The Skinny on weekend action for Virginia’s baseball, track and field, women’s tennis, softball, men’s golf and men’s tennis teams
The two-day Virginia Challenge concluded Saturday night with Cavalier track and field athletes competing in fan favorite events.
Steady rain forced Cavalier track and field athletes into University Hall Tuesday where they continued practicing. Runners warmed up in the underground tunnels, while jumpers and throwers assembled in a vaulted space known as “The Cage,” training for the important home meet, the Virginia Challenge, only three days out.
“That 16-pound ball seems weightless when I’m spinning it around and when the wire leaves my hands,” Young said. “A good hammer throw is such a satisfying feeling. That ball goes a long way, and it’s kind of effortless.”
Virginia track and field made another stride forward Friday and Saturday in California.
Nine Cavalier track and field athletes competed at the Fred Hardy Invitational in Richmond on Friday. This Virginia unit was comprised of five freshmen, three sophomores, and one junior.
“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for track and field, baseball, men’s lacrosse, softball, women’s lacrosse, men’s golf, women’s tennis and men’s tennis
On Saturday afternoon, the Cavalier track and field program hosted its first outdoor meet of 2015 — the Virginia Cup.
It is a few minutes before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17. Coach Bryan Fetzer stands by the fence around Lannigan Field as a couple of ROTC stragglers chug around the track.
Six athletes from the men’s Cavalier track and field team competed in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the NCAA Indoor Championships over the weekend. At the end of competition, Virginia found itself in 23rd place – the top finish among ACC schools.
Sophomore Jordan Young set the tone Thursday. Young’s weight throw of 22.92 meters — 1.56 meters farther than any of his opponents’ — shattered his own school record and secured a first-place finish.
The Skinny on weekend competition for Virginia’s baseball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s basketball and track and field teams.
Eight track and field athletes represented Virginia in three separate events at the Alex Wilson Invitational on Saturday in South Bend, Indiana.
Cavalier track and field athletes competed at a pair of Feb. 13-14 meets: the Don Kirby Elite Meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa.
The Skinny on weekend competition for Virginia’s track and field, men’s tennis, softball, women’s basketball, women’s golf and wrestling teams
Twenty-four track and field athletes traveled to Blacksburg for the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet on Feb. 6 and 7.
Select members of the Virginia track and field team competed in Boston, Massachusetts at the John Thomas Terrier Classic over the weekend. Many East Coast schools participated in both field and running events, but the Cavaliers only took part in the latter.
The Skinny on weekend competition for the Virginia indoor track and field, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s basketball and wrestling teams. A full preview for men’s basketball is available online and in Thursday’s issue of The Cavalier Daily.
Arriving in Lexington, Kentucky last Friday, the Cavalier track and field team understood the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet would be a test.
With a loss to Miami Wednesday night, Virginia fell to 0-3 on the road against ACC opponents, but the team hopes to bounce back against Georgia Tech at home, where the Cavaliers are 10-1 this season.
