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Patrick Gallagher | Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Entering into his second year as the Irish director of track and field and cross country, Matt Sparks has had a long and storied career in college athletics. Sparks’ leadership was apparent even in his time as a collegiate athlete at Indiana. He was a key contributor running in the 3,000 meter, 5,000 meter and
Nate Moller | Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Notre Dame began the season in winning fashion with both teams taking first at the Crusader Classic Invitational at Valparaiso University this past Friday. Despite holding out top veteran runners from the race, both teams had all five scoring runners finish in the top-10. The women won by 28 points and the men by 18.
Charlotte Edmonds | Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Though most Irish seasons have drawn well to a close, Notre Dame head coach Matt Sparks’ team is gearing up for its national championship in Austin, Texas. The meet, opening Wednesday, will feature seven Irish athletes, all competing on the track. While much of the focus for Sparks’ staff will be on the six women
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
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
Jimmy Ward | Wednesday, April 10, 2019
The Notre Dame track and field squad competed at two separate meets last weekend, with four women at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing, Michigan, and a larger squad at the North Florida Invitational in Jacksonville, Florida. At the Spartan Invitational, three Irish competitors had top-10 performances. Freshman distance runner Meghan Scott made her collegiate outdoor
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
Joe Everett | Friday, March 22, 2019
After the conclusion of the indoor track season saw the men’s distance medley relay (DMR) team capture the program’s fourth indoor national championship two weeks ago in Birmingham, Alabama, Notre Dame will transition to the outdoor season of its 2019 spring campaign this weekend down in Houston. Rice University will host the 37th-annual Victor Lopez
Joe Everett | Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Friday night in Birmingham, Ala., the Irish men’s distance medley relay (DMR) team is going for gold. The lone athletes from Notre Dame to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships this year, freshman Dylan Jacobs (1200m), senior Edward Cheatham (400m), sophomore Samuel Voelz (800m) and sophomore Yared Nuguse (1600m) comprise the Irish