The Monmouth College track team tuned up for the Midwest Conference Championships by sweeping their own Fighting Scot Open on Saturday, winning the men's and women's competitions in the 11-team field.
May 4th 2014, 9:11am
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No team scores were kept at Friday's Drake Relays or at the Loras Open on Saturday, but that didn't keep the Monmouth College men's and women's track teams from improving their national rankings.
No team scores were kept at Friday's Drake Relays or at the Loras Open on Saturday, but that didn't keep the Monmouth College men's and women's track teams from improving their national rankings.
Stellar performances at last weekend's Lee Calhoun Memorial has earned Monmouth College's James Wilson (Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice) and DeAndre Smith (Carbondale, Ill./Carbondale) the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week award in men's track.
Seven lifetime-bests were turned in by the Monmouth College men's and women's track teams en route to a second place women's finish and a fourth place men's finish at last weekend's Lee Calhoun Memorial at WIU.
The Monmouth College women's track team remained the Midwest Conference's only squad women or men to be ranked in the nation's top 20 by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Monmouth College thrower Raven Robinson (Peoria, Ill./Richwoods) won all three of her events last week and earned the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week honors for her efforts.
Ask any alumni, faculty member, or current student and they are likely to tell you that athletics are at the core of the Monmouth College experience, yet they might not have heard of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Monmouth turned in seven performances that ranked in the nation's top 20 last weekend to win both the women's and men's competition at the Ashford Invitational.
The following is an op-ed article by Monmouth College Sports Information Intern Ace Henricks. Mr. Henricks knows of what he speaks as a student-athlete on the Fighting Scots' football team. NCAA Division III Week is April 7-14.
