Snowy break fails to slow track teams
Both the men's and women's track and field teams opened their indoor season this past weekend at the Father Diamond Invitational at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
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Both the men's and women's track and field teams opened their indoor season this past weekend at the Father Diamond Invitational at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
The men's cross country team ended its season this past weekend at the NCAA District III meet in Greenville, S.C., with its top finish in decades.
WINSTON-SALEM--The women's cross country team earned its lowest point total ever at an Atlantic Coast Conference championship Saturday to place seventh out of nine teams.
Strong performances by its top five runners allowed the women's cross country team to have its highest finish ever at the North Carolina State Championships this past weekend at McAlpine Park in Charlotte.
Few athletic teams have the opportunity to have the members of their opposing team stay with them, but the men's and women's cross country teams will be doing just that this weekend as they host Yale for a home meet on the Duke cross country course.
Youth was a key factor for the women's cross country team last weekend at the UNC-Wilmington Invitational in Wilmington.
FAIRFAX, Va. -- After two races where they came within a second of breaking one of Duke's oldest track and field records, senior Pat Kelly, juniors Doug Kling and Miles Hall and freshman Mike Park finally came up big.
The men's tennis team might have experienced deja vu last weekend at the NCAA team tournament held in Athens, Ga., at the Henry Field Stadium.
WINSTON-SALEM--For the first time in five years, the women's track and field team moved out of last place at the Atlantic Coast Conference outdoor meet by scoring 13 points to finish in eighth place.
After competing with players like Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, after being invited to play in the U.S. Open and after having a world ranking of No. 620 following high school graduation, sophomore Adam Gusky was prepared to pass by college and join the pro circuit.
Being at home definitely has its advantages. In front of a home crowd in Wallace Wade Stadium this weekend, the women's track and field team had its best meet of the season at the Duke Invitational.
Even a person who is not a track fan could have appreciated the level of competition at the Duke Invitational last weekend. With over 1,900 athletes from 65 men's teams and 57 women's teams, the meet proved to be one of the Southeast's elite, attracting not only collegiate competitors, but also world-class athletes from around the country.
After running mediocre times in high school, senior Miles Hall was not expected to shock anyone when he began running in college. Clearly, no one could have predicted what Hall has accomplished so far in his running career at Duke.
RALEIGH--It is unusual for an athlete to come into a Division I collegiate program and make an impact in his first season--but freshman Jamie Rodriguez has done just that.
RALEIGH--A major reason for the women's track and field team's outdoor success is the improvement of athletes who studied abroad last semester. After not being able to train with the team first semester, these runners were back on track--literally--last weekend at the Raleigh Relays at the Paul Derr track.
While most students who went to Florida last week were relaxing in the sun, the men's track and field team opened its outdoor season at the Florida State Relays in Tallahassee.
The men's track and field team came close to breaking one of Duke's oldest records at the nation's oldest indoor track meet last weekend.
Eleven of the men's basketball team's 14 losses this season have been by seven points or less. But Wednesday night, the Blue Devils were able to turn the tables, beating Florida State 72-67 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
CHAPEL HILL--Members of the women's tennis team often encourage and congratulate each other after a hard-fought point by saying "So tough." And tough they were last Friday.
Do you want to see a team that has a chance to win an Atlantic Coast Conference title? Do you want to see a team knock off some Duke records? Well, look no further than the Blue Devil men's and women's track teams.