Endy’s efforts rewarded with Track Athlete of the Week designation
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
February 21, 2018
DePaul Blue Demon track and field athlete Elizabeth Endy has earned Big East Track Athlete of the Week honors the conference announced on Tuesday. Not bad for a student athlete navigating her first year of track and field at the collegiate level after playing on the Blue Demon women's soccer team...
Three Blue Demon track and field athletes win Big East weekly honors
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
January 26, 2018
The Big East Weekly Honor Roll for track and field is littered with DePaul athletes after the Blue Demons posted a solid team performance at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday. Freshman Kiersten Walker earned Big East Women's Track Athlete of the Week honors after breaking the school record in...
Blue Demon hurdler rewriting records
Brenden Welper, Contributing Writer
January 22, 2018
In the NCAA, a women’s regulation hurdle stands at 33 inches. Five of them appear in the 60 meter dash, each staggered 8.5 meters apart on a polyurethane surface. The race usually lasts under 10 seconds. But one measurement is incalculable: what is required for a hurdler to succeed. Whatever...
Blue Demon Rundown
Andrew Hattersley, Assistant Sports Editor
January 16, 2018
Track and Field The Track and Field team returned to action this past weekend for their first meet since the first week of December. One of the standouts of the meet was Alexia Brooks who tied a school record in the 60M hurdles prelims and then broke it just a while later, clocking in at 8.51 seconds, ...
No summer ‘break’ for DePaul runners
May 31, 2015
Picture this: Summer has arrived, school is out and while you’re running along the Lake Michigan trail one for your fellow running mates is a member of DePaul’s Track & Field and Cross Country Team. Just like other students, they’re trying to relax and stay active. Read More »...
Ashley Holden reflects on end of track career at DePaul
May 24, 2015
“Holden up,” said the official standing next to the long jump pit at Villanova University. I stepped on the runway, digging the spikes on my jumping shoes into the ridges of the track as I found my beginning mark. This was it, my third and last jump in the finals of the Big East Championship meet. However, t...
Track and field racks up big awards
May 19, 2014
DePaul’s track and field teams are coming off a strong performance at the Big East Track and Field Championships, as the men won second place and the women placed fourth. The teams also individual accomplishments, with three athletes taking awards at the end of the championship. Xavier Jones won...
August 21, 2019 • No Comments
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law aimed at creating protections for immigrants who rent in Illinois. The...
Authorities arrest person of interest in stabbing of recent DePaul graduate
August 8, 2019
A man who may be connected to the stabbing of a recent DePaul graduate near...
Police: 7 injured in overnight shooting at Chicago park
August 4, 2019
Chicago police say seven people have been injured in an early morning shooting...
DePaul community ‘on heightened alert’ after recent crimes in Lincoln Park
August 2, 2019
The July 18 attack on a recent DePaul graduate near the Lincoln Park campus...