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Senior distance runner Connor Whelan participates in the men’s 3000-meter event on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 at the Kent State Field House.

Track and field prepares for championship

Samantha Lough February 24, 2016

The Kent State track team is set to compete in the Mid-American Conference championships this weekend. The top six men and the top eight women will score in each event.Kent State is ranked in the top 10...

Underclassmen Prove Vital for Track Team

Samantha Lough February 13, 2016

The underclassman of Kent State’s track and field stepped up at the Spire Invitational.   Sophomore Gabrielle Figueroa finished third in the weight throw, sophomore Taylor Williams set a personal-record...

Junior Jordin Ordway hands off the baton to junior Chelsea Laury in the 400 meter relay at the Kent Fieldhouse on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. Kent lost the meet to Akron, 80-71.

Annual meet becomes weekly competition

Samantha Lough February 3, 2016

By the time the Mid-American Conference indoor conference championships rolls around on Feb. 26, the Kent State track team will have competed against Akron four times in six weeks.The two teams will have...

Competitors in the women’s mile make the turn toward the finish line during a dual meet at the Kent State Field house between Kent State and Akron on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. The lady flashes fell to the Zips 80-71.

Barnes, Tolbert named MAC Athletes of the Week

Samantha Lough January 27, 2016

Seniors Will Barnes and Donovan Tolbert of the Kent State men's track and field were named Mid-American Conference Athletes of the Week after tremendous performances at the Akron Dual on Jan. 22.Tolbert...

Former Brimfield Police Chief David Oliver (far right) listens to his former subordinate's, Crystal Casterline, testimony against him. Oliver was found guilty of all charges against him. He was sentenced to 600 days in jail as well as $2,304 in fines and restitution. 

Facebook famous former Brimfield police chief sentenced

Payton Moore January 26, 2016

Former Brimfield Township Police Chief David Oliver was sentenced to two years of probation and restitution yesterday in the Portage County Common Pleas Court. Oliver was found guilty on four misdemeanor...

Junior sprinter Matthew Tobin races around the track in a heat of the 400-meter dash at the Kent State Fieldhouse. The Kent State men’s team lost to the Akron Zipps 82-68. Jan. 22, 2016.

Flashes fall short in Akron Dual meet

Samantha Lough January 23, 2016

The Kent State men and women’s track and field team did not get the win they were hoping for in Friday’s rivalry matchup. The women's team fell to Akron 80-71 and the men’s team were defeated 82-68.On...

Kent State track and field team members run the 5000 meters event at the dual-open Doug Raymond Invitational Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 in the field house.

Kent State runs against Akron in dual track meet

Samantha Lough January 21, 2016

Kent State men's and women’s track team host rival Akron in the Akron Dual on Friday, Jan. 22 at Kent State's Field House.According to a pre-season poll from the MAC conference website, Akron's men's...

Tolbert, Figueroa have historic days at Doug Raymond Invitational

Stephen Means II January 18, 2016

Representing Kent State men's track and field team, senior Donovan Tolbert broke a triple-jump school record Saturday with a 16.08-meter leap at the Doug Raymond Invitational, surpassing a top mark that...

Runners stand poised at the starting line of the 15th annual Bowman VCup 5k race during Homecoming Weekend on October 3, 2015.

Bowman Cup 5K kicks off Homecoming Festivities

Elizabeth Randolph October 3, 2015

  The 15th annual Bowman Cup 5K took place on Saturday as a part of the Homecoming events.    Named after the fedora-loving former Kent State University President George Bowman, the race follows a...

John Butte embraces Flash Track recipient Danielle Wiggins during the JMC Awards in Franklin Hall on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015.

Journalism and Mass Communication awards four outstanding alumni

Alexis Wohler October 2, 2015

 JMC hosted an Alumni Awards Ceremony in Franklin Hall Oct. 2 honoring four distinguished alumni from Kent State’s JMC programs.The Dean Amy Reynolds, President Beverly Warren and the Director of Journalism...

Fans hold up a Kent Stater issue which reads, "Bash the Bulls! Go Flashes!" at the Kent State men's basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015.

How to be a good KSU fan

Jimmy Miller August 28, 2015

When the Ohio State Buckeyes won the College Football Playoff National Championship in January, national media outlets picked up stories about students setting fires and tearing down a goal post in Columbus. I...

Four track athletes to compete in USATF championships this weekend

Shayla Pierce June 25, 2015

Kent State sends four track and field athletes to compete in the 2015 USATF Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The competition will be held at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon from...