The Bruin track team traveled to the University of South Dakota for one final tune-up before next week's NSAA championship at Friday's aptly named USD Tune-Up held under clear skies and a light breeze. The meet featured a largely NCAA Division I field.
Bruin athletes were individual champions in two events at Saturday’s Jim Dutcher Invitational hosted by Doane University. Meet conditions were cool and breezy, which made fast times a premium for the day, but two Bruin men prevailed over the field of mostly NAIA competition, taking home wins in the men’s 1500-meter run and the 3000-meter steeplechase.
Bruin track athletes produced three podium (top five) finishes and three school records at the 59th annual Sioux City Relays held over Friday and Saturday at Elwood Olsen Stadium on the campus of Morningside University. Wind and cool springtime weather finally made way for sunny skies and calm winds, and the Bruins responded with many season-best performances.
The Bruin men's and women's track squads cut significant time in their second outing of the season, and as was the case a week ago in Kearney, the day was highlighted by a school record.
The Bruin outdoor track squads kicked off their season at Saturday's Central Nebraska Challenge hosted by NCAA Division II Nebraska-Kearney and the NAIA's Hastings College at Kearney High School. The highlight of the day was a new school record established by Collin Kotz in the men's 5,000-meter run.
A small Bruin distance track squad concluded their season at Sunday's NSAA Indoor Track and Field Championships held at the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex on the South Dakota State University campus. A total of five Bruins took part in two events, the mile run and the 3,000-meter run.
The Bruin distance track team concluded their regular season indoor track schedule at Friday's Concordia Invite and came away with several season bests and a Top Five All-Time mark.
In their second outing of the indoor track season, Bruin athletes improved on season bests as they move toward the NSAA meet in mid-February. The Bruins traveled to the Walz Fieldhouse on the campus of Concordia University for the Concordia Classic which featured a mostly NAIA field.
The BU track team opened their 2024 indoor campaign today competing at the Prairie Wolf Invite hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan at UNL’s Bob Devaney Center. After an especially cold and snowy start to winter, the Bruins were able to get inside for some racing.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the 2023 Daktronics NAIA Women's Track & Field Scholar-Athletes on Wednesday and two Bruins were featured in the list, Hannah Perkins and Alisiara Hobbs.
The final day of the NSAA Outdoor Track Championships saw the Bruin distance squad add two more all-conference finishes (top three in individual events). The Bruins ended the meet with four such performances.
The Bruins distance track squad opened the NSAA outdoor track championships by taking the top two podium spots in their only event of the day. Dickinson State is hosting the two-day event and Thursday's events were held under cool conditions and intermittent showers.
The Bellevue University distance track squads, preparing for the upcoming North Star Athletic Association Championships, competed in one final tune-up meet at Saturday's Prairie Wolf Invitational hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan University. High winds that exceeded 30 mph at times slowed times but the Bruins turned in many competitive finishes.
After poor weather prompted Doane University to postpone Friday and Saturday's events at the Jim Dutcher Invite, the Bruin distance track squad finally found some conditions conducive to fast running on Sunday afternoon in Crete. Partly sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-50s allowed two Bruins to establish new school records while two others had big personal bests.
For the first time in program history, two Bruin women captured titles at the long-running Sioux City Relays held Friday. Hannah Perkins and Madison Nelson ran to victories in the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter events, respectively.
The Bruin distance track squad traveled to Vermillion, South Dakota, for Friday's Early Bird Invite hosted by the University of South Dakota. A large field comprised of teams from all NCAA levels, the NAIA and NJCAA were greeted by pleasant conditions of sunny skies, temperatures in the low 60's and a breeze out of the south. Highlights for the Bruins included three school-record-breaking performances.
The Bruin distance track team traveled to Kearney for Saturday's Central Nebraska Challenge hosted by UNK and Hastings College. Good early season conditions with temperatures in the 50's, sunny skies, and light winds greeted competitors from fifteen area schools representing all NCAA divisions and the NAIA.
Just three short weeks after concluding their indoor track season, the Bruins were back in action at Saturday's season-opening Wildcat Classic hosted by Wayne State. Cool conditions with temperatures in the mid-40's and blustery winds created conditions difficult for personal bests, but the Bruins still came away with some good first-meet marks.
Saba Khvichava brought home four gold medals from Sunday's NSAA Indoor Track and Field Championships held on the 300-meter oval at South Dakota State University. For his efforts, Khvichava was awarded the NSAA Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Meet. He led the Bruins to their best team finish in program history, a fifth-place finish scoring 57 points. (Top eight places score 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1).
The Bruin distance track team split their squad over the weekend, competing in the Concordia Classic in Seward on Friday evening and the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite at the Bob Devaney Center in Lincoln on Saturday. The highlight of the weekend was the Bruin's first-ever NAIA national qualifying mark for indoor track turned in by Saba Khvichava.
Eve Fountain (volleyball) and Madison Nelson (cross country/distance track) were named the co-Female Athletes of the Year. Andy Wilkinson (men's socder) and Elijah Johnson (baseball) were the co-Male Athletes of the Year. Tylah Saifoloi (women's golf) and Tibor Stankovic (men's soccer) were honored as the Academic Athletes of the Year.
Bruin freshman Madison Nelson added the crowning achievement to her record-setting freshman year with an All-American finish at this morning's NAIA Half Marathon Championship. The Half Marathon is a part of the NAIA outdoor track and field championships held in Gulf Shores, Ala. All-American status is accorded to the top eight finishers in each event and Nelson secured that spot with her seventh-place showing, in just the second half marathon of her young career.
Bellevue University will have its first-ever participant in the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships which will be held in Gulf Shores, Alabama between May 25-27. Madison Nelson will represent BU in the half marathon event which will take place on Friday, May 27.
Madison Nelson captured her third NSAA championship of the year crossing the line first in the women's 10,000-meter run at the 2022 North Star Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships being hosted by Valley City State University. She set a new meet record in the process, finishing in 39:26.38. She previously won titles in cross country and the indoor 3,000-meter run.
The Bruin men's and women's track squads returned to the track on Thursday for the Prairie Wolf Invite hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan in Lincoln. For the first time this season, the winds relented and the Bruins took advantage of the great track and field conditions to record three school records.
The Bellevue University track teams were back in action on Saturday at the Jim Dutcher Memorial Track Invitational on the campus of Doane University. Persistent winds near 25 mph hampered all the athletes and personal bests were nearly impossible to accomplish in the conditions.
A pair of podium (top five) finishes and a pair of school records stood out as highlights for the Bruin track team competing at the Sioux City Relays on Friday and Saturday (April 8-9). The meet, held at Sioux City's Elwood Olsen Stadium near the campus of Morningside University, features a competitive collegiate field as well as the top high school athletes in the area. Cold and blustery conditions on Friday gave way to sunshine and calmer winds on Saturday allowing some good early season performances.
In just his second competition as a Bruin, Collin Kotz established his second school record at Saturday's Dordt Invitational in Sioux Center, Iowa. Kotz would return later in the afternoon to narrowly miss a third record as he highlighted the Bruin performances on the day.
Bruin Track gets final Tune-Up at USD
May 04, 2024The Bruin track team traveled to the University of South Dakota for one final tune-up before next week's NSAA championship at Friday's aptly named USD Tune-Up held under clear skies and a light breeze. The meet featured a largely NCAA Division I field.
