The Butler cross country team finished second in the men’s competition at the Indiana Intercollegiate Meet in Terre Haute on Friday. The Hoosiers took home the team championship in the 27-team field, finishing with 49 points. The Bulldogs came in second with 70 points, followed by host Indiana State with 79 points. Sophomore Tom Curr…
Track and field: Hudec, Cathey lead team at meets
The Butler track and field team competed in two meets in two different states last weekend and recorded two new school records and multiple strong finishes. Two Butler records fell at Indiana University’s Polytan Invitational. Freshman Nicole Hudec broke her own school record in the triple jump again with a leap of 35-10—good for fifth…
Track and field: Team led by distance quartet
The Butler track and field team was once again led by the distance squad—this time at Indiana State’s Pacesetter Invitational in Terre Haute last weekend. The team posted nearly a dozen top-five finishes in various distance events at the four-team meet, including four first-place showings. Freshman Tom Curr won the men’s 800-meter run, completing the…
Track and field: Team grabs three individual titles
The Butler track and field team sent competitors to the Miami Invitational and Stanford Invitational over the weekend. At the Miami Invitational, which was hosted by Miami of Ohio in Oxford, Ohio, Butler grabbed three individual titles, as well as a handful of top-10 finishes. On the women’s side, junior Kirsty Legg won the 1500-meter…
Track and field: Athletes unable to advance
The Butler track and field team closed out its indoor schedule with four athletes racing at the Alex Wilson Invitational last Saturday at Notre Dame. Sophomore Ross Clarke had the strongest showing for the Bulldogs, placing seventh in the men’s one-mile run with a time of 4:01.15. Freshman Tom Curr was 11th in the event,…
Track and field: Distance team leads way
School records, meet records and league records—the Butler track and field team has recorded them all this season. The trend continued this past weekend at the Horizon League Indoor Championships in Youngstown, Ohio. Although neither the men (fourth) nor the women (third) were able to capture a team title, individuals on both sides had strong…
Track and field: More records posted by team
The Butler track and field team continued breaking both personal and school records in its push toward a Horizon League Championship. The Bulldogs competed in the Flotrack Husky Classic, hosted by the University of Washington, last weekend. Coach Matt Roe said his athletes performed very well in an invitational that is recognized as one of…
Track and field: Two school records fall at Notre Dame
The Butler track and field team continued to break school records with strong performances from its freshmen at the Meyo Invitational, hosted by Notre Dame, over the weekend. A week after nearly breaking her own school record in the triple jump, freshman Nicole Hudec achieved the feat for the Bulldogs with a leap of 36-08.50.…
Track and field: Two Bulldogs narrowly miss records
Competing in Bloomington for the second weekend in a row, members of the Butler track and field team made further strides toward what could be a record-setting season at the Indiana Relays. In the field events, freshman Nicole Hudec narrowly missed breaking her own school records in the long and triple jumps, recording distances of…
Track and field: Distance runners lead Bulldogs in Bloomington
On a cold, rainy Friday night in Bloomington, the Butler track team was busy heating things up at the two-day Gladstein Invitational. Despite a handful of Butler’s top athletes sitting out due to injuries, the Bulldogs managed to come away with a group of strong performances in the meet, which was hosted by Indiana University.…