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Eastern Illinois men's and women's track opened the indoor season on Friday hosting the EIU Early Bird meet against Indiana State and Southeast Missouri at the Lantz Indoor Fieldhouse. EIU had ten first place finishes.

Dec 7th 2012, 9:21pm 1K views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments

Indoor Track Season Begins On Friday

Eastern Illinois track gets underway on Friday as the Panthers host the pre-holiday break Early Bird Meet at Lantz Indoor Fieldhouse. EIU is coming off its fourth straight OVC Indoor Track Championship in both men's and women's track.

Dec 6th 2012, 10:52am 966 views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments

EIU Athletes NCAA Woman Of The Year Nominees

Eastern Illinois Megan Gingerich and Bridget Sanchez have been selected as the Ohio Valley Conference's nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. The award will be announced at the Woman of the Year Awards Dinner in Indianapolis on October 14.

Aug 2nd 2012, 10:53am 547 views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments

Track Teams Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic

Eastern Illinois track and field teams were named to the list of USTFCCCA All-Academic teams covering the 2011-12 academic year. The EIU women posted a 3.26 team GPA for the school year while the EIU men posted a 3.08 team GPA.

Jul 27th 2012, 12:54pm 549 views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments

Track Athletes Earn USTFCCCA Honors

Four members of the Eastern Illinois track and field team have earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors as handed out by the organization. Megan Gingerich, Jade Riebold, Abigail Schmitz and Britney Whitehead were all recognized by the USTFCCCA.

Jul 26th 2012, 7:20pm 558 views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments

Sanchez Second Team Academic All-District

Eastern Illinois senior track and field athlete Bridget Sanchez has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District 5 second team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

May 31st 2012, 9:38pm 555 views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments

Women's Track/Cross Country Add Four

Eastern Illinois director of track and field Tom Akers has announced the addition of four athletes to the Panther women's roster for next season. Joining the team will be Katelyn Duckett, Quincy Knolhoff, Angelica Anyaogu and Amanda Sanchez.

May 21st 2012, 2:13pm 504 views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments

Sanchez Named Arthur Ashe Award Finalist

Eastern Illinois senior track athlete Bridget Sanchez was named one of ten female finalists for the 2012 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award. The winners will be profiled in the May 24, 2012 edition of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazin...

Apr 20th 2012, 3:26pm 514 views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments

Boey, Riebold Qualify For National Championships

One athlete will be looking for a repeat All-American performance while another will be making history as Eastern Illinois placed two athletes in this weekend's NCAA Indoor Track & Field National Championships set for Nampa, Idaho.

Mar 5th 2012, 7:53pm 459 views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments

EIU Finds Success At NCAA Last Chance

Eastern Illinois sent a select group of track and field athletes to NCAA Last Chance meets with the Panthers appearing to have two athletes set to qualify for the NCAA National Championships in Boise, Idaho.

Mar 3rd 2012, 3:59pm 450 views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments