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TRACK & FIELD

Bassitt waves after passing the baton to his teammate in the 4x400 relay race.

Former Eagle Trevor Bassitt takes home second professional gold medal

Cade Cracas, Sports & Digital Editor August 27, 2023

On Saturday and Sunday, August 26 and 27, former Eagle and track and field star, Trevor Bassitt competed for the United States in the 4x400 meter race at the 2023 World Athletics Outdoor Championships...

Moon and Kennedy react face-to-face with one another as they accept the medal together.

Pole vaulter Katie Moon splits gold medal at World Athletics Outdoor Championships

Cade Cracas, Sports & Digital Editor August 23, 2023

On Wednesday, August 23, former Ashland University Eagle and track star Katie Moon competed in the 2023 World Athletics Outdoor Championships, held in Budapest, Hungary, in hopes of finding her second...

Trevor Bassitt stands in Budapest, Hungary, as he waits for his race to begin for the 2023 World Athletics Outdoor Championships.

Bassitt places sixth in 400 Hurdles at World Athletics Outdoor Championships

Cade Cracas, Sports & Digital Editor August 23, 2023

Ashland University was represented well at the 2023 World Athletics Outdoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary, as former Eagles' Katie Moon and Trevor Bassitt competed to represent the United States on...

Great Midwest Athletic Conference announces new streaming platform

Great Midwest Athletic Conference announces new streaming platform

Cade Cracas, Sports & Digital Editor August 18, 2023

As the beginning of the 2023-24 Academic year approaches for Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC) schools, the conference has announced that game coverage will solely exist on HUDL TV. The deal...

Hurdler T.J. Skinner competes in the Akron Quad meet, jumping over a hurdle.

Eagle track and field thrives in 2022-23 outdoor season

Cade Cracas, Sports & Digital Editor April 14, 2023

Ashland University has been at the top of the Division II track and field scene for quite some time now and in the 2022-23 season, the team has continued to find a solid level of success. Since the...

Ashland University track and field looks to Nationals

Ashland University track and field looks to Nationals

Cade Cracas, Sports & Digital Editor March 1, 2023

The Ashland University track and field teams look to build off of their success at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference championships that were held in Ashland, Ohio. The Eagles had numerous individual...

Wyatt Cory adds a provisional mark in the mens heptathlon

Eagle track and field approaches the end of the indoor season

Stephen Struckmann, Reporter February 16, 2023

On Feb. 3 and Feb. 4, the second annual Jud Logan Light Giver Open took place in the Niss Athletic Center.  Many of the Eagles’ best shined as the meet went on from Friday into Saturday, with numerous...

Katie Nageotte stands on stage as she receives her Hall of Fame plaque.

Olympian and former Eagle, Katie Nageotte, inducted into Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame

Cade Cracas, Sports & Digital Editor October 23, 2022

With countless successes, come multiple awards. For former Ashland Eagle and Olympic gold medalist Katie Nageotte, her latest accolade is being inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame. Nageotte...

Nageotte thrusts herself over the bar and into history by securing a gold medal.

Former AU pole vaulter Katie Nageotte wins gold

Ethan Jenkins, Reporter September 20, 2022

Former Ashland University pole vaulter, Katie Nageotte, won her first outdoor world gold medal in the Outdoor World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Ore. on July 17. Nageotte won the outdoor women’s...

Two Eagles named 2021-2022 Student-Athlete of the Year

Two Eagles named 2021-2022 Student-Athlete of the Year

Ethan Jenkins, Reporter September 7, 2022

Every athletic year each athletic program on the campus of Ashland University may nominate a junior or senior student-athlete for the Student-Athlete of the Year award. From the 2021-22 season, the...

Trevor Bassitt stands infront of the Eagle faithful in the opening football game of the 2022 season.

The future of AU’s most recent Team USA star

Ethan Jenkins, Reporter September 7, 2022

On Tuesday, July 19, Olympian and former Ashland University track athlete Trevor Bassitt captured the bronze medal in the men's 400-meter hurdle event at the 2022 Outdoor World Championships in Eugene,...

Reaching the finish line

Cade Cracas, Sports & Digital Editor April 22, 2022

With the outdoor season in full swing, the Ashland University Track and Field team is locked in and looking for another piece of hardware to add to the trophy case. The indoor track season for the Ashland...

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