Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net Laura Hollander’s undefeated season was a dream in the making for the freshman. But Oregon senior and former Mission Prep high star Jordan Hasay spoiled that dream to some degree at the NCAA West Regional cross country championships on Friday. Hollander finished runner-up to Hasay at Seattle’s Jefferson Park Golf […]
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Men’s, women’s cross country teams sweep conference championships
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams continued their dominant seasons with each finishing first place in the Big West Cross Country Championships at the UC Riverside Ag/Ops course on Saturday morning. True freshman Laura Hollander paced the field once again on the women’s side, covering the 6-kilometer course in a record-breaking 19 minutes, […]
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Laura Hollander: from high school phenom to collegiate elite
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net Laura Hollander stared straight at motivation during the brief instance she lay face down on the track. On the first lap of the 3,200-meter final at the 2011 CIF State High School Track and Field Championships, she took a hard tumble to the ground. After pacing the field early on in the […]
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Men’s and women’s cross country teams aim for success
Jefferson P. Nolan sports@mustangdaily.net They’re all running to win. The Cal Poly men’s and women’s cross country program is one of the most accomplished teams at Cal Poly. The men’s team has earned 11 Big West Titles within the last 14 years. The women’s team is off to a dominant start in 2012, helping the […]
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Big West track preview
Cal Poly men’s and women’s track teams are set to compete in the Big West Conference Championship on May 11 and 12 in Irvine where they aim to improve on their third and seventh place finishes in 2011, respectively. “There will be a lot of strong competitors this year,” head coach Mark Conover said. “A […]
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Surviving the break
One year ago, he was traveling between classes in a wheelchair. Just prior to a fateful day in April 2011, he was running personal best times good enough for conference-qualifying standards and dreaming of someday going pro. But for junior 100- and 200-meter sprinter Antwaine Miller, his season, his career and his life all changed […]
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Track and field has sights set on Big West
The Cal Poly track and field team is climbing up the Big West Conference list with new personal records and overall solid performances. The team anticipates the conference in Irvine for outdoor performances, which will take place on May 11 and 12, head coach Mark Conover said. The Mustangs will compete against Long Beach, Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, UC […]