After finishing fourth in his heat, Connor Faint (Winchester, Va./Millbrook) had to wait it out to see if he would advance to the finals of the 400m hurdles at this weekend's NCAA Outdoor National Championships. ... read more about Hurdler pushes through rain to advance to NCAA finals from EMUroyals.com
Kyle Mathews (Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge) and Joe Hall (Gladys, Va./Rustburg) earned spots on the D3baseball.com All-South Region Teams, which were announced today. Eastern Mennonite University was the only ODAC school to have a player named to each the First Team and Second Team. ... read more about EMU’s Mathews And Hall named All-Region from EMUroyals.com
In his final race, senior Tyler Denlinger (Perkasie, Pa./Dock Mennonite Academy) not only lowered his PR in the 800m, he took down a 12-year old school record. He shaved 0.44 seconds of his previous best race, crossing in 1:52.75. Luke Yoder had owned the EMU record of 1:52.92 since 2005. Denlinger's time moved him up to No. 43 in the nation. Sophomore Nuriddin Abdus-Salaam (Charlotte Court House, Va./Randolph Henry) broke his own 100m record with a time of :10.80 seconds. He finished first among collegiate athletes at the meet. Since running an :11.20 on the wet day of finals at the ODAC Championships on April 22, Abdus-Salaam has run three straight races better than Leroy Dutton's EMU record of :10.94 from 1982. ... read more about Abdus-Salaam and Denlinger break records at last chance meet from EMUroyals.com
Newly minted Eastern Mennonite University graduate Tyler Denlinger has the next several years pretty well planned out. Biology degree in hand, he’ll take a job at a local medical lab ... read more about EMU’s Denlinger gunning for D-III championships
Eastern Mennonite University held its Athletic Honors Banquet on April 20 in a time of reflection and honoring the journeys of the Royals’ student-athletes. Seniors Tyler Denlinger (Perkasie, Pa./Dock Mennonite ... read more about EMU’s Denlinger and Hardy earn President’s Awards at Athletic Honors Banquet
Entering their final week of last chance meets, EMU’s track & field athletes were at two different meets over the last two days. First up was the Aggie Last Chance ... read more about Roach and Sampson post two track records
EMU’s baseball men landed three players on the All-ODAC teams, which were released at the ODAC Tournament today, including picking up a major award. Joe Hall (Gladys, Va./Rustburg) landed on ... read more about Hall, Frazier and Mathews earn ODAC baseball awards
EMU senior Joe Hall (Gladys, Va./Rustburg) has been named to the District V Academic All-District Team, as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He is now eligible for CoSIDA's Academic All-America voting. ... read more about Baseball’s Joe Hall named Academic All-District from EMUroyals.com
Eastern Mennonite University has announced the hiring of Ashley Kisner as the new head field hockey coach. She was an assistant coach this past year at Williams College (Mass.). “I’d like to ... read more about New field hockey coach played on DIII national championship team
EMU’s softball team is well represented in the postseason awards handed down by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, as four Royals were named All-ODAC. The women had a player named ... read more about Four Royals named to All-ODAC softball team