Back on Course: Senior runner took leave of absence to stay eligible
Senior runner John Blake took a leave of absence last fall to preserve his eligibility after he developed achilles tendinitis.
Senior runner John Blake took a leave of absence last fall to preserve his eligibility after he developed achilles tendinitis.
The Ithaca College track and field runners will run shorter and longer distances in practice to help them train.
Both Ithaca College track and field teams clinched a first place finish at the Liberty League Conference Championships on Feb. 24.
The Ithaca College track and field teams competed in both the Cornell Robert J. Kane Invitational and the Massasoit Classic.
Athletes that run cross-country and track and field have to manage competing in a sport in all three seasons.
The men’s cross country team placed 12th and the women’s cross country team placed 14th in the Lehigh University Paul Short Run.
The men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Hamilton College and compete at the Hamilton College Short Run.
After winning the 2016 Empire 8 Championships, the men’s cross country team hopes to have the same success in a new league.
The track and field teams competed in the Empire 8 Conference Championship. The men’s team placed third while the women’s team placed first.
The men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to compete in the Coach P Invitational at Moravian College April 8.
Track and field competes in the Empire 8 championship Feb. 11. The women won for the 10th straight year and the men for the second consecutive time.
The Ithaca College track and field teams competed in the annual Bomber Invitational where senior Katherine Pitman broke the DIII record.