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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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Cross country teams prepared for regionals, seek spot in national meet

Nate Moller | Friday, November 11, 2022

The Notre Dame men’s and women’s cross country teams will look to secure a place in the national meet this Friday when they compete at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet in Terre Haute, Indiana. Head coach Matt Sparks acknowledged that his team understands the high stakes of this meet. He also said the coaches

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Cross country teams set to kick off postseason with ACC Championships

The Observer | Thursday, October 27, 2022

The men’s and women’s cross country teams will head out to Charlottesville, Virginia this Friday to compete at the ACC Cross Country Championships. The goal for the sixth-ranked Irish women is to finish as one of the top two teams. The Irish will have their hands full at the meet with top-ranked North Carolina State,

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Irish cross country teams to compete at Joe Piane Invitational

Nate Moller | Friday, September 30, 2022

The Irish men’s and women’s cross country teams will return to action this Friday at the Joe Piane Invitational, their biggest home meet of the season. The Irish have competed in a couple of smaller meets this year, but Friday’s meet will be the first larger meet with some high-caliber competition. Because of the competitiveness

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Dylan Jacobs wins 10,000m title at NCAA Track and Field Championships

Nate Moller | Monday, June 13, 2022

Twelve Irish athletes wrapped up their track seasons last week by competing in the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. With solid performances across the board, the standout performance came from senior Dylan Jacobs, who won the national title in the 10,000m. Jacobs was just the third Irish runner to ever

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Irish compete on national stage in cross country and track

Nate Moller | Friday, May 13, 2022

Cross Country teams win regionals, take fifth and ninth at nationals The Notre Dame men’s and women’s cross country teams put together another strong fall season with both teams winning their NCAA regionals. The men’s team also won the ACC title en route as both squads qualified for the national championships. Both teams then went

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Irish battle weather in Tennessee and Mississippi, prepare for weekend meets

Nate Moller | Tuesday, April 12, 2022

The Irish faced some difficult weather this past weekend at the Tennessee Relays in Knoxville and the Joe Walker Invite in Oxford, Mississippi, but they had some strong performances nevertheless. One of the top performers of the weekend came from freshman Alaina Brady in the heptathlon. Brady took home second in the event, scoring 5,573

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Irish prepared for weekend track meets as a buildup to the postseason

Nate Moller | Friday, April 8, 2022

The Notre Dame Track and Field team will split up this weekend, heading to both the Tennessee Relays in Knoxville or the Joe Walker Invitational at Ole Miss. The women’s distance will head to Ole Miss, and the sprinters and field athletes will travel down to Tennessee. One athlete that head Women’s Track and Field

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