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Javelin thrower excited to return to track after missing all of last season with injury

Josh Johnston April 17, 2008

Bekah Stolz, sophomore thrower for the Kent track and field team, won the javelin competition at the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships last spring. However, a tear in her ACL caused setbacks...

Slowed by weather

Josh Johnston April 13, 2008

Men's and women's track fall to Akron in rainy conditionsSophomore thrower Kearran Capers competes in the hammer throw Saturday afternoon in the Akron Quad. The Flashes as a team placed second with 175...

7 athletes qualify for regionals at weekend track meet

Josh Johnston April 6, 2008

One of Bill Lawson's, Kent State track and field coach, goals is to have more than 20 regional qualifiers by the end of the outdoor season. After the team's performance at the Duke Invitational in Durham,...

Track and field moves outdoors

Josh Johnston April 3, 2008

The Kent State women's track and field team finished eighth at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships a month ago. Being picked in a preseason poll to also finish eighth outdoors doesn't sit...

Education club uses Seuss to motivate young readers

Alyssa Conner March 30, 2008

President Lester Lefton reads the Dr. Seuss book "Green Eggs and Ham" to a group of children present at the National Education Association's Read Across America program. Children filled the Ballroom yesterday...

Indoor track and field season ends in Notre Dame without a NCAA bid

Josh Johnston March 9, 2008

The Kent State track and field team officially ended its indoor season this weekend at the Alex Wilson Invitational at Notre Dame.The meet gave a last chance for athletes to qualify for the NCAA Championships...

Last chance to qualify nationally for track and field athletes

Josh Johnston March 7, 2008

Six athletes from the Kent State indoor track and field team will compete in the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, Ind., this weekend.The meet is a last chance qualifying meet before the NCAA Indoor...

Men’s track places third at MAC Championships

Josh Johnston March 3, 2008

Ypsilanti, Mich. — A girl in the bleachers begins to slowly clap. Soon, hundreds around her follow suit. The clapping builds to a crescendo. Kent State senior Shamel Smith raises his hands. The clapping...

Track is now my new obsession

Joe Harrington March 3, 2008

Thirty minutes after walking into the 2008 Mid-American Conference Indoor Track Championships Friday, I knew I was dealing with a different animal. A Miami hurdler, who had just competed in the 60 meter...

A combined effort

Josh Johnston February 29, 2008

With the Mid-American Conference Championships starting this weekend, the heptathlon and pentathlon athletes prepare to compete in multiple eventsTiffany Brenneman (right), senior Kent State women's distance...

Indoor track and field warms up for next week

Josh Johnston February 25, 2008

Team prepares for MAC championshipFreshman Michael Schober participates in the high jump at the Kent State Tune-Up Saturday in the field house. Brian Marks | Daily Kent StaterCredit: Ron SoltysAnne Zakelj...

Flashes to use meet as “dress rehearsal”

Josh Johnston February 15, 2008

Kent State's indoor track and field teams will get a test run for the Mid-American Conference indoor track and field championship meet when they travel to Eastern Michigan's Bowen Field House tomorrow.Even...