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Track & Field

Sophomore Darius Brown finished in 11th place of the Men’s 110-meter Hurdles during the Quarterfinals on Friday, May 25 with a time of 13.66.

Track & Field competes in NCAA prelims after historic season

Preston Zbroszczyk, Assistant Sports Editor May 29, 2023

DePaul’s track and field team sent four athletes to compete in the NCAA first round in Sacramento, California. Sophomores Alex Bernstein and Darius Brown represented the men’s team, while senior Tori...

Graduate student Shane Knanishu broke his own mile time of 4:05 earlier this season at the GVSU Big Meet in Allendale, Mich. on Feb. 10.

DePaul Track & Field’s Shane Knanishu: five seasons of hard work, passion, records and now (hopefully) a championship

Logan Sriharatsa, Contributing Writer February 20, 2023

Long, lanky limbs and a little over six feet with long hair and a mustache reminiscent of Hall & Oates, graduate student Shane Knanishu started running in sixth grade, when his friend and his friend’s...

DePaul junior Jarel Terry takes a moment to look around at the Big East Outdoor Championship on May 14. Terry placed first in the 400m dash, qualifying him for the NCAA West Preliminaries.

Track and field looks to next year after season ends at NCAA West Prelims

Joshua M. Hicks, Assistant Sports Editor May 29, 2022

DePaul’s track and field season has officially come to an end as the team did not qualify at the NCAA West Preliminaries on May 25-26 to advance in the next round of playoffs. At the preliminaries,...

Jarel Terry races in the 400m dash preliminaries at the Big East Indoor Championship on Feb. 25, where he placed second.

Track and field looks to excel at NCAA West preliminary rounds

Joshua M. Hicks, Assistant Sports Editor May 22, 2022

After dominating at the outdoor conference championships, DePaul’s track and field team is now sending players to the NCAA West Preliminary meet this week in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Players such as freshman...

Junior Jarel Terry grabs onto the baton in the men's 4x400m race at the Big East Indoor Track and Field Championship on Feb. 26.

Passing the baton: relay teams find success

Darcy Waskiewicz, Sports Editor May 8, 2022

Staring down a single lane on a track with only the goal of reaching the finish line in mind can feel isolating. But, when running towards a waiting teammate as the cool metal of a baton is pressed into...

DePaul runners master art of hurdles

DePaul runners master art of hurdles

Isabelle Bohanek, Contributing Writer May 1, 2022

It takes an audacious athlete to conquer hurdles. Hurdlers clear nearly three foot high barriers, rain or shine, and change their strategy by the distance. It has to be more than speed, grit and technical...

DePaul sophomore Cameron Attucks placed first in the 60m race at the Big East Indoor Track and Field Championship on Feb. 25-26.

Cameron Attucks is ready to take recent achievements to new heights in outdoor season

Joshua M. Hicks, Assistant Sports Editor April 3, 2022

Sophomore track and field star Cameron Attucks helped DePaul’s men’s team finish second in the Big East indoor championships. Breaking records along the way, Attucks set a new bar for the standard...

DePaul golfer Charlie Spencer-White.

NCAA decision gives spring sports athletes extra opportunity

Nate Burleyson, Online Managing Editor April 5, 2020

DePaul spring sports athletes had to cope with the quick news that they would not be playing another second of their still-young seasons in mid-March, when the Big East shut down all spring sports competition...

Big East conference logo displayed in place of the DePaul Athletics logo underneath the jumbotron for the Big East Championship at Wintrust Arena.

Big East to cancel all spring sports competition

Nate Burleyson, Online Managing Editor March 12, 2020

The Big East athletic conference is canceling all spring sports for the remainder of the season, they announced in a press release on Thursday afternoon. This decision to cancel comes after the NCAA made...

DePaul track and field sophomore Dominic Bruce runs prior to the start of the season.

DePaul track athletes reflect on helping young boy in coyote incident

Lawrence Kreymer, Editor in Chief January 20, 2020

When a student comes to DePaul and goes through freshman orientation, they meet fellow freshmen and go through two days of activities to get accustomed to the campus before they are thrown into college...

DePaul freshman Henry Larkin runs in the 4x100-dash last week in Randell Island, N.Y. Larkin will race in the NCAA West Preliminaries this week in Sacramento, California.

Blue Demon Rundown

The DePaulia Staff May 28, 2019

Track and Field Henry Larkin helped continued his  impressive freshman season by advancing to the quaterfinals at the NCAA West Preliminaries in Sacramento, California. Larkin competed in the 400-meter...

DePaul freshman Henry Larkin runs in the 4x100-dash last week in Randell Island, N.Y. Larkin will race in the NCAA West Preliminaries this week in Sacramento, California.

Standout DePaul freshman seeks to carry success into NCAA Regional

Evan Sully May 20, 2019

When Henry Larkin first came to DePaul from Oakland, California, to be on the track and field team under head coach Dave Dopek, he had no idea how well he would perform in his first season in a completely...

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