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Royals named to ODAC sportsmanship teams

August 5, 2014Last updated August 29, 2014 by James De Boer

Eastern Mennonite University is pleased to announce its members on the 2013-14 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Sportsmanship Teams. The Royals had a student-athlete honored in each of their sports which

EMU breaks record for all-academic honorees

July 9, 2014Last updated July 28, 2014 by James De Boer

Eastern Mennonite University once again set a new high for student-athletes named to the annual Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, as 96 Royals were honored. Last year a total

EMU puts six on academic all-state team

July 7, 2014Last updated July 28, 2014 by James De Boer

Six EMU student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-State Team by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID). A total of 226 student-athletes representing 38 colleges and universities in the

Chappell-Dick, King claim gold at ODAC Championships

April 21, 2014Last updated April 30, 2014 by James De Boer

The Eastern Mennonite University track and field teams competed at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships, April 18-19, 2014, at Roanoke College. Women’s track and field Sophomore Hannah Chappell-Dick (Bluffton, Ohio/Bluffton)

Women set two records at meet hosted by D-I Liberty

April 7, 2014Last updated April 17, 2014 by James De Boer

EMU’s track & field women broke two more school records this weekend at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational in Lynchburg. Junior Alyssa Bane (Strasburg, Va./Strasburg) and sophomore Hannah Chappell-Dick (Bluffton, Oh./Bluffton) each broke one of

Chappell-Dick takes gold to open outdoor season

March 24, 2014Last updated April 4, 2014 by James De Boer

The EMU track and field teams had a very successful start to the outdoor season and landed 28 ODAC qualifiers over two different meets over the weekend. The majority of

Track teams poised to break more records

January 15, 2014Last updated January 23, 2014 by James De Boer

How do you improve upon a season in which the team broke 12 different program records? If you are EMU track & field Coach Jason Lewkowicz, you bring back most

Women take second at ODACs, highest finish since 2001

November 4, 2013Last updated November 15, 2013 by James De Boer

The key in any sport is to peak at the right time. For the Eastern Mennonite cross country women, getting healthy at just the right time is allowing them peak,

Royals Set New High For ODAC All-Academic Team

July 16, 2013Last updated July 26, 2013 by James De Boer

Eastern Mennonite University set a new high for student-athletes named to the annual Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, as 80 Royals were honored. Last year EMU landed 61 on

Cross Country Women Take 4th At ODAC Championships

October 29, 2012Last updated November 7, 2012 by James De Boer

The Eastern Mennonite women’s cross country team took fourth place at Saturday’s ODAC Championships, running on their home course at Peak View Elementary in Penn Laird. The Lady Royals vastly