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Bring Back Sports... Or at Least Track

Bring Back Sports… Or at Least Track

Sam Glass, Sports Editor April 10, 2020

Your throat gets dry and it’s hard to breath. You feel light headed and you start to sweat. Your body feels warm and you start to cough. Nope. You don’t have coronavirus, you just finished running...

Freshman high jumper Alex Oleson is a versatile athlete, stuttering with basketball and working into track and field.

Alex Oleson Jumps to New SLU Record

Erin McClelland, Staff Writer April 7, 2018

Based on everything he has accomplished already in just his first year as a Billiken, it is hard to believe that freshman high-jumper Alex Oleson has been jumping for just over a year. Alex is a Political...

Senior Ryan Noonan races around the track. Noonan took home three medals at the Atlantic-10 Indoor Championships.

Track Sets Personal Records Despite Poor Team Performance

Monica Ryan, Associate Sports Editor February 22, 2018

This past weekend, Men's and Women's Track and Field competed at the Atlantic-10 Indoor Championships at Mackal Field House in Kingston, Rhode Island. As a collective, the men scored 51 points in the...

Sophomore Amanda Baker powers over a hurdle. Baker broke the pentathlon record at the Thundering Herd Invitational.

Track Breaks Individual Records

Michael Treviño, Contributor February 13, 2018

Over the past two weeks, the Billikens have racked up podium finishes in each of their last four meets. The team has seen an upswing in performances by many members of both track and field teams with both...

Sophomore Hannah Pierson placed second in the mile at Eastern Illinois.

Track finds stars in hardship

Michael Treviño, Contributor January 30, 2018

This past Saturday, the SLU track team competed at Eastern Illinois University’s John Craft Invitational. The team this year is looking strong and continues to improve as the season progresses. This...

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