Archive for Derek McKinley
In front of an electrifying crowd at the legendary Franklin Field in Philadelphia, the University of Maine women’s 4×100-meter and distance medley relay teams laid down their best efforts against fierce competition from around the country …
The 115th running of the Penn Relays treated the University of Maine well last April.
The prestige surrounding the nation’s oldest and largest track and field competition pushed the women’s 4×400-meter relay team to become the …
University of Maine sophomore Jesse Labreck competed in her first career heptathlon this weekend at the College of the Holy Cross. Heptathlons require athletes to compete in seven events spanning all the disciplines in the track …
Though some athletes adhere to the adage “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” as their approach to competition, several University of Maine competitors subscribed instead to the adage that discretion is the better part of valor, and …
The University of Maine track and field teams scattered to two corners of the country to compete this past weekend. Most of the Black Bears headed to Durham, N.H., for a meet with the University of …
The chill in the air over the Beckett Track and Field Complex made running conditions less than ideal for the University of Maine as they played host to the University of New Hampshire and Bates College, …
The indoor track and field season provided the University of Maine with intense competition, school records, a crop of young talent to build for the future and even an All-American award. As the teams move forward …
Imperially speaking, it’s the perfect distance. One mile; 5,280 feet; 1,760 yards. The beauty of its symmetry makes it the standard by which all great distances in this country are measured.
In the world of American track …
The brightest and best track and field performers in the country converged on the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayettville, Ark., last weekend for the NCAA National Championships in Track and Field. With visions of All-American …
Any member of the University of Maine track and field team will tell you that it’s not about how you start, but how you finish. Despite reeling off a number of awe-inspiring individual performances during the …
