NCAA Track and Field Archives - KRUI Radio https://krui.fm/tag/ncaa-track-and-field/ Iowa City's Sound Alternative Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 Track and Field Update: March 28th https://krui.fm/2011/03/28/track-and-field-update-march-28th/ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:23:23 +0000 http://krui.fm/?p=5645 Sports Staffer Kylie Sebert talks about the latest results and previews the upcoming outdoor season.

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The Iowa  women’s track and field teams started the outdoor season at the Stanford Invite this past weekend.  Three Hawkeyes set career marks, including a 16 minute run by Junior Betsy Flood in the 5,000 meter run.

Betsy Flood set a career best in the 5,000 meter run. (photo from hawkeyesports.com)

KRUI Sports Staffer gives you  the results and previews the upcoming outdoor season:

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Up next for Iowa is the LSU Invite on April 2nd where both the men and women’s teams will be in attendance.

It will be the second event of the outdoor season for the women, but for the men, the LSU Invite will mark opening day for the great outdoors. The Iowa men will look to improve off of an 8th place finish in the Big Ten Indoor Championships.

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]]> Track and Field Update: February 28 https://krui.fm/2011/02/28/track-and-field-update-february-28/ Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:29:12 +0000 http://krui.fm/?p=4665 Sports Staffer Kylie Sebert has the latest on the Iowa Track and Field teams at the Indoor Big Ten Championships.

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]]> The Hawkeye men’s and women’s teams competed in the Indoor Big Ten Championships this weekend. The men came out with five all-Big Ten athletes and the women with two. KRUI Sports Staffer Kylie Sebert has more on the results, click on the audio link below to hear the update.

Betsey Flood earned two all-Big Ten honors in the 3,000 and 5,000 meter runs. (photo via hawkeyesports.com)
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The Iowa men placed fourth with 88 team points at the event which was their best finish since 1997. The women tied for eighth but were happy with Bethany Praska and Besty Flood’s performances.

Justin Austin started off the weekend taking the Big Ten crown in the 200 meter dash.

Finishing out the weekend the men’s 1,600 meter relay took first and sends four more Hawkeye to the National Indoor Championships in two weeks.

The qualifiers will head to College Station, Texas to Texas A&M University on March 11 and 12.

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