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113 posts tagged "Matt Sparks"

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Irish cross country battles through strong fall season, track and field prepares for postseason

Thomas Zwiller | Friday, May 19, 2023

Notre Dame cross country began its season with a dominant win at the Winrow-Valparaiso Invite, an annual event hosted by Valparaiso University. The men’s and women’s teams both took first in the early September meet that Matt Sparks, Irish director of track and field and cross country, saw as a tune-up opportunity. “Valparaiso is almost an

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Track and field wins multiple events at Texas Relays and Pacesetter Sports Invitational

Nate Moller | Monday, April 3, 2023

The Notre Dame track and field team was back in action this weekend, competing at two different meets. The heptathlon athletes competed in the Texas Relays at the University of Texas at Austin, while the throwers and distance runners competed at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. The reigning indoor

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Track and field set to head to Albuquerque for national meet

Nate Moller | Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Several members of the Irish track and field team will head to Albuquerque, New Mexico, this weekend to compete at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. On the women’s side, sophomore Jadin O’Brien will compete in the pentathlon, junior Olivia Markezich will compete in the 3000m run, and the distance medley relay team will

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Irish to travel to Lousiville for ACC Indoor Championships

Nate Moller | Thursday, February 23, 2023

The Irish track and field team will kick off their indoor championship season this weekend at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. An athlete with high aspirations for the meet is junior thrower Michael Shoaf, who set a school record in the shotp ut last weekend at the Alex Wilson Invitational

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Shoaf and women’s DMR team set school records at Alex Wilson Invitational

Nate Moller | Monday, February 20, 2023

The Irish track and field team returned to action this weekend at the Alex Wilson Invitational from the Loftus Sports Center. Head coach Matt Sparks was pleased with the performances across the board as his athletes tried to hit conference-qualifying times and marks. “For a lot of kids, the goal of the meet was getting

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Solomon’s sub-four mile highlights successful weekend at Meyo Invitational

Nate Moller | Monday, February 6, 2023

The Irish track and field team had a very successful weekend at the Meyo Invitational by winning multiple events and recording some national qualifying marks and times. Head coach Matt Sparks was encouraged by the steps his team made this weekend. “We’re kind of in that time of the year where we are setting up

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Irish perform well at Lenny Lyles Invitational

Nate Moller | Tuesday, January 31, 2023

The Irish track and field team was back in action this weekend at the PNC Lenny Lyles Indoor Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky. The Irish had a strong showing, finishing with 23 top-ten finishes and four event titles. The strength of the team’s distance program was on full display in the 3000m, where freshman Ethan Coleman,

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Track and field competes at Notre Dame Invitational

Nate Moller | Monday, January 23, 2023

The Notre Dame track and field team competed this weekend at the Notre Dame Invitational with the women’s team finishing second and the men finishing third. The Irish also collected six event titles across both teams. Although some athletes competed last weekend in Ann Arbor, this was the first competition of 2023 for the majority

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Markezich, Solomon earn All-America honors at cross country national meet

Nate Moller | Monday, November 21, 2022

The Notre Dame men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships this past weekend with the women finishing in seventh place and the men finishing 15th. The women finished with 261 points, and the men finished with 452 points.  Head coach Matt Sparks said that both teams were hoping to

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Ticket punched: Irish cross country secures NCAA Championship berth

Matthew Crow | Monday, November 14, 2022

Notre Dame cross country entered Friday morning’s Great Lakes Regional in Terra Haute, Indiana, needing a top-two finish to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Sure enough, the Irish got the job done. The Notre Dame women won the regional while the men took second, punching their tickets to the national meet next weekend. The win

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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