Skip to Main Content
Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

World and Nation:
Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

Cross country team prepares to run up the MAC standings

Brittany Tatgenhorst August 27, 2008

Sophomore Jessica Lhotsky looks to carry over her success of the spring season to this fall. Tom Cammet|Diamond ImagesCredit: DKS EditorsNew recruits and returning standouts have Kent State coach Mark...

Spring momentum big for team

Brock Harrington August 18, 2008

After strong track season, cross country looks aheadJunior Aiman Scuillion finishes a meet last season. PHOTO COURTESY OF TOM CAMMETT | DIAMOND IMAGESCredit: DKS EditorsMark Croghan has seen a lot of success...

Former KSU athlete qualifies for 2008 U.S. Olympic team

Doug Gulasy July 2, 2008

Former Kent State track and field athlete Kim Kreiner qualified Monday for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team in the women's javelin event.Kreiner qualified for the team with a throw of 183 feet, 5 inches at the...

Individual efforts key for split track and field team

Josh Johnston April 28, 2008

Coach sends some to Iowa and others to MichiganFor Bill Lawson, Kent State track and field coach, individual head-to-head competition mattered more than overall places at the Drake Relays in Des Moines,...

‘America’s Athletic Classic’

Josh Johnston April 23, 2008

Track and field to compete at the elite Drake RelaysThe Kent State track and field team will be in good company starting this Thursday at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Nearly 8,000 athletes ranging...

Bad burritos burn track and field team at All-Ohio Championships

Josh Johnston April 21, 2008

Food poisoning highlighted a weak performance by the Kent State track and field team this weekend at the All-Ohio Championship meet in Cincinnati.Six athletes on the men's team were among the 200 people...

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

Josh Johnston April 18, 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 14, 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 7, 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 4, 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 31, 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 10, 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...