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  • Tragedy at Virginia Tech

       Professor Giovanni of Virginia TechWe share the grief with the Hokie Nation.
    6 Years Ago - News
     
  • Hokies End ACC Championships In Fine Style

    The Virginia Tech track and field teams ended the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships in fine style Saturday afternoon at Ketner Stadium on the campus of Wake Forest University. The women\'s team finished fifth with 73.50 points, up from ninth last year at the outdoor championships, while the men took home a seventh-place finish with 58 points.
    7 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Triesscheijn Shatters ACC Record

    Virginia Tech senior Saskia Triesscheijn shattered nearly every record possible en route to claiming her first Atlantic Coast Conference title Saturday afternoon. Triesscheijn established a personal best, school record, ACC record and the top point total in the NCAA this season with 5,833 points in the heptathlon.
    7 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Jullien Named Southeast Region Athlete of the Year

    Virginia Tech senior Spyridon Jullien was named the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) Southeast Region indoor athlete of the year Monday, as voted on by the coaches.
    7 Years Ago - News
     
  • Hokie Teams Finish In Top 25 at NCAA Indoor Championships

    The men\'s and women\'s Virginia Tech track and field teams had a great showing at the NCAA Indoor Championships last weekend, with both finishing in the top 25. Each team had two student-athletes score at the competition.
    7 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Six Hokies Qualify for NCAA Championships

    Six Virginia Tech track and field student-athletes will compete in Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend for a chance to win a national championship. Leading the way for the Hokies is senior Spyridon Jullien. He is the defending national champion in the weight throw and has the top mark in the country this season. He had an effort of 23.63m (77\'6.50\"), which is the fifth-best mark all-time in NCAA competition.
    7 Years Ago - News
     
  • Virginia Tech Invitational Press Release

    The Virginia Tech invitational will be held at Rector Field House January 27-28, 2006. There have been some changes in format. The meet will be a fully sanctioned NFHS event for the District of Columbia and the states of Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Kentucky. No club or unattached athletes may be entered. In order to comply with directives from the Montgomery County Fire Marshall, the number of entries will be limited. There will be about ninety schools accepted plus some selected individuals athletes from sanctioned schools to insure the competitive integrity of the meet. Each athlete will be limited to three total events (including relays). Each school may enter one athlete and relay team per event. Entries will total around 1800 athletes. Virginia Tech will release entry procedures later this week when they fulfill their Gator Bowl obligations. Virginia Tech will serve as site host and King
    7 Years Ago - Announcement
     
  • Virginia Tech Invitational

    The Virginia Tech invitational will be held at Rector Field House January 27-28, 2006. There have been some changes in format. The meet will be a fully sanctioned NFHS event for the District of Columbia and the states of Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
    7 Years Ago - Announcement
     
  • Tech Signs an All-American

    he Virginia Tech track and field program has announced the signing of Queen Harrison to a National Letter of Intent for the 2006-07 year. Harrison, a senior at Hermitage High School in Richmond, Va., earned All-American honors in the triple jump and in the 4x200 meter-relay in 2005. She was the runner-up at the Nike Indoor National Meet in the triple jump and helped her high school to a second-place finish in the 4x200m relay.
    7 Years Ago - News
     
  • Hokies Sign One of Virginia's Best

    The Virginia Tech track and field program has announced the signing of Devin Cornwall to a National Letter of Intent for the 2006-07 year. Cornwall, a native of Culpeper, Va., is a senior at Culpeper County High School and will compete in cross country and track and field at Tech. Earlier this year, he won the Northwest Region cross country championship for cross country as well as the Cedar Run District Championships.
    7 Years Ago - News
     
  • Hokies Ink Top 400m, 800m Runner

    The Virginia Tech track and field program has announced the signing of Asia Washington to a National Letter of Intent for the 2006-07 year. Washington, a Piscataway, N.J., native, is one of the top 400- and 800-meter runners in the nation. She was the runner-up at the New Jersey group IV State Championships in the 800m with a personal-best time of 2:12.01. She also took third in the 400m at the meet. Washington\'s top time of 55.56 in the 400m came at the New Jersey Meet of Champions. Her Piscataway High School 4x400m relay time was among the top 15 in the nation with a time of 3:48.
    7 Years Ago - News
     
  • Hokie Men and Women Win VT Alumni Invitational

    In the second meet of the season, the Virginia Tech men\'s and women\'s teams both garnered first-place honors Friday evening at the VT Alumni Meet. The 4.7k race on the women\'s side featured freshman Tasmin Fanning, who edged her sister, sophomore All-ACC performer from 2004, Jessica, to capture the women\'s crown. Running in the first meet of her collegiate career, Tasmin Fanning posted a time of 17:12.91. On the men\'s side, senior David Atkiss won the 7.7k race with a time of 24:34.66 in his last home meet of his Tech career.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Hokies Perform Well At Virginia Tech Invitational

    Kristin Hart (Herndon, Va.) was the top collegiate finisher on the women\'s side in her first cross country race at Virginia Tech, helping the Hokies win their season-opening meet Saturday morning. The Virginia Tech men finished second, narrowly missing out on a first-place finish.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • More History Made By Hokies

    The Virginia Tech men\'s track & field team finished in a program best 13th place with 21 points out of 71 competing teams after 21 events scored at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which were hosted by Sacramento State and held at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex Wednesday through Saturday. The men\'s 13th place finish (21 points) is the best team finish for the Hokie track & field program at a national meet. Virginia Tech was projected to tie for 23rd place according to the last Men\'s Trackwire 25 national outdoor poll released on June 3. As you can see, the Hokies surpassed the projection and made history for the program.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Mondschein Is The Runner-up; Hahn Places 6th

    Track & field athletes Brian Mondschein and Sven Hahn scored points for Virginia Tech in their event\'s finals late Friday evening at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex on the campus of Sacramento State. Mondschein (Jr., Hummelstown, Pa.) claimed the runner-up spot in the pole vault finals by tying his personal best height of 17\'8\'50\" (5.40m). For his personal best second place finish at a NCAA championship, Mondschein earned his second All-American honor of his career and eight points for Tech\'s men\'s team.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Spyridon Jullien Doubles It Up!

    Virginia Tech\'s Spyridon Jullien won the national title in the hammer throw today at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Sacramento State\'s Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex. Jullien ends the 2005 season with two NCAA championships, one in the 35-pound weight throw (indoor) and now one in the hammer throw (outdoor).
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Four Hokies Advance to NCAA Championship Finals on Friday

    Virginia Tech track & field athletes Spyridon Jullien, Jacobus Smit, Brian Mondschein and Sven Hahn advanced to their respective event\'s finals by placing in the top-12 of the qualifying round on Wednesday at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Jullien and Mondschein win NCAA east region titles

    Spyridon Jullien and Brian Mondschein, athletes on Virginia Tech\'s track and field team, won NCAA east region individual titles on the last day of the championships hosted by Manhattan College. Spyridon Jullien (Jr., Athens, Greece) won Virginia Tech and his own first NCAA east region individual title today with a throw of 219\'11\" (67.04m) in the hammer event. With his win, Jullien automatically qualified to compete in his third NCAA outdoor national meet and earned 10 points for Tech\'s men\'s team. Brian Mondschein (Jr., Hummelstown, Pa.) jumped 17\'1\" (5.21m) in the pole vault event to win his first NCAA east region individual title today. Mondschein\'s first-place finish automatically qualified him to compete in his second NCAA outdoor championships.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Three Hokies qualify for the NCAA national meet

    Virginia Tech track & field athletes Kristen Callan, Jacobus Smit and Sven Hahn placed in the top-five in their event to automatically qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships on the first day of the NCAA East Region Championships held at Icahn Stadium on Randall\'s Island, N.Y.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Tech begins the championship season with regionals

    At this weekend\'s 2005 NCAA East Region Track & Field Championships hosted by Manhattan College and held at Icahn Stadium on Randall\'s Island, N.Y., fifteen Virginia Tech athletes will compete to finish in the top-five of their respective event to automatically qualify for the national championships or finish in sixth through eighth place in their event to be put into the at large selection pool.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Spyridon Jullien earns Athlete of the Year honor from USTCA

    The United States Track Coaches Association named Virginia Tech\'s Spyridon Jullien as the Mondo Outdoor Southeast District Athlete of the Year for NCAA Division I. This outdoor season, Jullien (Jr., Athens, Greece) set the school and ACC overall hammer throw record with the current No. 1 mark in the nation (238\'5\'; 72.68m) at the Clemson Invitational. He has held the top spot on the NCAA Division I performance list all outdoor season. Jullien won the ACC men\'s hammer throw title with a new ACC meet and Florida State\'s Mike Long Track record of 233\'7\" (71.27m).
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Hokie results of the Penn Relays

    Virginia Tech competed well all weekend long against the best track & field teams in the nation at the Penn Relays, which was held at Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Tech men finish 6th; Hokie women take 9th place

    Virginia Tech\'s men\'s team finished in sixth place with 60 points while the Hokie women took ninth place with 48.5 points at the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which was held at the Mike Long Track on the campus of Florida State all weekend.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Jullien and Smit become ACC Champions

    Virginia Tech\'s track & field athletes Spyridon Jullien and Jacobus Smit won ACC individual titles on the first day of the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which are being held at the Mike Long Track on the campus of Florida State this weekend. Other Hokies set personal and school records scoring points for Tech. Jullien (Jr., Athens, Greece) won the ACC men\'s hammer throw title with a mark of 233\'7\" (71.21m). His throw broke the ACC\'s four-year meet record by more than 25 feet and set Florida State\'s Mike Long Track record. Jullien, a two-time All-American and two-time BIG EAST champion specifically in the hammer throw, still remains the No. 1 hammer throw athlete in the NCAA to date. Smit (Jr., Pretoria, South Africa), currently the No. 2 men\'s javelin thrower in the nation, became the ACC champion in the event with a mark of 236\'5\" (72.06m), which was 23 feet farther than the second place finisher. Smit, a 2004 all-region selection and a two-time NCAA qualifier in the event, won his first conference championship.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Hahn wins the shot put at the Sea Ray Relays

    Sven Hahn, a thrower on the Virginia Tech men\'s track & field team, won the shot put event this afternoon at Tennessee\'s Sea Ray Relays held at Tom Black Track. Other Hokie notable performances include the 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays recording school season best times and Brian Mondschein moving up into the top-15 in the NCAA in the pole vault.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Two Hokies win Sea Ray Relay titles on first day

    Virginia Tech\'s Kristen Callan and Spyridon Jullien won Sea Ray Relay titles on Friday, the first day of the meet, at the Tom Black Track on the University of Tennessee campus. Additional Hokie highlights of Friday\'s events include Callan and new NCAA regional qualifier Abbey McGrath breaking their own school records.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Hokie thrower interviews with collegiate track & field website

    Jacobus Smit, a javelin thrower on the Virginia Tech men\'s track & field team was picked by Trackshark to be the featured athlete of the week on the collegiate track & field website. Tom Borish, Trackshark\'s Webmaster and Managing Director, recently sat down with Smit and asked several probing questions about throwing the nation\'s leading mark at his first competition of the season, what his training regiment entails and why he chose to compete for Virginia Tech.
    8 Years Ago - Interview
     
  • Hokie pole vaulter contributes to collegiate track & field website

    Brian Mondschein, a pole vaulter on the Virginia Tech men\'s track & field team has been picked by Trackshark to write a journal concerning his experiences during the 2005 season on the collegiate track & field website. Mondschein\'s season journal can be viewed on Trackshark\'s website located at http://www.trackshark.com/journals/2005/brian_mondschein.php/.
    8 Years Ago - Interview
     
  • Hokies now ranked 18th in Trackwire 25 poll

    Virginia Tech\'s men\'s track & field team ties for the No. 18 spot in the NCAA Division I according to the second edition of the Men\'s Trackwire 25 outdoor poll that was released by Trackwire.com.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Spyridon Jullien Earns ACC Performer of the Week Honors

    Virginia Tech\'s Spyridon Jullien earned Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Performer of the Week honors along with Clemson\'s Ron Richards on the men\'s side. The Tigers\' Gisele Oliveira was honored on the women\'s side.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Three More Hokies qualify for NCAA Regionals at the Clemson Invite

    Tamara Burns, Idikoro Eradiri and Sven Hahn from Virginia Tech\'s track & field teams recorded new NCAA regional qualifying marks at the Clemson Invitational today which was held at the Rock Norman Track and Field Complex.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Hokies Go the Distance at Duke

    Virginia Tech\'s distance runners competed at the Duke Invitational held at the Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C. this weekend.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Virginia Tech Men's Team Moves Up In Top-25 National Poll

    The Virginia Tech men\'s track & field team ties for the No. 16 spot in the NCAA Division I according to the first edition of the Men\'s Trackwire 25 poll that was released by Trackwire.com today.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Spyridon Jullien Breaks the ACC Hammer Throw Record

    Virginia Tech\'s Spyridon Jullien broke the Atlantic Coast Conference hammer throw overall record at the Charlotte Invitational on Saturday which was held at the Irwin Belk Track & Field facility. Jullien (Jr., Athens, Greece) threw the hammer in an NCAA regional qualifying mark of 228\'9\" (69.73m) to break the four-year conference overall record by more than 20 feet at the Charlotte Invitational this past weekend. The previous hammer throw ACC record of 208\'1\" (63.42m) was set by Isaiah Oglesby (NC State) in 2001.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Six Hokies Qualify for NCAA Regionals at Charlotte Invite

    Six Virginia Tech track & field athletes recorded NCAA regional marks at the Charlotte Invitational today which was held at the Irwin Belk Track & Field facility. \"We had a good meet considering the weather conditions,\" said fourth-year head coach Dave Cianelli. \"We had six athletes record NCAA regional marks, several first-place finishers and school records were broken.\"
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Tech Completes First Outdoor Meet of the Season

    The Virginia Tech men\'s and women\'s track & field teams completed competition of the 2005 Adidas Raleigh Relays at the Paul Derr Track & Field Stadium today. One Hokie posted an NCAA regional qualifying mark while other Tech tracksters post good times and marks.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Tech men make history at 2005 NCAA indoor championships

    The Virginia Tech men\'s track & field team tied for 16th place with 14 points out of the 53 teams participating while the Hokie women\'s track & field team tied for 55th place with 2.5 points out of 64 teams at the 2005 NCAA indoor championships at Arkansas. \"We had an awesome weekend,\" exclaimed head coach Dave Cianelli. \"Our men\'s team finished higher than projected and we brought home five All-Americans. All of the coaches are proud of our athletes for stepping up in this tough environment, which was new to some of them, and performing well.\"
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Burns and Norwood Earn All-American Honors

    Two Virginia Tech throwers, Tamara Burns and Ryan Norwood, earned All-American honors on the last day of the 2005 NCAA indoor championships hosted by Arkansas. All-ACC member Burns (Jr., Elm Creek, Neb.) threw the 20 lb. weight 66\'5.25\" (20.25m) for 12th place out of the 18 thrower-field in the event. Burns earned her first NCAA division I All-American honor today because several of the top eight finishers in the women\'s weight throw event are not American born. Ryan Norwood (Sr., Cheyenne, Wyo.), A five-time all-conference selection, placed 11th in the men\'s shot put competition with his throw of 59\'8.25\" (18.19m). Norwood earned his first career All-American honor today because several of the top eight finishers in his event are not American born.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Hokie Saskia Triesscheijn Earns All-American Honors

    Saskia Triesscheijn, a multi-event athlete for Virginia Tech, earned All-American honors today at the 2005 NCAA indoor championships, which are hosted by Arkansas. Triesscheijn (Jr., Berlin, Germany) tied for sixth place with 4,048 points out of the 17 competitor-field in the women\'s indoor pentathlon event.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Spyridon Jullien Wins Virginia Tech's First NCAA Championship

    Spyridon Jullien, a thrower on the Virginia Tech men\'s track & field team, won the schools first national championship today at the 2005 NCAA indoor championships held at Arkansas. He is also the first NCAA champion for the Hokie track & field program. Jullien, the USTCA Indoor Southeast Region Men\'s Athlete of the Year, capped off an amazing indoor season today by winning the men\'s 35 lb. weight throw NCAA title with his throw of 76\'0.75\" (23.18m), which was close to four feet farther than his competitors, at his third NCAA indoor championships. With his win, Jullien earned 10 points for the men\'s team and his fourth All-American honor.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Hokie Brian Mondschein Earns All-American Honors

    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Five Hokies compete to be national champions

    Five Virginia Tech track & field athletes, three men from the No. 22 team and two women, will compete at the NCAA indoor championships this weekend, Mar. 11-12, at Arkansas. \"I feel great about this group of athletes and what they are prepared to do this weekend,\" stated fourth-year head coach Dave Cianelli. \"Our goal is for the men to finish in the top 20 as a team and to bring home as many All-American honors as possible. The top eight finishers in each event are scorers for their team and named All-American.\"
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Jullien Named USTCA Region Men's Indoor Athlete of the Year

    Virginia Tech\'s Spyridon Jullien named USTCA Men\'s Indoor Athlete of the Year for the Southeast region of NCAA Division I track & field announced by the United States Track Coaches Association this week. Jullien (Jr., Athens, Greece) has remained the top men\'s 35 lb. weight throw athlete in the NCAA division I all season long.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Amazing day for Hokies at Tech's Last Chance Invite

    Two Virginia Tech track & field athletes qualified for next weekend\'s NCAA indoor championships while other Hokies broke school records and posted personal bests at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Invitational today on a 200 meter banked track inside the Rector Fieldhouse.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Nine Hokies earn All-ACC honors in indoor track & field

    Nine Virginia Tech track & field athletes earn All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors for their performances at the 2005 ACC indoor championships. The top three finishers in each event at the championships are All-ACC indoor track and field recipients.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Virginia Tech Men Finish 6th, Women Take 9th at ACC Indoor Championships

    Virginia Tech\'s track & field teams completed their first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference indoor championships today at the Eddie Smith Field House on the campus of North Carolina. Tech\'s men\'s team finished in sixth place out of the 11 conference teams with 43.50 points while the Hokie women grabbed ninth with 36.50 points at the championships.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Virginia Tech Claims Two More ACC Track & Field Titles

    Virginia Tech track and field claimed two more ACC titles on the second day of the Atlantic Coast Conference indoor championships at North Carolina. \"We had an outstanding day,\" said head coach Dave Cianelli. \"Our athletes competed well in this tough and new environment. This is the boost we needed before the final day.\"
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Spyridon Jullien Wins ACC Men's Weight Throw Title

    Spyridon Jullien became Virginia Tech\'s first ACC individual champion on the first day of the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships. The championships are held on Dick Taylor Track in Eddie Smith Field House on the campus of North Carolina. Jullien, a junior from Athens, Greece, picked up 10 team points when he won the men\'s 35 lb. weight throw event with his fifth NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 75\'9.50\" (23.10m).
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Virginia Tech Men's Track & Field Takes Over Sole Possession of No. 22

    Virginia Tech\'s men\'s track & field team ranks No. 22nd in the NCAA division I this week\'s Men\'s Trackwire 25 poll that was released by Trackwire.com.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Tech Enjoys Success From Day Two of the VT Challenge

    Virginia Tech\'s track & field teams concluded their fifth and last team meet before next weekend\'s ACC Championships today. Several Hokies won, broke school records and PRed on the second day of the Virginia Tech Challenge.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Distance Relays, Mondschein, Fludd and Jullien Win on first day of VT Challenge

    Virginia Tech\'s track & field teams completed the first day of the the Virginia Tech Challenge, which is held on a 200 meter banked track inside the Rector Fieldhouse on the Tech campus. The Hokies had three individual and two relay teams win. All three of the individual winners are from Tech\'s 22nd ranked men\'s team.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Virginia Tech Hosts the Virginia Tech Challenge

    Virginia Tech\'s track & field teams host the Virginia Tech Challenge starting on Friday, Feb. 11 through Saturday, Feb. 12 on a 200 meter banked track inside the Rector Fieldhouse on the Tech campus.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Virginia Tech Men Tied For No. 22 in the Nation

    Virginia Tech\'s men\'s track & field team tied for the No. 22nd national ranking this week with Kansas State and Nebraska according to the Men\'s Trackwire 25 poll that was released by Trackwire.com.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Four Hokies Win at Carolina Classic

    irginia Tech\'s track & field teams competed at the Carolina Classic today at the Eddie Smith Field House. Four Hokies won their respective events. Three of the four winners today are from Tech\'s No. 25 men\'s team.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Hokie Track & Field Ready For Carolina Classic

    Virginia Tech\'s track & field teams compete at the Carolina Classic, it\'s fourth indoor meet of the season, on Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Eddie Smith Field House.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Important Information About the Virginia Tech Challenge Meet

    Due to time constraints and the large number of collegiate teams that are being allowed to participate this year, we have closed the meet to non-collegiate athletes. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If there are any questions please contact Dave Cianelli (540) 231-3094 or Melinda Sallins (540)-231-5537.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Virginia Tech Adds Lawrence Johnson To The Track Staff

    Virginia Tech announces the hiring of Lawrence Johnson to the track and field coaching staff. Johnson will coach Tech\'s men and women sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers. He replaces Terry Winston who is now an assistant coach at Arizona State.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Hahn Wins the Shot Put at the Clemson Invitational

    Virginia Tech\'s Sven Hahn won the shot put competition today at the Clemson Invitational, which was held at the Clemson Indoor Track and Field Facility. Virginia Tech\'s No. 23 men\'s team didn\'t disappoint this weekend as two NCAA qualifiers battled it out for the shot put title. Hahn overtook teammate Ryan Norwood for first place to capture the win.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Virginia Tech Invitational Results From Day Two

    Virginia Tech had one winner, one NCAA qualifier and several top 10 performances on the last day of the Virginia Tech Invitational, which took place on a 200 meter banked track inside the Rector Field House on the Tech campus.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Jullien and Mahony Shatter School Records On First Day of Virginia Tech Invite

    The first day of the Virginia Tech Invitational concluded with two Tech athletes breaking their own school records and several Hokies finishing in the top 10 in their respective events. The invite is held on a 200 meter banked track inside the Rector Field House on the Tech campus.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Virginia Tech Track & Field Hosts First Indoor Meet of the Season

    Virginia Tech\'s track & field teams host the Virginia Tech Invitational starting on Friday, Jan 14 through Saturday, Jan. 15 on a 200 meter banked track inside the Rector Fieldhouse on the Tech campus.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Tech Hires New Assistant Distance Coach

    Virginia Tech\'s Director of Track & Field, Dave Cianelli, announces the addition of Stacey Vidt to the coaching staff. Vidt, a Tech alum, begins her coaching career this winter as the assistant distance coach. She replaces Mary Jayne Harrelson who is now training full-time in Tennessee for competitions.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Hokie Track & Field Coach Earns Promotion

    Greg Jack begins his fourth season at Virginia Tech as the new associate head men\'s track and field coach. The past three years Jack has been the Hokie throws coach. Dave Cianelli, director of track and field, said, \"Greg Jack has earned this promotion as a result of his tremendous work ethic in building our throws program to a national level. We will continue to seek and develop high level throwers here at Virginia Tech because of Coach Jack.\"
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • Hokies Break Four School Indoor Records and Qualify Four to NCAA\'s

    The Virginia Tech track & field teams began the 2004-05 indoor season with four Hokies breaking school records and four athletes qualifying for the NCAA Championships at the Clemson Opener on Friday and the VMI Invitational today. At the Clemson Opener, Spyridon Jullien (Jr., Athens, Greece) won the men\'s weight throw competition with an NCAA automatic mark of 71\'11\". He also broke his own school record and set a new personal best and Clemson indoor track & field facility record in the throw.
    8 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Tech Begins the Indoor Season at Clemson

    Virginia Tech's track & field teams begin the 2004-05 indoor season at the Clemson Opener on Friday, Dec. 3. The meet will be held at the Clemson indoor track & field complex and is slated to begin at 1 p.m. with the women's weight throw and men's 3000m run, and end with the women's 4x400m relay at 8:50 p.m.
    8 Years Ago - News
     
  • 2004 VHSL AA Cross Country Runner-Up Commits To Tech

    Tasmin Fanning, the 2004 VHSL AA cross country runner-up, signed a national letter of intent to compete in the 2005-06 cross country and track seasons at Virginia Tech during the early signing period on Nov. 10-12, announced the Hokie track staff.
    9 Years Ago - News
     
  • Tech women finish 10th; Hokie men take 14th at NCAA Regionals

    Jessica Fanning led the Virginia Tech women's cross country team to a 10th place finish and earned all-region honors for her top-25 performance in the NCAA Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships hosted by East Carolina University today at Lake Kristi. The Hokie men tied for 14th place out of 29 teams, which is one place higher than they finished last year.
    9 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Fanning leads Hokies into NCAA Regionals

    Virginia Tech's cross country teams will compete in the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships hosted by East Carolina University on Saturday, November 13. "Our goals for the regional championships are to finish in top-ten as a team on both sides and have three women finish in the top-30 and five men place in the top-60," said head coach Ben Thomas.
    9 Years Ago - News
     
  • Fanning Becomes Virginia Tech's First All-ACC Cross Country Runner

    Freshman Jessica Fanning, Virginia Tech\'s first All-ACC cross country runner, led the women\'s team to a seventh place finish in its first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference Cross Country Championships hosted by the University of Maryland today. The Hokie men finished ninth out of the 11 conference teams with 249 points.
    9 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Hokies Ready For Their First-Ever ACC XC Championships

    Virginia Tech men\'s and women\'s cross country teams will compete in its first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Oct. 30. This year\'s conference championships is hosted by the University of Maryland. The women\'s race will start at 10 a.m. followed by the men\'s race at 11 a.m. on the University of Maryland Golf Course, which is across the street from Byrd Stadium.
    9 Years Ago - News
     
  • Tech Men and Women Place in the Top-Ten at the Chile Pepper Invite

    Virginia Tech women's cross country team claimed sixth place while the Hokie men finished tenth in the 31 team field at the Chile Pepper Invitational hosted Arkansas today. Freshman Jessica Fanning (Charlottesville, Va.) was the first Hokie to cross the finish line in the six kilometer women's race in eighth place out of the 245 runner field with a time of 21:04.7. Fanning had the only Tech top-ten finish of the day.
    9 Years Ago - Meet Summary
     
  • Hokies' Jessica Morris Captures First Meet Win of Her Career

    Virginia Tech senior Jessica Morris (Coatesville, Pa.) captured her first collegiate meet win and led the Hokie women to their second victory of the season at the Bobcat Invitational on Saturday.
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  • Hokies to Run In Bobcat Invite

    Fresh off from their second week of no competition, the Virginia Tech men's and women's cross country teams are slated to run in the Bobcat Invite Part VII with host Lees-McRae College, Appalachian State and Warren Wilson College on Saturday, October 2 in Banner Elk, N.C.
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  • Virginia Tech Cross Country Teams Claim First Place

    Virginia Tech men's and women's cross country teams claimed first place in their season-opening meet, Festival in the Fields, at the Tech Cross Country Course today.
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  • Virginia Tech Track and Field Signs Six Student-Athletes

    Virginia Tech director of track and field and cross country Dave Cianelli has announced six more members of his 2004 recruiting class with the signing of six student-athletes, all middle-distance runners.
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  • Virginia Tech Track and Field Opens the Outdoor Season at the Tar Heel Opener

    The Virginia Tech men's and women's track and field teams kicked off the outdoor portion of its season at today's Tar Heel Opener. The meet saw a limited number of Hokies compete in the low-key early season event.
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  • Virginia Tech's Men Finish Fifth, Women 12th at the BIG EAST Championships

    The Virginia Tech men's and women's track and field teams wrapped up their final BIG EAST Indoor Championships with a fifth place finish for the men and a 12th place performance from the women. The men ended up with 57 points while the women scored 22 points. Connecticut won the men's competition with 160 while Miami successfully defended their women's title with 170 points.
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  • Virginia Track & Field Signs Four Student-Athletes

    Virginia Tech director of track and field Dave Cianelli has announced the first members of his 2004 recruiting class with the signing of four student-athletes during the early signing period.
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  • Virginia Tech Women Finish Sixth, Men Ninth at the Big East Meet

    The Virginia Tech women's cross country team made the most of its BIG EAST swan song, finishing sixth with 144 points at the BIG EAST Championships, held today at historic Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y. Meanwhile, the men's team came in ninth with 250 points in the 12-team field. Notre Dame captured the women's title with 59 points, while Georgetown won the men's race with 29 points.
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