Former St. Henry standout and current WKU runner was given all academic honors by the USTFCCCA.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. WKU’s Katie Lever has been named the Conference USA Women’s Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year, league commissioner Britton Banowsky announced Thursday afternoon.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. WKU Track and Field junior distance runner Katie Lever is one of 14 student-athletes that will receive the Conference USA Winter Spirit of Service award, as announced by C-USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky on Wednesday.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. For the first time in program history the WKU men's outdoor track and field team is nationally ranked as it debuted at No. 25 in the preseason U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) poll, which released on Tuesday by the organization.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Sparked by dominant performances from its sprinters the WKU men's track and field team captured its third indoor title in the past four seasons and its first Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championship crown with 127 points Thursday at the Birmingham Crossplex.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. Both the Hilltopper and Lady Topper cross country programs were recognized as All-Academic teams by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Wednesday while junior Katie Lever was named individually to the All-Academic Women's Team.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – For the second-straight week the WKU Track and Field program has had two athletes honored by Conference USA as the league named Emmanuel Dasor its Male Track Athlete of the Week and Carrol Hardy its Co-Female Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday afternoon.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Track and Field athletes Ventavius Sears and Karleigh Parker have been named Conference USA Athletes of the Week following their winning performances at the Gene Edmonds Invitational last weekend, the league announced Tuesdayafternoon.
WKU women's cross country junior Kate Lever was named to the Conference USA Women’s All-Academic Team after her all-conference effort on the course and perfect grades in the classroom, the league announced Friday morning.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Members of Western Kentucky University’s 1974 men’s cross country team will be guests at the WKU football game against Conference USA rival UAB at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium on Saturday.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – An historic year for the WKU Track and Field program did not stop on the track as the Lady Toppers earned Scholar Team honors while four athletes were named to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Teams.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Nineteen WKU Track and Field athletes have qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Championships, which will be held May 29-31 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., the NCAA announced Thursday.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The WKU women’s track and field team has entered the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) Top 25 for the first time in program history, coming in at No. 22 in this week’s national rankings with 82.07 points.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU’s dominant performances at last weekend’s Florida Relays has led to three Sun Belt Conference Track and Field Athletes of the Week for the Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers, with Jessica Ramsey, Elvyonn Bailey and Tomas Guerra all picking up league honors Wednesday.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The WKU women’s track and field team captured its seventh Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field title Tuesday evening at the Birmingham Crossplex with 169 team points, besting the rest of the field by a margin of 48 points.
TROY, Ala. – WKU junior David Mokone captured the men’s 8K title while sophomore Lindsey Hinken secured runner-up honors for the Lady Toppers in the 5K at the 2013 Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships to lead WKU to fifth and third-place team finishes, respectively.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. WKU sophomore cross country runner Lindsey Hinken nabbed her first-career Sun Belt Conference Female Runner of the Week honor on Wednesday afternoon after her performance at last weekend’s Evansville Invitational.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU head track and field and cross country coach Erik Jenkins announced Willie Johnson and Taylor Miller as assistants to his coaching staff on Thursday morning. Johnson will assist Jenkins with the sprints and jumps while Miller will head the women’s distance runners.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The WKU men’s and women’s track and field teams have been recognized as All-Academic teams by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the organization announced this week.
Former WKU cross country and track student-athlete Brett Austin has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee announced Tuesday.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU track and field student-athletes Elvyonn Bailey and Sharika Smith were named athletes of the week by the Sun Belt Conference Wednesday night, with Bailey taking home Male Track Athlete of the Week honors while Smith won Female Field Athlete of the Week honors.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The WKU track and field teams feature a wide diversity of athletes from different regions around the world.
From South Africa to South America, from Europe to Florida, WKU head coach Erik Jenkins’ recruiting lives up the university slogan “A leading American university with international reach.” Jenkins also places strong emphasis on recruiting in his own backyard, however, as four student-athletes from the state of Kentucky scored major points for WKU at this past weekend’s Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Jonesboro, Ark. - A Hilltopper sweep in the high jump and a dominate shot put win by Lady Topper Jessica Ramsey headlined a successful first day for WKU at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU head track and field coach Erik Jenkins unveiled his 2013 signing class Monday morning, a group that features six nationally and regionally ranked student-athletes.
Bowling Green, Ky. – Western Kentucky University senior thrower Houston Croney has been named the Sun Belt Conference Male Field Athlete of the Week, the league announced this afternoon.
Bowling Green, Ky. — Western Kentucky University head track and field coach Erik Jenkins announced the signing of eight new athletes to join the Hilltopper and Lady Topper programs in the fall.
Bowling Green, Ky. - Recent Western Kentucky University graduate Buddy Price has been named to the Capitol One Academic All-District Men's Track/Cross Country Team, it was announced Thursday.
Western Kentucky University junior track and field student-athlete Sharika Smith was honored by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Monday, being named second-team all-America in the long jump and honorable mention in the triple jump for her efforts at the NCAA Indoor Championships this past weekend.