February 8, 2015
By Brent Meske, @BrentmeskeDE
February 7, 2015
Filed under Sports, Track Cross Country
The Salukis had the home field advantage for the last time in the 2014-15 indoor track and field season and took advantage of it, sweeping the men’s and women’s titles. SIU finished with 13 event titles.The sweep was highlig...
By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE
January 27, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports, Track Cross Country
Academics and athletics are two separate specializations, but for student athletes, the two become one.The women’s cross-country team had the highest team grade point average last semester with a 3.659, according to informati...
By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE
January 25, 2015
Filed under Sports, Track Cross Country
It took only one collegiate event for freshman pole vaulter Lindsey Murray to set SIU’s indoor school record. On Saturday, Murray broke it again.Murray’s jump of 4.10 meters at the Vanderbilt Invite on Saturday with surpassed...
By Brent Meske
December 6, 2014
Filed under Sports, Track Cross Country
The SIU track and field teams both started the season with wins Saturday at the Saluki Fast Start.In doing so, the Salukis won 22 of 24 events against Saint Louis University.Freshman pole-vaulter Lindsey Murray and senior weig...
By Brent Meske
December 2, 2014
Filed under Sports, Track Cross Country
“This is the best the women’s throwing program will ever be," junior thrower Alexus Scott said of the upcoming track and field season.Scott and senior teammate Ashely Gaston will return after they earned Honorable Mention All-Americ...
By Brent Meske
December 1, 2014
Filed under Sports, Track Cross Country
SIU cross-country did not perform the way it hoped to this season, and the future of the program differs on the men’s and women’s sides.As the season came to an end Nov. 14, the teams are looking forward to staying healthy in the off-s...
December 1, 2014
By Brent Meske
November 15, 2014
Filed under Sports, Track Cross Country
The cross-country team ran its last event of the year at the NCAA Midwest Regional Friday.The men’s team finished eighth and the women finished 15th.The men were led by junior Oscar Medina, senior Michael Castel and junior Ju...
November 3, 2014
By Brent Meske
November 2, 2014
Filed under Sports, Track Cross Country
Outsiders often overlook a runner's diet, but it is just as important to runners as practicing and training.The SIU cross-country team does not have a set diet it follows, but individual runners tend to follow their own diet...
