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Athletes of the year
Hannah Kiser — women’s cross country/indoor & outdoor track and field
It didn’t take Idaho’s distance specialist long to engrain her name into the school’s all-time books. Now after excelling on both the course and track …
What a season
Record breakers
The season isn’t over yet but the Vandals have already claimed three school records and are close to grabbing several more.
Home stretch— Track and field gets set for last weekend before WAC
The last weekend of the track and field regular season features two meets for the Vandals. One is the only home meet of the outdoor season — the Vandal Jamboree at the Dan O’Brian Track & …
Double-duty weekend—Three Vandals compete at Payton Jordan in Palo Alto, others make short trip to Spokane for Friday’s Duane Hartman Invitational
For the second straight week, an Idaho track and field record has fallen. This time, it was Ugis Svazs’ javelin toss of 240 feet, 7 inches that broke the school record Saturday at the Duane …
Vandals visit local meets after last week’s California adventure
After the craziest weekend of track and field the Vandals faced all season, the teams are back in action with two more meets this weekend. Last weekend the Vandals broke school, conference and personal records …
Vaulters reach new heights – Idaho track and field holds two high-achieving pole-vaulters looking to turn heads
Most teams are content to have just one elite pole-vaulter. Idaho is lucky enough to have two, and both of them are Idaho natives.
Sports briefs
Almudena Sanz earns WAC Player of the Week
Idaho junior Almudena Sanz has been awarded with her second WAC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week honor.
Multiple meets, multiple successes
In her first outdoor track and field meet of the season, Idaho junior Hannah Kiser showed no rust as she crushed the WAC record in the women’s 5000-meter run by 17 seconds. The prestigious Mt. …
Multiple meets, multiple successes–Records broken and personal records fall over long weekend for track and field teams during multiple meets in Southern California, Pullman
In her first outdoor track and field meet of the season, Idaho junior Hannah Kiser showed no rust as she crushed the WAC record in the women’s 5000-meter run by 17 seconds. The prestigious Mt. …
Bomb threat stops meet — An already hectic weekend for track and field gets crazier after bomb threat
The Cal State L.A. Twilight Open track meet, a meet that Vandal athletes were competing in, was cancelled Thursday afternoon after a bomb threat to the Cal State Los Angeles campus. A telephone call warned …
Athletes of the week
Chad Chalich — footballAfter accounting for six turnovers in Idaho’s second spring scrimmage, Chalich turned in an improved effort Saturday in the team’s third scrimmage at the Kibbie Dome. Chalich threw the game’s first touchdown …
Bad weather, good results — Vandal track and field garners individual victories in poor conditions
Despite competing in poor weather conditions, the Vandal men finished as the top Division 1 team and the Vandal women finished as the second-best Division 1 team Friday and Saturday at the War VI Regional …
Getting back together— Track and field competes as a full squad for first time during the outdoor season
It is not every week that track and field athletes get to compete in a meet where they win pies and donuts instead of trophies and medals. On Friday, the Vandal track and field teams …
Athletes of the week
Matt Sullivan — outdoor track and field
Saturday at the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Ariz., Sullivan broke Idaho’s first outdoor record of the season, becoming the fourth Vandal ever to clear the 17-foot mark in …
Miles don’t separate success
Despite competing more than 1,000 miles apart, the split Idaho track and field teams yielded impressive results Friday and Saturday in Tempe, Ariz., and Saturday in Spokane.
Split squads — Track and field heads to Arizona and Washington
The third week of outdoor competition features a meet the Vandals attend regularly and one they haven’t visited in years. It is also the season debut for most of the Idaho athletes as the team …
Starting right
Despite fielding limited squads on both the men’s and women’s sides, both Vandal teams finished third in their outdoor season debuts at the Buc Scoring Invitational Friday in Spokane. The Whitworth men won on their …
Take your marks — Outdoor track and field season starts Friday
The indoor track and field season didn’t end like the Vandals had hoped with the men’s team finishing fifth and the women’s team finishing sixth in the WAC Indoor Championship, but the outdoor season offers …
Athletes of the week
Kyle Barone- men’s basketball
Barone may have just sealed the deal for WAC Player of the Year, as the conference’s leading rebounder and third-leading scorer had another double-double in Idaho’s Saturday win against Texas State.
WAC records fall – Vandals garner several All-WAC honors
Idaho faced many ups and downs at the WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships Thursday through Saturday. The Vandals ended with 10 First-Team All-WAC honors and 10 second-team honors while the men finished fifth with …
Athletes of the week
Barry Britt- indoor track and field
It wouldn’t be a repeat for the Idaho men’s indoor track and field team at the WAC Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., but Britt was named the WAC Performer of the …
Hocketstaller finishes second
Idaho sophomore misses first place finish in pentathlon by two seconds to open WAC Championships
Ending on a high vault
Vandals garner multiple individual titles in regular season finale, prepare for WAC Championships
Track and field inks 3 Canadians
The first recruits of the 2013 class have signed with Idaho track and field. A hurdler and two distance runners, all from the same Canadian province, were announced as the latest Vandals by Idaho coach …
Record-breaking meet — Kiser breaks her own WAC record in 3,000-meters
The Husky Classic is one of the most prestigious indoor track and field meets in the nation, and Idaho junior Hannah Kiser took full advantage of a chance to race against stellar competition. Over the …
