SPORTS | TRACK FIELD
Blue Devils to send 5 to NCAAs
By John Taddei | June 2, 2005Shannon Rowbury can breathe a little easier now.
Shannon Rowbury can breathe a little easier now.
Competing against more than 100 teams at the nation’s oldest annual track and field meet, both the men’s and women’s track teams enjoyed success at the ECAC/IC4A Championships in...
All Shannon Rowbury could see ahead of her was the finish line. Well, that and the first-ever Penn Relays title for women’s track.
Shannon Rowbury got the best of rival Erin Donohue from North Carolina once again as the Blue Devil broke her own school record in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:14.
The track team rested standout runners Shannon Rowbury and Nick Schneider but sent a handful of other performers to the Carolina Fast Times meet.
With 200 meters left in the 1,500-meter run, Nick Schneider had just surrendered his lead for the first time in the race.
More than 2,000 runners, jumpers and throwers will gather this weekend in Wallace Wade Stadium for the largest Duke Invitational in the track meet’s 17-year history.
In a typical set of early-season meets, a host of Blue Devils qualified for the postseason, Debra Vento won the high jump and the distance runners placed well among top competition.
Shannon Rowbury, Paige Miller and Debra Vento earned All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Championship March 12 at the University of Arkansas.
The women’s track team continued to set new school records as it placed second—its highest ever—at the ECAC Championships in Boston this weekend.
Shannon Rowbury has proven herself on the outdoor track, cross country trails and now indoors at the ACC Championships—and she’s done it at distances ranging from 400 meters to six...
The men’s and women’s track teams traveled to Virginia Tech this weekend for indoor action at the Hokie Invitational.
The men’s and women’s track and field teams have been steadily building their programs over the past few years.
Freshman Jade Ellis broke the school record in the triple jump at his first collegiate meet.
In just her first meet of the year, Shannon Rowbury topped her All-American performance from last season in the mile, claiming first place and setting a Duke record.
While the majority of the Duke track and field team sat idle in the Durham cold this weekend, the men’s and women’s pole vaulters escaped to sunny Reno, Nev.
Saturday"s season-opening meet at North Carolina was all about making it to postseason championships. And led by a pair of freshmen, Duke did just that, as three Blue Devils hit the qualifying marks.
At the end of last year’s cross country season, the women’s team was celebrating a 20th place finish at the NCAA Championships.