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Mike Hudson, a 5th year, competes in the pole vault during the Men’s and
Women’s Track and Field Vikings Olympics on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at the football field.

Track and Field teams continue sprinting success at Viking Olympics

Timothy Wallis April 10, 2025

On Saturday, April 5, the Augustana Track and Field teams hosted the 80th iteration of the Viking Olympics at the Austin E. Knowlton Outdoor Athletic Complex, where both the men’s and women’s teams...

Track and field sprints into success early on in the season

Elisabeth Ruggiero February 27, 2025

103 personal records were broken and set in the Augustana record book for the track and field team during the St. Ambrose Tune-Up meet. The team has made many individual and team personal and overall records...

Curtis Baldwin of Augustana College and Nathaniel Otis of Beloit University leaps over hurdles in the Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles at the Knowlton Outdoor Athletic Complex, April 20.

Track and field athletes fight through long season

Elisabeth Ruggiero April 25, 2024

For some athletes, training never stops. Members of the track and field team know this struggle.  Some members of the track  team also participate in cross country, which only makes training that...

Racing through the record books

Medin Sehic February 22, 2024

The track and field program recently had its men’s team place third and its women’s team place second at the Solomon Butler Classic at the University of Dubuque on Feb 16. The meet was filled with...

The Augustana College Track and Field team competes in the Men 40 Meter Dash Fly 10 at the Pepsico Recreational Center on Friday, Dec. 1.

Track and field ready to score high in upcoming seasons

Medin Sehic December 7, 2023

On Friday, Dec 1, the men's and women’s track and field team had their first intrasquad meet in the PepsiCo recreation center. The meet had many ups and downs regarding athletes' performances but overall...

Augustana track and field makes great strides to improve throughout the outdoor season

Elisabeth Ruggiero April 27, 2023

The Augustana men’s and women's track teams have been competing in their outdoor season since the end of their indoor season this past March. Since the beginning of the season, this team has made great...

Track and field athletes and coaches prepare for the season

Said Nonoal December 9, 2022

After a long football season, junior Derek Butts looks to transition from the football field to the track and repeat as an all conference pole vaulter. Although the first official start of track season...

Women’s track and field athletes grab first, third and fourth place at CCIW indoor championships

Silas Gilklay March 10, 2022

Several Augie women’s athletes achieved great success at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championships in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The competition was held over the weekend at Carthage College, with the Vikings...

Track & field: Cross country teams announce staffing and program changes

Carly Davis October 28, 2021

Aug. 11, David Thompson, former Augustana women’s cross country coach, announced his resignation from the position to team members via email. Thompson also said he would start as NYU’s head coach of...

Men’s track and field head to CCIW championship

Sydney Krueger May 4, 2021

The men’s track team hit the road this past Friday for the Simpson Kip Janvrin Invitational meet. The meet did not keep track of team scores due to the large size of the meet, hosting 44 teams across...

Running on empty

Carly Davis April 16, 2021

Trigger Warning: This article discusses eating disorders/disordered eating. The pandemic has pushed college athletics as close to the breaking point as it can. Reducing crowds, limiting team bonding and...

From national champion to coach

Ameliese Baehr-Ross October 26, 2020

David Thompson has been the head women's cross country and track coach for almost seventeen years. Thompson was a three time national champion in college in track and field. He started coaching at North...

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