BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The stars of track and field in the Big East will show their talents this upcoming weekend at the Big East Indoor Track and Field Conference Championships. The men’s team is coming off a ninth-place finish at the 10-team DePauw Classic indoor meet last weekend at DePauw University. The women…
Speedy Ellis: From Britain to Butler
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER Senior Harry Ellis first fell in love with running during a high school physical education class at Helsby High School in England. Ellis is a distance runner on the Butler track and field team. Although he grew up playing soccer, and running was already in his repertoire, Ellis said he…
Dog eat dog: Bulldogs prepare for Husky Classic
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The well-traveled Butler track and field team will hit the road again this week to fly 2,200 miles northwest to the unusually warm temperatures of the University of Washington. The Bulldogs will compete in the Husky Classic. This will be their second consecutive weekend with a meet after competing last…
Track team preps for trip to South Bend
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler track and field team will head north to the University of Notre Dame to compete in its seventh meet of the season at the Meyo Invitational Feb. 6 and 7. The Bulldogs are coming off a strong showing at the Indiana Relays where three runners – junior…
Track heading to IU, ready for long season
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler track and field team is back in action for its second season in the Big East this coming spring. The Bulldogs have competed in five meets so far this season, including visits to Indiana University, the University of Illinois and Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. They again travel…
Bulldogs get wins in two different meets in same day
BY BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler Track & Field team was sent to two different locations on the same day and came away with five event wins on Friday. This was Butler’s fourth and fifth time in action so far this season. Last time out, the Bulldogs finished ninth out of ten schools…
Track and Field earns honors at Big East Championships
The Butler men’s and women’s track and field teams capped their inaugural season in the Big East with fifth place finishes at the conference meet this weekend. Butler placed in 10 events overall. Senior Kirsty Legg took first place in the 1500-meter event, setting a school record with a time of 4:16.72. Legg set the…
Track & Field Schedule Altered
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler track and field team will be split up this weekend. Some members of the Butler track and field team will head to Walnut, Calif., this weekend for the Mt. Sac Relays. The rest of the team will stay in Indy after the meet they were scheduled to compete…
Bulldogs Compete from East to West
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler track and field team is coming off two successful meets over the weekend. A small part of the team went to California and competed in the Stanford Invitational, while the rest of the team competed at Miami of Ohio University. Seniors Kirsty Legg and Tom Anderson, juniors Tom…
Track & Field Seniors Face Graduation Hurdles
BEN SIECK | Sports Editor The calendar has flipped to April, Butler University’s class of 2014 faces a little more than a month of schooling before graduation commencement. When the new graduates walk to receive their diplomas, it will be the culmination of a lifetime of academic work. However, the graduating seniors on the Butler…