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More Travels: ASU senior Samantha Henderson flops over the high bar at the ASU Invite in Tempe on March 26. The Sun Devils travel to the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. on Thursday for the team’s only meet outside Arizona besides the championship season. (Photo by Aaron Lavinsky)

Fun atmosphere awaits track in Calif.

A week after hosting their signature event in the 32nd Sun Angel Classic, ASU will be competing in the 53rd annual Mount San Antonio College Relays in Walnut, Calif.

By Zach Cavanagh | April 13, 2011

Track shines at Sun Angel Classic

The ASU track and field team’s signature home event went off without a hitch on Friday and Saturday.

By Zach Cavanagh | April 10, 2011

Track hosts 1500 high school athletes at Sun Angel Classic

The ASU track and field program does its part when it hosts its signature event with the 32nd Sun Angel Classic at Sun Angel Stadium.

By Zach Cavanagh | April 7, 2011

Youth Movement: Redshirt freshman Roger Dolan gets ready to release the discus at the ASU Invite in Tempe on March 26. The Sun Devils are reloading their roster, which has 47 athletes in their first or second season of NCAA competition. (Photo by Aaron Lavinsky)

Youth influx takes over the oval

The Sun Devils have 47 athletes in their first or second year of NCAA competition, including 30 freshmen and 20 true freshmen.

By Zach Cavanagh | April 6, 2011

Multi athletes climb top-10 lists

Four Sun Devils, two men and two women, finished in the top five of their multi event competition at the Jim Clark Multis in Tucson.

By Zach Cavanagh | April 3, 2011

Multi-faceted: ASU senior Samantha Henderson stretches to clear the bar during the ASU Invitational on Saturday. Henderson is one of five ASU heptathletes looking to qualify for the postseason on Thursday and Friday. (Photo by Aaron Lavinsky)

Multi event athletes aim to set high early season marks

The versatility and consistency needed of the women’s heptathletes and the men’s decathletes will be front and center at the Jim Click Multis in Tucson on Thursday and Friday.

By Zach Cavanagh | March 30, 2011

High marks: ASU freshman Bryan McBride arches over the bar during the high jump competition at the ASU Invitational on Saturday. McBride finished second in the high jump with a height of 2.1 meters. (Photo by Aaron Lavinsky)

Track claims several victories at ASU Invitational

While the season is long and the successes have so far been numerous, the ASU track and field team has continually found ways to improve its marks.

By Zach Cavanagh | March 27, 2011

Back Under the Sun: ASU junior Jamie Sandys attempts the long jump at the Baldy Castillo Invitational on Saturday in Tempe. Both the men’s and women’s track teams split between the ASU Invitational in Tempe and the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif., this weekend. (Photo by Beth Easterbrook)

Track and field splits between ASU Invite, Stanford Invite

The ASU track and field team gets back to work with the second weekend of the outdoor season as the Sun Devils host the ASU Invitational and travel to Palo Alto, Calif., for the Stanford Invitational.

By Zach Cavanagh | March 24, 2011

Fresh start: ASU freshman Sarah Geren works on relay handoffs during a practice in Tempe on March 9. The Sun Devils opened the outdoor track season with the Baldy Castillo Invitational this past weekend. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Outdoor season gives track more opportunities

While the indoor season was a successful one for several athletes, it only seems appropriate for the ASU track and field team to end the indoor season and go outside.

By Zach Cavanagh | March 21, 2011

Sun Devils send 7 to indoor championships

Seven members of the ASU track and field team have earned that final right to compete at the NCAA Indoor Track Championships on Friday and Saturday at Gillman Indoor Track Stadium in College Station, Texas.

By Zach Cavanagh | March 10, 2011

Seven ASU track athletes qualify for nationals

Seven athletes qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships, highlighted by the women’s sprinters.

By Zach Cavanagh | March 7, 2011

Final shot: ASU senior Samantha Henderson clears a hurdle during practice earlier in the season. The Sun Devils who haven’t qualified for the indoor national championships yet will get one more attempt at the Last Chance Meet in Iowa. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Last Chance Meet pressures track for indoor nationals

With the regular portion of the indoor season completed, some members of the ASU track and field team are getting one final shot to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

By Zach Cavanagh | March 2, 2011

Sprinter Chaney grabs two MPSF titles

With a title in the 200-meter and 400-meter dash, Jasmine Chaney helped the ASU women to a fourth-place finish at the MSPF championships in Seattle.

By Zach Cavanagh | February 28, 2011

Midseason test: ASU sophomores Keia Pinnick and Christabel Nettey work on hurdles during a practice earlier in the season. The Sun Devils travel to Seattle for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships this weekend. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Track using MPSF Championships as ‘steppingstone’

The No. 20 women’s team and the unranked men’s team will be going up against the top teams in the western United States, but none of the Sun Devils are changing their mindset.

By Zach Cavanagh | February 23, 2011

Clean Sweep: ASU junior Jamie Sandys races down the track during a practice earlier this season. Both the men’s and women’s teams dominated at the Lumberjack Invitational this past weekend, winning 13 individual events. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Track sweeps Lumberjack Invite

The ASU track and field team finished on top of the men’s and women’s team standings and won 13 individual events, including five event sweeps.

By Zach Cavanagh | February 21, 2011

Track continues hot start at Texas A&M Conference Challenge

The ASU track and field team was led once again by redshirt senior Jasmine Chaney and the women’s sprinters at the Texas A&M Conference Challenge in College Station, Texas, over the weekend.

By Zach Cavanagh | February 14, 2011

High-caliber competition awaits track in Texas

The Conference Challenge will be a great preview in terms of competition and should give the Sun Devils a feel for the venue that will host the NCAA Championship.

By Zach Cavanagh | February 10, 2011

Helping Hand: ASU graduate student Casey Fonnesbeck works on his shot put during practice on Tuesday. The Illinois graduate is currently working on a master’s degree in higher education at ASU. (Photo by Sierra Smith)

Track’s Fonnesbeck just wants to help you

When you see a 6-foot-5-inch, 290 pound man with a grizzled chin hurling 15- to 20-pound metal balls at Sun Angel Stadium, you might be slightly intimidated. But you don’t have to be.

By Zach Cavanagh | February 9, 2011

Track again returns from New Mexico with personal bests

It was déjà vu all over again for the ASU track and field team over the weekend.

By Zach Cavanagh | February 7, 2011

Track splits between Flagstaff, Albuquerque

After a record-breaking and list-climbing meet last weekend in New Mexico, the ASU track and field team looks forward to having an equally successful weekend.

By Zach Cavanagh | February 2, 2011

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