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Matthias Tayala drops the hammer

Richie Mulhall August 27, 2014

It’s hard to believe there was once a time when 2014 NCAA Division I National Champion Matthias Tayala didn’t throw the hammer.The fourth-year hammer-thrower was crowned champ at the National Outdoor...

ESPN and the MAC agree to 13-year rights extension

Ray Strickland August 25, 2014

The Mid-American Conference and ESPN reached a 13-year rights extension deal through the 2026-27 season, the longest in the conference’s 68-year history.The announcement was made Aug. 19 during a joint...

Kent State Sports: Summer recap

Richie Mulhall August 22, 2014

While most Kent State students head home for the summer, many Kent State student-athletes competed in a variety of games, playoffs, tournaments and even national competitions.BaseballIn May, the Flashes...

Track and Field hammer champion is ‘next best hope’ for Olympic throwers

Josh Yager July 7, 2014

Matthias Tayala, a junior physical education major at Kent State University and now NCAA Division I National Champion, won first place in the hammer throw at the National Championships at the University...

Cross country distance runner Adam Kendrick talks about his experiences of balancing class work as a student athlete.

Student athletes struggle to manage time between team schedules and class syllabi

Marissa Barnhart May 2, 2014

Junior educational studies major Kelly Baick  is an honors student planning to change her major for the second time. She is also a student athlete.“It’s completely different from high school,” Baick...

Kent State Senior Laron Brown III competes in the men's 4x400 Relay during the 2014 Indoor Track and Field MAC Championship, Sat., March 1, 2014. The men's team placed second in the MAC Championship.

Kent State women win third straight MAC title, men take second

Tyler Kieslich March 3, 2014

Before the Mid-American Conference indoor track championships were held at the Field House in Kent this weekend, junior thrower Matthias Tayala said it would be crucial to “protect your house.”By the...

Track teams get set to host 2014 MAC Championships

Tyler Kieslich February 27, 2014

The Kent State track team has had a season littered with accolades. Three all-time school records were broken and seven Flashes produced conference-best marks for the year. The Flashes will try to add...

Junior guard Kris Brewer catches and drives the ball during the winning game against the University of Akron, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at the MACC, with a final score of 60-57.

Struggling Flashes hope to find identity in Jekyll and Hyde season

Richard Mulhall February 10, 2014

A physically exhausted and mentally frustrated Kent State men’s basketball team (12-11, 3-7 Mid-American Conference) is back home this week and is  preparing to go head-to-head with Bowling Green (10-13,...

Sophomore Conor Whelan discusses his race time with his father after running the 5000 metres race at the dual-open Doug Raymond Invitational at the Field House, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014.

Delophont, Gordon named MAC Track Athletes of the week after electric Akron Duals

Ian Flickinger January 19, 2014

The atmosphere was electric at the Field House last Friday night as Kent State men’s and women’s track teams took on Akron in a heated matchup of crosstown rivals. With a sizable crowd on hand, Kent...

Kent State track team in form at Doug Raymond Invitational

Ian Flickinger January 12, 2014

In their first action of the new year, the Kent State track team took first in eight events in the Doug Raymond Invitational on Saturday at the Field House in Kent.With the team having only a few...

Multi cultural research program to benefit students and faculty

Erin Zaranec December 2, 2013

The Kent State Multicultural Center is hosting a new research program for African-American, Latino-American and Native American (AALANA) students and faculty members in Spring 2014.The program, called...

KSU’s Varsity ‘K’ Hall of Fame inducts seven

Katie Smith November 15, 2013

Kent State’s athletic department has chosen six former standout athletes and one former administrator to be inducted into the Varsity “K” Hall of Fame.Kara Warnke Mayle, Kent State director of Alumni...

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