Tag: Track And Field

By Lawrence Bailey

While the majority of students spend the first few weeks of April losing hair and losing sleep, varsity teams tend to lose a lot more. With every final exam written and every final assignment turned in, more and more fifth-year students bid farewell to their university eligibility. Four such battle-hardened warriors are departing members of… Continue reading Tracksters say ta-ta

By Lawrence Bailey

One of the first people Gauntlet Sports Editors have met in the past few years isn’t someone you’d expect. While various coaches and members of Dinos Athletics tend to familiarize themselves with the new media moguls, there has been one athlete who ensures his team and his sport are always on the Gauntlet’s radar. His… Continue reading Nathan Kendrick: Cross Country and Track and Field

By Sean Nyilassy

The University of Calgary’s own Jessica Zelinka was named Canadian Interuniversity Sport Track and Field Female Athlete of the Year last week. To prove she was worthy of such an honour, she led the Dinos to a second place finish at the CIS Track and Field Championships Mar. 11-13 earning herself the prestigious Female Athlete… Continue reading Zelinka gets national nod

By Sean Nyilassy

The men and women of the University of Calgary track and field team traveled to Windsor, Ontario Mar. 11-13 to compete in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Track and Field Championships. The lady Dinos finished second to a very strong University of Saskatchewan team while the men’s team placed 15th of the 19 teams, even though… Continue reading Running around indoors

By Sean Nyilassy

The University of Calgary Dinos competed in the 2004 Canada West Track and Field Championships Feb. 27-28 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The women’s team ran and jumped their way to a second place finish while the men’s squad placed a respectable fifth of seven contending teams. Although the women’s team placed second, it was second to… Continue reading Tracksters’ triumph in Winnipeg

By Dale Miller

B For a team that describes all of its performances as “good”, they should think that a B grade is, well, good.B stands for the fact that both men’s and women’s teams did pretty much exactly what they were expected to do: second for the women and third for the men at Canada West, and… Continue reading Report Cards: Track

By Dale Miller

If one word could be used to sum up the track team’s performance at the CIS Championships it would be a resounding “good.”“We did good, we are really happy with our performance,” said Head Coach Doug Lamont. “The women placed second with 48 points, that was better than the expected 43 points. We just came… Continue reading Good to hear