Official account of Marquette University Track & Field/Cross Country.
@BIGEAST
CHAMPS - Women: 2016 & 2017 In/Out; Men: 2016 & 2018 Outdoor. WE ARE MARQUETTE!!
NEW SCHOOL RECORD! Women's 55m Hurdles!
@juruokwaramoi
smashes the 28 yr old record with a winning time of 8.10! The previous record was held by Chris Spindler set in 1993.
#gotafterit
SCHOOL RECORDβΌοΈ
Megan Wallace breaks the school record in the heptathlon after running a time of 2:24.26 in the 800. Megan finishes with a final score of 5340 and takes third place!
#gotafterit
SCHOOL RECORD Men's Heptathlon!
@Joe_Keezer
scores 5241 to win at the Univ. Of Chicago! Joe breaks the old record set by training partner
@richscrambled
by running a PR the final event to take victory!
Junior Daniel Armstrong clearing a lifetime best 2.21m / 7-3 to win the High Jump at UW-Parkside on Friday evening. That mark is
#2
in MU history and currently ranks Daniel
#2
in the nation!
#gotafterit
A big squat PR for
@MadyMarko
145kg / 319lbs!! That is the most put up by a female sprinter/jumper/hurdler in the time that strength coach Dan Kant-Hull has been testing squat maxes at MU!
#gotafterit
Senior Daniel Armstrong (pictured with his father) soars over 2.22 / 7-3.25 to take the win on the High Jump at Milwaukee! That jump is currently tied for
#13
in the NCAA, is a new Klotsche Center fieldhouse record, is a new indoor PR and ranks
#2
in MU history!
#gotafterit
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@lmmirkes
clearing a lifetime best 1.76m / 5-9.25 to win the High Jump at
@BadgerTrackXC
tonight in Madison! That jump is
#2
in MU history and is currently ranked 22nd in the NCAA West Region!
#gotafterit
Weβd like to welcome distance runner Matt Moravec to the MUTFXC program! A Dowers Grove, Illinois native and Downers Grove North HS grad.
#WeAreMarquette
Itβs a PR and new school record for Julie Clayton (
@JuJuClayClay
) in the pole vault with a height of 3.93 meters!
She sets the new Klotsche Center record as well.
NEW SCHOOL RECORD Men's 400m!
@wrightjulian84
(pictured on the right below) rolls to a PR and new school record 48.24 at GVSU! In the same race was
@ZachariahM73
who led early and finished with a big PR 48.41
#4AT
!
#gotafterit
ποΈTicket Punched!ποΈ
Daniel Armstrong is headed to his first NCAA Championship meet as entries were officially declared tonight! Congrats to Daniel and good luck in College Station.
#giddyup
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#getafterit
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#WeAreMarquette
Full Release:
This freshman can fly π¨π¨
Julian Wright (
@wrightjulian84
) clinches his spot in the finals tomorrow with a time of 21.82, which is an MU freshman record and No. 2β£ all-time!
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#GotAfterIt
Jefferson Osunkwo takes 2nd in the triple jump!
Jefferson set a lifetime best on his final jump with a mark of 14.47/47-5.75 and moves up to
#7
all time!
A big warm MUTFXC welcome to distance runner Mallory Lefever.Β She hails from Bettendorf, Iowa and a standout at Pleasant Valley HS.
#Welcome
#WeAreMarquette
Sophomore Daniel Armstrong clearing 2.17m / 7-1.5 PR
#2AT
to win the high jump at Notre Dame on Friday. That mark is
#3
in the nation after the first weekend of competition.
#gotafterit
MU Cross Country Coach Mike Nelson will head to Monmouth University to become the Director of Track and Field/Cross Country.
Thanks for a great 12 years at MU and best of luck!
#WeAreMarquette
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#MarquetteTFXC
Mitchell Van Vooren smashes the school record and qualifies to Friday's quarterfinal in the 400 Hurdles at the NCAA Preliminary Rounds in Sacramento! A big PR time of 51.38!
#gotafterit
2019 BIG EAST Indoors by the numbers:
60 personnel records
25 all-time top ten list marks
20 podium placers
6 individual champions
3 school records
2 freshman records
1 team trophy
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Daniel Armstrong has qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships for the second time in the men's high jump. He'll compete on Saturday, March 9 in Birmingham, Alabama.
#WeAreMarquette
Senior Marquis Ward winning the BIG EAST Triple Jump championship on his 6th and final jump. His jump of 15.31 / 50-2.75 ties his PR and is
#2
in MU history!
#gotafterit
Joe Keys rolls to a first place finish in the 1000m and the menβs heptathlon. Keys sets a new MU and
@BIGEAST
record for the heptathlon with 5853 points! Keysβ score currently ranks 5th nationally!
#gotafterit
Junior Daniel Armstrong currently ranked
#2
in the county after clearing a lifetime best 2.21m / 7-3 to win the High Jump at UW-Parkside this afternoon!
#gotafterit
Sophomore Samuel Johnson is the first Golden Eagle to ever win the men's triple jump at the
@BIGEASTchamps
outdoors. His distance puts him 16th in the NCAA West Region and No. 2 all-time in MU history.
#WeAreMarquette
Congratulations to our 1β£3β£ women's cross country and track & field student-athletes to earn 4β£.0β£ GPA's in the classroom last semester!
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#MUTFXC
What an accomplished senior class! Proud to honor such a great group on Friday night under the lights. A combined six
@BIGEAST
team titles over the last four years.
Not done yet!
#WeAreMarquette
Women's 400m Hurdles Final:
@juruokwaramoi
places 2nd in a CLOSE finish. Her time of 1:01.10 is a PR and
#2
in MU history!
@addyhavens
hit the 3rd hurdle and fell. Despite the fall she recovered to to a strong finish for 8th!
#guts
#gotafterit
Senior Kendall Pfrimmer rolls to a 35 second outdoor PR and a lifetime best 16:34.20 in the 5,000m at Mt. SAC! That time is
#3
in MU history!
#gotafterit
π BIG EAST CHAMPION! (Event moved indoors)
@ttop_ontop
with a MONSTER triple jump PR 12.60 / 41-4.25, tying Peppur Chambers' school record (under all conditions)! Terica wins her 2nd-straight
#BIGEAST
outdoor TJ title.
#gotafterit
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#WeAreMarquette
Samuel Johnson becomes the first MU athlete to win the men's long jump at the indoor
@BIGEASTchamps
. His penultimate leap of 7.15 meters won the event.
#WeAreMarquette
Congrats to future
@MUTFXC
athlete
@alex_lesperance
on 3 PRβs last night at the WIAA Sectional Meet. Alex won the long jump (24β2β), 100m (10.71) and 200m (21.89). His jump tops the state of WI!
Women's High Jump Finals:
Junior Lindsey Mirkes (
@lmmirkes
) is the BIG EAST Indoor Champion in the high jump!
It's her first time winning an individual conference title as a Golden Eagle.
#WeAreMarquette
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#GotAfterIt
π½π¨ SCHOOL RECORD π¨π½
WOMENβS POLE VAULT!
@BrielleBuechler
soars over 3.88 / 12-8.75 at UW-Whitewater to take the victory and the new record! That mark breaks the previous record of 3.87 / 12-8.25 set in 2018 by
@JuJuClayClay
#gotafterit
#flylikeaneagle