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Nate Moller | Wednesday, October 7, 2020
The Notre Dame women’s cross country team remained undefeated on the season by winning its second meet of the season at the Louisville Classic on Saturday. The Irish placed first in the seven-team meet with 47 points, beating out SEC teams Ole Miss (54), Kentucky (76) and Tennessee (93). Head coach Matt Sparks said he
Nate Moller | Friday, October 2, 2020
The Irish cross country squads will travel to Louisville this Saturday for their second meet of the season, and last meet before the ACC Championships. Although the meet size will still be relatively small for cross country, there will be around seven teams at the meet. Matt Sparks, the head women’s cross country coach, said
Nate Moller | Monday, September 21, 2020
The Notre Dame men’s and women’s cross country teams opened their season this past Saturday at the Irish Classic at Burke Golf Course. Although the only other team at the meet was Louisville, the Irish dominated with both sides getting a perfect team score of 15. On the women’s side, head coach Matt Sparks was
Nate Moller | Wednesday, September 16, 2020
The Notre Dame men’s and women’s cross country teams are scheduled to start their 2020 season Saturday in the Irish Classic against the Louisville Cardinals. Although the season will look very different than other years, both teams will still have a chance to prove themselves at the end of the year at the ACC Championships.
Mannion McGinley | Friday, May 15, 2020
After the women placed third in the ACC indoor conference championship, matching their best placement since 2016, and the men placed fourth, matching their best finish since 2014, the leading competitors from the Notre Dame track and field teams boarded a plane to Albuquerque for the NCAA Championships, only to turn around and come home
Hayden Adams | Thursday, February 27, 2020
The Notre Dame Track and Field squads are preparing to host the ACC Championships starting Thursday and running through Saturday. The Irish are coming off a strong showing at the Alex Wilson Invitational where the men’s distance medley relay team set a record for the second-fastest time in NCAA history. Head coach Matt Sparks gave
Nate Moller | Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Among a number of notable Irish accomplishments at the Alex Wilson Invitational at Loftus Sports Center this past Saturday, the men’s distance medley relay made a statement by winning the race and recording the second-fastest time in NCAA Indoor Track history. With a time of 9:25.80, the Irish distinguished themselves in the relay despite the
Mannion McGinley | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Members of Irish track were in different states over the weekend to compete in the Music City Invitational in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa. Irish head coach Matt Sparks discussed successes of the weekend. In Nashville for the women’s weight throw, junior Rachel Tanczos came out swinging, literally, just as
Mannion McGinley | Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Fresh off of the Meyo Invitational, Notre Dame’s track team will be back in action this weekend as they split up to head west to Ames, Iowa for the Iowa State Classic and south to Nashville, Tennessee for the Music City Invitational. Head coach Matt Sparks broke down how the team would be split between
Nate Moller | Thursday, February 6, 2020
The track and field programs are back in action this Friday and Saturday at the Meyo Invitational, which will be hosted at Notre Dame’s Loftus Sports Center. The meet will feature nine teams and will allow the Irish to face off against some Big Ten regional foes that they don’t typically see as a member