Kubik goes from ‘borderline’ to program record setter
For Marquette track and field senior pole vaulter James Kubik, walking on to the team after trying out was not the only challenge he faced during his four years on the team. Originally coming to...
View ArticleDaniel Pederson looks forward to next chapter in life after Marquette
Senior distance runner Daniel Pederson made sure he left his mark in a Marquette uniform throughout his four years at the university. A native of Spooner, Wisconsin, Pederson attended Spooner High...
View ArticleBIG EAST cancels 2020 fall sports
Fall sports will not be held this semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement released Wednesday by the BIG EAST. Sports affected include men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, and...
View ArticleMarquette athletics lacking diversity among head coaches
The head coaching position across Marquette athletic teams is filled by personnel with relatively similar characteristics. Men’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s lacrosse, men’s soccer and volleyball all...
View ArticleAthletics hires mental health specialist
Whenever student athletes were asked about areas that Marquette Athletics needed to address, athletic director Bill Scholl said mental health was always at the top of that list. The conversation of...
View ArticleSetting Records: Marquette’s first Black student athletes broke barriers
Ralph Metcalfe not only set the bar for what he could do on the track, but also for what he did for fellow Black people in the community throughout his life and many years after his passing. Born in...
View ArticleAll 14 Marquette varsity sports play during spring, without spectators
For the first time in the 105-year history of Marquette Athletics, all 14 of the Golden Eagles’ varsity sports will be occurring during the same season. In 2021 fashion, things will be much different...
View ArticleBREAKING: Athletics releases update about possibility of fans at Fiserv,...
Due to the City of Milwaukee Health Department releasing Order 4.4 regarding the gathering limit guidelines for entertainment venues, Marquette Athletics is pairing with the Bucks and Fiserv Forum to...
View ArticleMarquette track and field gets season underway
The men’s and women’s track and field teams were back in action on Feb. 6 at the Parkside Triangular meet for the first time since the BIG EAST Championships all the way back in March 2020. With only...
View ArticleWard ready for new opportunity with Marquette
Marquette track and field graduate student Marquis Ward has had quite the experience throughout his career so far. However, through his journey that ultimately led him to Marquette and he is looking to...
View ArticleJoe Keys breaks 15-year-old decathlon school record
Marquette senior Joe Keys continued to turn heads this season as the Golden Eagles’ captain set a new school record in the decathlon at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational at Miami University April 10....
View ArticleMarquette track and field primed for postseason
The Marquette track and field teams are closing out the regular season and shifting gears toward the BIG EAST Championships hosted in Geneva, Ohio from May 14-15. After successful back-to-back home...
View ArticleThe new ‘Wild West’ of college athletics
Since the NCAA’s inception in 1906, student-athletes could not earn any profit off of their performance or popularity. But two years ago, that all changed. Marquette law professor Matt Mitten, who...
View ArticleMarquette Cross Country adapting to the indoor track season
As the indoor track season is beginning to move as quickly as a locomotive, the men’s and women’s distance squads will be tasked with being assets to the team during the remaining stretch. “Everybody...
View ArticleTrack and Field team shifting focus to field events
With the BIG EAST Championship less than a month out, the Marquette Track and Field team is set to have a full and healthy squad. “Teams that are winning are going to be well rounded in most...
View ArticleFirst-year sprinter translating skills from one sport to another
Being a defensive back at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois, to first-year sprinter at Marquette, K.T. Thomas made a transitional switch which landed him onto the Golden Eagle’s men’s...
View ArticleGolden Eagles prepare for BIG EAST Championship meet
With the St. Valentine’s Invite at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the books, the focus for the Marquette’s track and field teams shifts toward the BIG EAST Championships on Feb. 25 at Gately...
View ArticleHigh jumpers ready to jump into the outdoor track and field season
Heading into the outdoor season, Marquette University’s high jump crew is needed to produce points to go alongside the entire track & field team. Marquette head coach Bert Rogers said this year’s...
View ArticleMore than just a manager
Showing up to a Marquette track and field or cross country meet, the attention will almost always be given to the athletes. However, there is a group of students that serve the role of unsung heroes...
View ArticleGraduate students get ready to take next steps after Marquette
Upon graduation, college students far and wide have important decisions to make regarding their future. And for the graduate students on the Marquette track and field team, there is a month remaining...
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