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  • Athletic Department Hosts Special Olympics Aquatics And Basketball Competitions Over February

    Athletic Department Hosts Special Olympics Aquatics And Basketball Competitions Over February

    St. Peter, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus Athletic Department concluded the Special Olympics winter season by hosting back-to-back area competitions on consecutive weekends in February.  On Sunday, Feb. 9, Gustavus hosted the Area 9 aquatics competition at the Vic Gustafson Pool and on Sunday, Feb. 16, it held the Areas 8, 9, and 10 basketball…

  • Gymnastics Falls To Winona State 185.150-174.550

    Winona, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus gymnastics team turned in its best score of the season with a 174.550 on Super Bowl Sunday in a dual meet against Winona State University held in the Talbot Gymnasium.  Winona State won the meet with a score of 185.150. Gustavus recorded individual event scores of 46.125 on the…

  • Josh Owens Earns MIAC Men’s Indoor Field Athlete-Of-The-Week

    Gustavus pole vaulter Josh Owens (Sr., Brooklyn Park, Minn.) was named MIAC Men’s Indoor Field Athlete-of-the-Week for his first place finish after clearing a height of 4.75 meters, or 15-feet 7-inches, on Friday at the season-opening St. Olaf Invitational.  This is the third time Owens’ has earned MIAC Athlete-of-the-Week honors throughout his career at Gustavus. Owens’…

  • Men’s And Women’s Nordic Skiing Team To Compete In Second NCAA Qualifier

    The Gustavus nordic skiing teams are set to race in their second of three NCAA qualifiers this weekend in Bawabik, Minn. This will be the first competition since the 2007-08 Regional Championships that the teams will make their way to Biwabik. The men’s team is coming off a fifth place finish and the women’s team…

  • Men’s Track And Field Team Head To St. Olaf Invite To Start Indoor Season

    The Gustavus Adolphus men’s indoor track and field is set to open the 2013 season with a meet at the St. Olaf Tostrud Center Fieldhouse this Friday. The men will compete against UW-River Falls and conference opponent St. Olaf. With a fourth place finish at the 2012 MIAC Indoor Championships, the team will look to…

  • Women’s Track And Field Team Set To Kick Off Indoor Season At St. Olaf Invite

    The Gustavus Adolphus indoor women’s track and field team is set to kick off the 2013 season at the St. Olaf Invite held in the Tostrud Center Fieldhouse this Friday. The women will compete against UW-River Falls and St. Olaf. After coming up short with a seventh place finish at the 2012 MIAC Indoor Championships,…

  • Women’s Hockey Returns From Tour Of Europe

    Women’s Hockey Returns From Tour Of Europe

    St. Peter, Minn. – While many Gusties were at home over the holiday break, the Gustavus women’s hockey team traveled through Austria and Germany taking in the sights and playing three hockey games to set the tone the second half of the season. Senior defender Kelsey Kennedy (Eagan, Minn.) and senior forward Jenna Christensen (Albert…

  • Men’s Golfer Andrew Oakes Named MIAC Athlete Of The Week

    Men’s Golfer Andrew Oakes Named MIAC Athlete Of The Week

    St. Paul, Minn. – The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) has named Gustavus men’s golfer Andrew Oakes (Jr., Hermantown, Minn.) the men’s golf Athlete-of-the-Week following the first win of his collegiate career at the Augsburg Invitational this past weekend. The Hermantown native began his junior season in dramatic fashion, needing to make a twelve-foot putt…

  • Women’s Swimming & Diving In First Place After Day One Of MIAC Championships

    The Gustavus women’s swimming and diving team sits in first place with a total of 173 points after the first day of competition at the 2012 MIAC Swimming and Diving Championships being held at the Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota Feb. 16-18.  Second place St. Olaf tallied 128 points on…

  • Women’s Swimming & Diving Finishes Second At Citrus Classic

    The Gustavus Adolphus women’s swimming and diving team competed in the Citrus Classic held at the Mesa Aquatics Club on its training trip to Mesa, Arizona on Dec. 30.  The Gusties compiled 491 points to finish runner-up at the meet.  Gannon University topped Gustavus to take the meet with 494 points, while the University of…