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Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Following their performance at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, earlier this month, sophomore Yared Nuguse and graduate student Jessica Harris were named men’s and women’s ACC Track Athlete of the Year, the conference announced Monday. This honor comes on the heels of dominant performances by both distance runners against the national field. In Austin,
Observer Sports Staff | Sunday, June 9, 2019
The men’s and women’s Notre Dame track and field teams concluded their seasons at the NCAA championships in Austin, Texas, this weekend. The men finished 28th overall and the women 30th. While neither team cracked the top tier as a unit, both saw strong individual performances from their runners. Sophomore distance runner Yared Nuguse was
Charlie Ortega Guifarro | Friday, May 17, 2019
Cross-country at Notre Dame has raised the bar. The men’s team had gone several years without qualifying for the national meet but this past season finished in the national top 15. Add in their ACC meet title, and the men’s side has seen a resurgence. On the women’s side, the team finished eighth in the
Joe Everett | Tuesday, April 30, 2019
The Notre Dame track and field team sent athletes to compete in three different meets Thursday through Saturday, as the Irish participated at the Gina Relays, the Penn Relays and the Jesse Owens Invitational to wrap up its last major competitions before the ACC and NCAA Championships. At the famous Penn Relays, the national title-winning men’s
Jimmy Ward | Thursday, April 25, 2019
Notre Dame showed up and performed last week at the Virginia Challenge in Charlottesville, Virginia, while three men represented the Irish on the other coast at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California. In Virginia, graduate student Jessica Harris recorded the nation’s fastest time this year in the women’s 1,500 meters, crossing the line in
Holden Perrelli | Wednesday, April 17, 2019
On Wednesday, the Irish will split and continue the outdoor spring season, traveling west to the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California. Notre Dame will also compete in the Virginia Challenge this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, where they will face ample opportunity to race against solid competition. “Big emphasis [in Charlottesville] is let’s get to
Joe Everett | Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Notre Dame sent its distance runners to opposite coasts this past weekend, as the Irish competed at both the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California, as well as the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, North Carolina. “This week was distance runners and middle distance,” Irish head coach Matt Sparks said. “Specifically, more of the middle-distance runners
Mike Everett | Monday, November 19, 2018
The Notre Dame men and women competed in the NCAA championship meets over the weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. It was the first time since 2013 that both the Irish men’s and women’s teams qualified for a chance at the championship. The women ended up placing eighth overall while the men came in 14th overall. The women’s
Mike Everett | Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Notre Dame made a successful appearance at the 2018 ACC championships in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, this past Friday. The women’s team captured second place overall, falling just one point shy of North Carolina State, who has claimed the title three-straight times, while the men’s team won their first ACC title in program history behind several
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, May 21, 2018
Irish track and field and cross country head coach Alan Turner will not return to the role next season after his contract expires June 30, director of athletics Jack Swarbrick announced Monday. Turner’s contract will not be renewed. He had been head coach of the squads since July 2014, and came to Notre Dame in