The Murray State men’s and women’s cross country teams earned a pair of wins against Austin Peay State and Bethel Friday at the Austin Peay Invitational in Clarksville, Tenn. The women finished with a perfect score and took every spot from first to fifth place and the men took first and second place. Individually the Read More
With a heat index of 100 degrees, the Racers still came out strong at the Eastern Illinois University Walt Crawford Invitational in Charleston, Ill. The women finished second and the men finished third overall. Individually, the women were led by sophomore Alicyn Hester, who finished in sixth with a time of 19:15.27. She was followed Read More
Head Coach Jenny Severns has a positive outlook for the rest of the cross country season after the August 29 meet at the Belmont Opener. “I think Belmont was a good start and a good meet for a lot of the newcomers,” Severns said, “there has been a big improvement in everyone and I believe Read More
Head Coach Jenny Severns said she’s been pleasantly surprised at the attitude and mentality of the cross country team coming back from Summer Break. “For the most part, people came in really fit and I think the returners came in a lot more motivated than they have in the past,” Severns said. “I think we’re Read More
With the spring semester comes track and field season, and the Racers have already begun practicing for their first meet. Head Coach Jenny Severns has been making the team formally practice together for about a week. Severns said she was not allowed to make practice mandatory over Winter Break, which means the first few weeks Read More
The end of the fall semester has seen a number of new student-athletes sign the dotted line and become Racers. JayQuan McCloud kicked things off for the men’s basketball team when he signed his national letter of intent earlier this month. The 6-foot-2-inch guard and North Chicago, Ill., native is playing his final year for Read More
The cross-country team ran for the last time this season in Morehead, Ky., when it competed in the OVC Championships Nov. 3. The women took fifth, dropping one spot from last year’s finish. The men’s team improved from last year’s placement, taking eighth in the competition. It was the highest finish they’ve ever had under Read More
The cross-country team ran against 37 other schools last weekend in the Bradley “Pink” Classic in Peoria, Ill., to honor all those affected by breast cancer. While most runners had their number posted on a pink bib, the Racers stood out by wearing all-pink uniforms. Head Coach Jenny Severns said it was easy to support Read More