Reading Time: 4 minutes Akwasi Frimpong became Africa’s first black male skeleton athlete in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. His journey, from growing up in a hut in Kumasi, Ghana to joining his mother in the Netherlands at the age of eight and eventually finding his way to Utah Valley University can be a beacon of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes After holding a commanding lead after day one on Feb. 27 over four-peat champions Grand Canyon University, the men’s team competed well individually. But, couldn’t bring the team score together for the win on day two, Feb. 28. Overall, the UVU men took second and the women took fourth at Jackson Track in Boise, Idaho.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Following a two week break from competition the Utah Valley University track and field teams ventured to Colorado Springs on Feb. 7 for the Air Force Team Challenge. The Wolverines finished third on the men’s team and fourth for the women in a day that the feared distance squads raced at Idaho State. Several individuals shined during the weekend meet bringing continued pride to UVU.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Boise State hosted Utah Valley University and several other local teams at their annual Ed Jacoby indoor track meet on Jan. 24-25. The meet was by far the biggest so far for the Wolverines as they competed against 20 other teams. The Wolverines —who performed well over the weekend — showed that they’ll be able to compete as a complete team to potentially win the WAC championship next month.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Lynch recently finished up his final cross country season in 2019, a year where he dominated statistically. He ended the WAC season repeating in the 8K race at the WAC Championships and took home WAC Men’s Athlete of the Year honors for the second consecutive season. His victory helped the men’s team win the championship for the fifth time in seven years.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah Valley University track and field came into the Brigham Young University indoor invite on Jan. 9-11, with two things in mind. First, to compete against their rival in-state universities and second, to get a good idea of how things could shape up this indoor track season. The Wolverines accomplished both, leaving no doubt that the team has been working hard over the holiday season.
Reading Time: 2 minutes It has been nearly seven months to the day that the Utah Valley University track and field teams won the WAC championship on the men’s side and took second for the women. With another championship in mind, the team ventured to Weber State University on Dec. 6-7, to commence their indoor season. Though the meet wasn’t scored, the Wolverines showed some great potential on both the men’s and women’s teams.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Finishing with a score of 288 points, the UVU men’s track and field team took first and earned the title of WAC champions at the WAC Outdoor Championships, held March 9-11. The score broke records for most points scored in WAC Championship history, set in 1991 by BYU, and most points scored in any WAC […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Duvinston and Krauss take first and second in the high jump UVU track and field athletes earned a total 12 first-place finishes out of a possible 39 at the Wildcat Invitational and the Utah Spring Classic, held April 12-13. In the high jump, freshmen Jeffrey Duvinston and Seth Krauss placed first and second respectively. Duvinston […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes “I’d love to finish strong,” said Daven Russell, a fifth-year senior on the UVU track and field team. “I do have a few partially torn ligaments in my wrist and a bruised bone, but I still want to finish this strong.” Russell’s injuries do not seem to be slowing him down as he enters the […]