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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
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
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
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,
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
Matthew Crow | Monday, September 19, 2022
Notre Dame cross country swept Friday’s National Catholic Invite, with both the women’s and men’s teams winning handily in their home opener. A field of 15 Catholic institutions from around the country (14 in the men’s race) was no match for the nationally ranked Irish squads, both of whom won by over 50 points. The
Matthew Crow | Friday, September 16, 2022
Notre Dame cross country will serve as host for the National Catholic Invite on Friday afternoon at Burke Golf Course. The Invite will be the home opener for the Irish. Both the men’s and women’s squads will be heavy favorites coming into a meet that the program has historically dominated as they look to build
Tyler Reidy | Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Notre Dame cross country got its 2022 season underway on Friday, competing in the Winrow-Valparaiso Invite just 58.7 miles west of South Bend. The Fighting Irish are no strangers to the Valpo course, having opened the season there all but twice in the 21st century (2002 and 2020). Both the men’s and women’s teams –
Matthew Crow | Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Entering the 2022 season, Notre Dame cross country finds itself in the unique position of having its men’s and women’s teams on divergent trajectories. Irish director of track & field and cross country Matt Sparks called the current state of the program “a tale of two teams,” with the men counting on underclassmen to take
Peter Breen | Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Notre Dame Women’s Soccer Notre Dame women’s soccer completed the 2021 season with an ACC conference record of 7-3, good for a fourth seed in the ACC tournament. The team was eliminated in the first round of conference tournament play to the fifth-seeded Clemson Tigers. The Fighting Irish were able to ascend further in the