College Track & Field
CANTON, Mo. — Delaney Straus has earned the chance to claim the title of “world’s greatest athlete.” The Culver-Stockton College junior and Marion County High School graduate has qualified to represent the United States at the second annual Women’s Decathlon World Championships, taking place Aug. 16-17 at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. The 2024 event…
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MARION, Ind. — A strong finish to the two-day heptathlon propelled Culver-Stockton College junior Delaney Straus to a seventh-place finish at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Indiana Wesleyan University. Straus, who earned All-America status with the top eight finish, ended the first four events on Wednesday in…
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MARION, Ind. — The Culver-Stockton College men’s track and field entries concluded their stay at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Thursday afternoon at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind. Junior Drew Mallett, competing in the decathlon for the second straight year, finished 14th. Mallett finished with 6,016 total points, well off his school…
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FAYETTE, Mo. — Drew Mallett repeated as the winner in the men’s decathlon and Delaney Straus repeated as the winner of the women’s heptathlon at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at Central Methodist University. The Culver-Stockton College men’s track and field team recorded 40 team…
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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — Jerron Baker’s second-place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 14.37 meters was the best finish for the Quincy University track and field teams at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships on May 2-3. The Quincy men’s team finished tied for 11th place with 16 points. Landon Sprous reached the 110-meter hurdles…
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CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College senior Jabez Rivers recently was named the WinWon Heart of America Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the second time this season. Rivers, a native of Phenix, Ala., and a transfer from Iowa Wesleyan University, received the third weekly honor of his career after his performances at the…
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CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College junior Delaney Straus of Philadelphia, Mo., received her third straight Heart of America Athletic Conference Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week honor presented by WinWon for her performance at the Culver-Stockton Invitational held April 19 in Canton. This is Straus’ fourth outdoor honor this spring and the sixth weekly outdoor…
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CANTON, Mo. — Delaney Straus finished in the points in five different events, including hitting a provisional qualifying mark in the 400-meter hurdles, to help the Culver-Stockton College women’s track and field team to a second-place finish at the Culver-Stockton Invitational Friday afternoon at Richeson Track. The Wildcats garnered 119.5 team points to finish second…
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CANTON, Mo. — Until a year ago, Drew Mallett had no intentions of participating in the decathlon. “I didn’t even know if colleges had that stuff or not,” Mallett said. Now, the Culver-Stockton College sophomore and Highland High School graduate is headed to this week’s NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships after winning the Heart…
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CANTON, Mo. — Delaney Straus is no stranger to a heavy workload. The past two years, Straus has played guard for the Culver-Stockton College women’s basketball team while also participating in multiple events, including the heptathlon, for the track and field team. She is also double majoring in accounting and business administration. “Sometimes you just…
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INDIANAPOLIS — The wait was excruciating. “Extremely nerve-racking,” Arriana Benjamin said. The first to throw in the final round of the shot put at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships, the Quincy native and Marian University senior unleashed a season-best toss of 14.97 meters. It vaulted her from ninth place to first place…
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QUINCY — A pair of former Quincy University baseball players are off to sizzling starts after transferring to NCAA Division I programs. Gino D’Alessio, an All-Midwest Region shortstop last spring for the Hawks, was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week after hitting .600 over four games as Abilene Christian went 3-1 with…
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QUINCY — Quincy University is bringing an Illinois native home to be its next cross country and track and field coach. Chris Aschemann, who grew up in Carterville, Ill., was officially introduced Monday. Aschemann spent the previous three seasons as the associate head coach for both sports at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D. “I’m…
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Chandler Hayden has always defied stereotypes. “Doing things out of the norm builds confidence,” she explained. The 2019 graduate of Pittsfield High School is anything but typical. And perhaps her boldest move yet came last month when Hayden, a University of Tennessee track and field thrower, was one of 15 college athletes…
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