09/17/2008
DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire athletic department announced Sept. 9 that the renovation of the Paul Sweet Oval is progressing nicely and closing in on completion.
To date, new lighting fixtures have been hung and the entire indoor track has been given a coat of fresh paint from floor to ceiling in the school’s white, navy blue and gray colors. Areas of the track have begun to be removed and replaced to reinforce the throws area and give the new surface a better area to bond to.
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07/22/2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- Senior Jordan Horwitz (Evanston, Ill.), of the University of New Hampshire track and field team, was named the 2008 America East Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete, as announced by the league Tuesday afternoon.
Horwitz’s extensive list of accomplishments was topped this year when he was selected as the 2008 America East Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Most Outstanding Track Performer after winning the conference crown in the 10,000-meters by finishing in an America East-record time of 30 minutes, 41.69 seconds. Also at the America East Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Horwitz, who won the Coaches Award for Most Points Compiled with a total of 18, finished second in the 5,000m in an IC4A championship-qualifying time of 14:32.54.
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07/10/2008
UNH HONOR ROLL
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A total of 201 University of New Hampshire student-athletes were named to the 2008 America East Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll for recording a grade point average of 3.0 or above in that winter/spring semester, the league announced Thursday. Of the 201 honored, 113 of those were also named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll for possessing a gpa of at least 3.5, the most of any of the other institution.
In the nine-member America East conference, only Binghamton University (251 honorees) had a higher number of student-athletes recognized. The University at Albany (198), the University of Vermont (197) and Stony Brook University (188) rounded out the top five.
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07/09/2008
The former University of New Hampshire athlete let the tears keep coming. These tears were tears of relief, tears of happiness, tears of joy. And anyway, she didn't need her eyes to see where she was going. She knew every step she took was one step closer to Beijing. Joanne (Duffley) Dow was going to the Olympics.
On Sunday morning, the final day of the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., on Dow's last chance to compete in an Olympic Games, she did exactly what she needed to do. Ten years after winning her first U.S. national title, Dow won her 10th, walking her way to Beijing.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS— Student-athletes at the University of New Hampshire continue to excel in the classroom and as a result the Wildcats finished second in the running for the 2007-08 America East Academic Cup with an impressive cumulative grade point average of 3.12. UNH has won the Academic Cup twice, in 1998-99 and 1999-2000.
The University of Vermont narrowly edged out UNH to take home the hardware with a 3.14 GPA.
The University of Maine (3.10), Stony Brook University (3.06) and Binghamton University (3.04) were the other institutions in America East to compile grade point averages of 3.00 or better in 2007-08.
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06/01/2008
RESULTS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Sophomore Rita Ciambra (Hanover, N.H.), of the University of New Hampshire women’s outdoor track and field team, kept her season rolling with a top-five performance at the NCAA East Regional at Florida State University’s Mike Long Track on May 30-31.
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05/19/2008
RESULTS
PRINCETON, N.J. – Freshman
Brice Paey (Milton, N.H.), senior
Bobby Edgerton (Cornish, N.H.) and sophomore
Wesley Dinnan (Juneau, Alaska) each posted top-ten performances for the University of New Hampshire men’s outdoor track and field team at the ICAAAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Princeton University’s Weaver Stadium on May 16-18.
With nine points, the Wildcats finished 30th out of 51 teams, while Liberty University won the meet with 62 points.
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05/10/2008
RESULTS
DURHAM, N.H. – The 4x400-meter relay team placed third and junior Matt Begley (Brookeville, Md.) submitted a fifth-place finish to help lead the University of New Hampshire men’s outdoor track and field team to an 11th-place finish at the 38-team New England Outdoor Track and Field Championship that was held at Reggie F. Atkins Track on the campus of UNH on May 8-10.
The Wildcats tallied 22 points at the meet, which was won by the University of Rhode Island.
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05/10/2008
MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RESULTS | SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
DURHAM, N.H. – The first day of the New England Outdoor Track and Field Championship came to a close Friday at the Reggie F. Atkins Track, with the University of New Hampshire men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams both producing solid showings.
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05/09/2008
AMERICA EAST RELEASE
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Five student athletes from the University of New Hampshire men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams have been named to the America East All-Academic teams the conference announced Thursday.
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