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NCAA announces plan for fall sport championships in the spring

Owen MacMillan Sports editor September 23, 2020

On Tuesday, Sept. 22, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors took up the issue of fall season sports playing national championships during the spring.Last month, the NCAA decided to move forward on plans...

MAC

MAC postpones start of fall sports

Amid a rising number of coronavirus cases in Ohio and other states in the midwest, the Mid-American Conference made an announcement Thursday impacting all conference teams’ seasons. The Conference announced...

TJ Lawson

Lawson earns national recognition

Michael Reiner July 2, 2019

Kent State redshirt junior TJ Lawson is now a member of the 2019 Google Cloud All America Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Third Team.Lawson was named to this team in recognition for his accomplishments...

Kent State's Christian Champen takes part in the men's pole vault during Friday's meet against Akron. 

A dare is all it took for Christian Champen to turn to pole vaulting

John Conley February 10, 2019

At first, Christian Champen didn’t think of himself as a pole vaulter. Instead of flinging himself into the air using a fiberglass pole, Champen spent his time glued to the ground as a member of Northmont...

Kent State men’s and women’s cross country finishes 23rd

Maddie Dolin October 15, 2018

Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams failed to top the charts in the Bradley Pink Classic this past weekend. Kent State men’s cross country finished 23rd out of 33 teams. The women finished...

Maddie Dunlap runs during a cross country meet on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017.

Kent State cross country finishes behind leaders at All-Ohio

Maddie Dolin October 1, 2018

Junior Clark Bookman and sophomore Maddie Dunlap both finished in the top 20, but Kent State’s cross country teams were well behind their leaders at the All-Ohio Intercollegiate Championships in Norton...

Senior fashion design major Morgan Manuel and teammates Jaimie Adams, Samantha Hyme and Olivia Davis getting ready to begin a one mile rep at practice Tuesday May 1, 2018.

Morgan Manuel: athlete, designer, student

Abigail Miller May 4, 2018

Being a college student is hard work. However, being a college student and a dual sport collegiate athlete, is a full-time job.It’s a full-time job that senior fashion design major Morgan Manuel understands...

Cross country gains experience at the Great Lakes Regional meet

Ian Kreider November 11, 2017

The Kent State cross country team sent four runners to Terre Haute, Indiana, to compete in the Great Lakes Regional meet. Freshman Maddie Dunlap and sophomore Clark Bookman have made headlines all season,...

Cross Country competes in conference meet, looks towards the future

Ian Kreider October 29, 2017

The Flashes laced up for the MAC championship with a common goal in mind:Improvement.Both the men's and women’s teams are very young with first-year coach Tyler Griffin manning the helm. For Griffin,...

Dunlap, Bookman impress as the Flashes compete in the All-Ohio meet

Ian Kreider September 30, 2017

The first two meets of the year for the Kent State cross country team have been defined by the performance of the underclassmen.That did not change Friday.Freshman Maddie Dunlap came into Friday’s race...

Freshman Maddie Dunlap runs during a cross country meet on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017.

Freshman runner Dunlap finds success at collegiate level

Ian Kreider September 27, 2017

Freshman Maddie Dunlap joined the Kent State cross country team this fall after a stellar high school career. Dunlap finished her career as the 2016 Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II 1600-meter...

Cross country loses to Miami, Ball State at Redhawk Rumble

Ian Kreider September 23, 2017

Maddie Dunlap continues to lead the way for the Kent State cross country team. The freshman’s stellar season continued Saturday, as she recorded her second straight third place finish in her first ever...