce finished ninth in the 3000-meter steeplechase Friday, while junior Tanner Miest and senior Ashley Cronen advanced to Saturday’s finals in the 110-meter hurdles and 800-meter run, respectively, at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships being held this weekend at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois.
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Andy Klaers Finishes 11th in Discus Throw at NCAA Championships
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Gustavus Adolphus junior Andy Klaers finished 11th in the discus throw at the 2006 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships taking place at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois. Klaers, who was seeded 16th entering the championships, had a top effort of 156-5.
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Five Track and Field Athletes Qualify for NCAA Championships
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The Gustavus Adolphus track and field team has had five individuals selected for the 2006 NCAA Divsion III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Tanner Miest (110 hurdles), Andy Klaers (discus throw), Kourtney Joyce (3000 steeplechase), Ashley Cronen (800 meter run), and Lisa Brown (javelin throw) will represent Gustavus May 25-27 at Benedictine University in Lisle,…
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Miest, Brown Receive MIAC Honors; Thorkelson Named Women’s Outdoor Coach of the Year
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Junior Tanner Miest, first-year Lisa Brown, and Gustavus head track and field coach Tom Thorkelson were each honored Wednesday as the 2006 MIAC Outdoor Track and Field Awards were released by the league. Miest captured the MIAC Men’s Outstanding Track Performance, while Brown was honored with the MIAC Women’s Outstanding Field Performance. Thorkelson was named…
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Women Second, Men Third at MIAC Track and Field Championships
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The Gustavus Adolphus women’s track and field team finished second while the men’s team finished third as this year’s MIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships wrapped up Saturday at O’Shaughnessy Stadium on the campus of University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Host St. Thomas swept both titles for the sixth time in eight years.
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Women Second, Men Sixth After Day One of MIAC Track and Field Championships
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The Gustavus Adolphus track and field squad picked up a number of good qualifying efforts during the first day of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The Gustavus women enter the final day tied for second at 28 points with Macalester, while the Gustie men are sixth with 27 points, just…
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Track and Field Sprinter Jack Henkemeyer Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
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Senior Jack Henkemeyer, a six-time All-Conference selection as a sprinter for the Gustavus men’s indoor track and field team, has been selected as one of 58 student-athletes from across the country to receive a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Henkemeyer was the only student-athlete (male or female) from a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference institution selected to receive…