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...
DePaul track athletes reflect on helping young boy in coyote incident
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
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 life. Out of the multiple exercises students go through, the most impactful and important one, arg...
Mada takes flight in his junior year
Andrew Hattersley, Assistant Sports Editor
May 21, 2018
It’s been a steady climb for junior jumper Brian Mada from his freshman year to junior one, adjusting to the cold and new techniques. Mada broke through this season with three individual championships, three school records and a spot in the preliminary rounds of the NCAA championships beginning May 24...
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, ...
The track athlete who beat cancer and dreams of an animation career
Ben Savage
April 24, 2016
Googling “Chaz Bottoms” probably isn’t a common experience for students at DePaul. Read More »...
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...
In final season, DePaul senior shot-putter Matt Babicz still has goals to fulfill
January 25, 2015
There’s an explosive burst that’s required when throwing a 16-pound shot put, one that senior Matt Babicz knows all too well. For the last four years, the DePaul track and field star overcame injuries and the wear and tear that arises with the sport. Read More »...
