While the EMU track and field teams didn’t send full squads to the Commonwealth Duals Saturday in Lynchburg, the Royals did get some nice finishes. The men saw a high jumper clear the second-best height in program history, while the women also had a handful of program top ten finishes. Jord ...More
The EMU track teams made a nice soft entry into the spring outdoor season on Saturday at the Roanoke College Invitational. The men took a number of individual first places and won the meet, while the women finished a comfortable third out of the five teams. Richard Robinson (Bro ...More
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) sent members of the men’s and women’s track teams to two different meets over the weekend – the Susquehanna Open and the VMI Relays. The men’s distance medley relay team broke the EMU record in the event when they ran at the Susquehanna Open in Selinsgrove, PA. ...More
While many around the Eastern Mennonite University track and field program expected the blossoming group to challenge some of the all-time top ten lists throughout the season, few could have predicted what happened on Saturday at the Liberty Open in Lynchburg. Four EMU records fell on the day, including one which was actually broken twice. Junior ...More
The Old Dominion Athletic Conference has announced its All-Academic Team for the 2011-12 season, and Eastern Mennonite University saw an increase to 61 student-athletes earning a spot. Last year 53 Royals were named to the team. Each of EMU’s sports was represented on the ODAC All-Academic Team except for men’s volleyball, which competes in the Continental Volleyball Conference. ...More
Eastern Mennonite University held its Athletic Honors Banquet on April 17 in a time of reflecting upon and honoring the journeys of the Royals’ student-athletes. Seniors Andy Richter (Perkasie, PA/Christopher Dock) and Marla Young (Fishersville, VA/Wilson Memorial) won the President’s Awards, the highest athletic award given out by EMU. ...More
On Saturday the EMU track teams participated in the Johnson C. Smith Invitational hosted by that university in Charlotte, NC. The Royals got a great chance to gauge their talent against a wide range of athletes, and had one athlete break an EMU record. Dan Nafziger (Harrisonburg, V ...More
The Eastern Mennonite University track & field teams completed a busy weekend Saturday at the Jopson Invitational in Bridgewater. A few runners also participated the day before at the VMI/W&L Carnival in Lexington. On Friday a trio of Royals ran in packed fields of the 5000m. For the women, Alli Eanes (Harrisonburg, VA/Westmont Hilltop) and Lanae Krei ...More
