Track

Lady Vikings qualify for state meet

By Rick Henly on Sunday, March 7th, 2010

The Huntington North Lady Vikings competed in the Indiana Wesleyan Qualifier for the 2010 Hoosier State Relays on Friday evening with the following results:

One indiividual and one relay qualified for finals by bettering the standard for their events.

Jessica Huey qualified in the high jump with an effort of 5'2" bettering the standard of 5' and finishing in a tie for second place... Read More...

HU competes on the track at Anderson

By Rick Henly on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Submitted by Joanne Green

Track & Field – 2/13
The Foresters competed in a non-scored indoor track meet at Anderson University on Saturday.  The men claimed three first place finishes and the women brought home one.

On the men's side, Kameron Bailey won the 200 meters with a time of 23... Read More...

Forester track teams in Ohio Invite

By Rick Henly on Monday, January 18th, 2010

Submitted by Joanne Green

Track & Field – 1/15
The Forester men's and women's track teams competed at the Ohio Northern University Invitational and placed fourth and fifth respectively in the team standings.

In women's action, Michelle Kyler established a new Huntington record in the pole vault by going 10-06... Read More...

Track Club places at AAU Nationals

By Rick Henly on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Submitted by Jeff Young

The Huntington Track Club competed at the AAU Nationals in Des Moines, Iowa on August 4 and August 6th.

Molly Parker of Huntington, tied for 6th place out of 40 participants in the Sub-Youth Girls High Jump ( 13 yr old) age group... Read More...

Track club participates in Qualifier

By Rick Henly on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Submitted by Jeff Young

The Huntington Track Club had 7 area athletes participate in the AAU Area 10 National Qualifier  Track and Field Championship Meet this past weekend,  July 18 -19  at  Morton High School, Hammond, IN... Read More...

Huntington Track Club places in AAU Meet

By Rick Henly on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Huntington Track Club – AAU Indiana District Championship Meet

The Huntington Track Club had 12 area athletes participate in the AAU Indiana District Track and Field Championship Meet this past weekend,  June 27 & 28  at Morton High School, Hammond, IN... Read More...

Lady Vikings Track Interview

By Jeff Hoover on Monday, June 15th, 2009

HuntingtonFreePress interviewed members of the Lady Vikings' Track team last week at Coffee d`Vine discussing the results of the season and future plans of the participants.  Alyssa Hurlburt discussed her trip to the State Track meet in Bloomington where she competed in the Long Jump. Alli Harris discussed her let down in the Discus and her amazing finish in the Shot Put at the Sectional meet... Read More...

Lady Vikings Track Banquet

By Jeff Hoover on Thursday, June 11th, 2009

The Lady Vikes track team celebrated their successful season with a spring sports banquet last week. Several honors were bestowed on the athletes and on Coach Don Cotton. Cotton won the NCC Women's Track Coach of the Year and NCC Overall Women's Coach of the Year completing his 40th year of coaching track at the middle school and high school level with 25 years as girls’ varsity track coach... Read More...

Hollywood finish for Hurlburt? Not quite

By Jeff Hoover on Sunday, June 7th, 2009

The drama from the Boys' State Track meet continued into the Girls' meet this Saturday evening with Alyssa Hurlburt's performance in the Long Jump. The Long Jump event started out with four flights of jumpers with a total of 29 participants.  The top ten participants move on to the finals giving the jumpers three more chances to improve their mark... Read More...

Drabenstot fourth at State

By Jeff Hoover on Friday, June 5th, 2009

According to Assistant Coach Hines, the Huntington North Vikings had an exciting State Championship Track meet in Bloomington this Friday evening filled with drama, elbows and missed placed hurdles. All started off well with Senior Rex Drabenstot leading the Vikes by placing fourth in the shot put with a throw of 57' 1" just a foot and half behind the winner, Aris Allen from North Side... Read More...

At Coffee D Vine with Nick and Lauren

By Jeff Hoover on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

NAIA Track and Field All-American athletes Lauren Davenport and Nick Johnson met with HuntingtonFreePress on June 2nd at Coffee D’Vine taking time out of their busy schedules to discuss their experiences at Huntington University in the athletic realm... Read More...

Four Vikes going to State

By Jeff Hoover on Friday, May 29th, 2009

May 28th - The Huntington North Vikes placed an impressive sixth place in the Fort Wayne Regional's on Thursday with four individuals moving on to the state meet in Bloomington on June 5th. Rex Drabenstot was the sole Regional champ for the Vikes in the Shot Put with a toss of 55' 9... Read More...

Hurlburt makes it to State

By Jeff Hoover on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

On Tuesday May 26th, the Huntington North Lady Vikes placed eighth in the Northrop Regionals. Seniors Alyssa Hurlburt and Tayah Kline led the Vikings by scoring six points each. Hurlburt finished third and met the minimum qualification in the Long Jump to qualify for the state meet at Indiana University... Read More...

HU Women's Track at NAIA Championship

By Jeff Hoover on Monday, May 25th, 2009

The Huntington University Women's Track team competed in the "National" NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week in Edwardsville, Illinois. Lauren Davenport led the Lady Foresters by placing fourth in the 800m Run improving on her school record with a time of 2:07... Read More...

HU Men's Track at NAIA Championship

By Jeff Hoover on Monday, May 25th, 2009

The Huntington University Men's Track team competed in the "National" NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week in Edwardsville, Illinois. Nick Johnson led the team by placing fourth in the 5000 meter run with a time of 14:43... Read More...