track and field

  • 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: Freshmen invade record books

    For Nicole Hudec, warming up involves an iPod, a Snickers bar, some stretches and a few laps around the track. Kelly Davidson said she needs music that “pumps me up” and thoughts about “things that make me angry.” This is how the two Butler freshmen have prepared for each of their track and field events…

  • Track and Field: Friday Night Special Goes Well

    The Butler track and field team competed in the Eastern Illinois University Friday Night Special in Charleston, Ill., last weekend. It was the Bulldogs’ final appearance before the Horizon League Indoor Championships. Butler was led by its distance squad, which had multiple runners with top-three finishes, despite sitting some of its top-scoring athletes. For the…

  • 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: Cathey shines in Pan Am Games

    Butler assistant track coach Mason Cathey posted a fourth-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Oct. 28. Now Cathey is chasing a more difficult dream: gaining a spot on Team USA for the 2012 Olympics in London, England. Cathey’s connection to Butler developed in 2008. A few…

  • 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.…