NCAA decision gives spring sports athletes extra opportunity
Nate Burleyson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 6, 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 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s golf, and men’s and women’s tra...
Big East to cancel all spring sports competition
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports 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 the decision earlier to cancel its spring and winter championships. Earlier today, the Big East men’s basketba...
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
Maia Moore
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
Ashley Holden
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...
