Making Progress...

The lockers are being installed! They are not done yet, look for updates soon! Check out the pictures!

WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM

(Unfortunately, some of the women's locker room pictures were corrupted somehow, so I don't have the full picture progression... )

MEN'S LOCKER ROOM

Carpet Is In

The workers finished installing the carpet yesterday, and what a difference! Both rooms really look nice. The company installing the lockers was here yesterday installing boards on the cement block walls in which to fasten the lockers. Check out the pictures!

Women's Locker Room

Men's Locker Room

Locker Room Update

The locker rooms are moving along. This week, the old carpeting was removed and some electrical work was done to each room. Both locker rooms had tile floors beneath the old carpeting. As you can see from the photos, some new furniture has been delivered. There will be a nice study table in the men's locker room. A new TV and parts of a new "makeup area" with a counter, mirror and vanity light has been installed in the women's lounge. Next week the new carpeting will be installed and we will look to have the new lockers installed shortly after that. Check out the photos below!

Men's Locker Room

Women's Locker Room Lounge

Women's Locker Room

We're Back!

Sorry for the lack of updates during the outdoor season. I have plans to post a few pictures to briefly recap the outdoor season in the coming days.

I do have some exciting news... the locker room fundraiser has reached it's goal!

We are currently in the remodeling process, and both locker rooms should be complete in early August.

Currently, all the old lockers have been removed, and the walls have been painted. The remaining old carpet will be torn out and new carpet installed over the next week or so. The new lockers should be installed near the end of July. I will post pictures as we move forward. Here are a few pictures of the rooms as of today.

Women's Locker Room

Men's Locker Room

Verdoliva School Record

5th-year senior Sarah Verdoliva lowered her school record in the 800m in the final indoor race of her Marquette career with a time of 2:11.52. Check it out...

Last Chance From the Past

Seeing as this is the weekend for the indoor last chance meets, here is a classic race from 2005. Jon Shaffer setting a new school record in the 800m and reaching the NCAA provisional mark at the Notre Dame Last Chance meet. And, of course, all of it in classic come-from-behind Jon Shaffer fashion.

Enjoy!

Golden Eagle Spotlight

Junior Kristin Pelzel sits down with MUTV on this week's Golden Eagle Spotlight.

BIG EAST Indoor Update

The Marquette men's and women's track and field teams competed at the BIG EAST Indoor track and field championships last weekend at The Armory in New York City. Though the team did not pace as well as hoped, we had several great performances including a new school record in the 800m by Sarah Verdoliva.

Here is a link to the GoMarquette.com recaps... Day 1 and Day 2.
Here is a link to the MU Tribune article.
Here is a link to the BIG EAST Championship page.

The Armory is the home to the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame. We found this cool artifact, the team USA baton from the 1936 Olympic 400m Relay signed by former MU great Ralph Metcalfe, Jesse Owens, Foy Draper and Frank Wykoff.

Senior Sarah Veroliva broke her own school record int he 800m running 2:12.05 in the prelim to place 12th. Sarah came back to split 2:11.9 on the 800 leg of the DMR and also ran a 2:14.6 leg on the 4x800m Relay.

Junior Olivia Johnson ran a PR 4:53.71 in the prelim of the Mile to qualify for the final. That time makes her #5 on the all-time list.


Freshman Kyle Winter ran a PR 1:03.93 in the prelim of the 500m to qualify for the final. That mark is good for #2 on the all-time list.

Senior Rachel Thiel threw a PR 15.99m (52-5.5) to place 8th in the weight throw. That throw moves her up to #7 on the all-time list.

Senior Erynn James jumped 1.70m (5-7) to tie for 5th in the High Jump.

Junior Jon Kusowski threw a PR 17.78m (58-4) in the weight throw to pace 7th. That throw makes Jon #3 all-time.

Senior Jayne Grebinski lead off the Distance Medley Relay team that placed 5th with a time of 11:45.03. That time is #3 on the all-time list.

Junior Kristin Pelzel had a great meet in the relays. She ran Mile leg on the DMR in 4:58.8 and the 3rd leg on the 4x800m Relay in 2:15.1. Both splits are solid PRs over those distances.

Freshman Cheldon Brown jumped an indoor PR of 2.01m (6-7) to place 8th in the High Jump. That mark makes Cheldon #6 on the all-time list.

Sophomore Stephanie Grant ran a PR 57.52 in the prelim of the 400m. That time makes her #2 on the all-time indoor 400m list. Stephanie also split 57.2 in the DMR and anchored the 4x400m Relay with a 58.4.

Juniors Nick Szczech (985) and Brice Cleland (behind Nick) each ran PR times in the 3000m and near PRs in the 5000m.

Preparing for BIG EAST

The MU sports info dept. did a few interviews with the coaches and athletes as we prepared for the indoor BIG EAST championships this weekend at the Armory in New York City. Check them out...





Click here to check out the GoMarquette.com meet preview.

Golden Eagle Spotlight

Last week MUTV sat down with Seniors Sarah Verdoliva and Jeff Kluge to discuss a little bit of track and field...

Hoosier Hills

The MU men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Hoosier Hills Invitational hosted by Indiana University this past Friday February 12th. The meet served as a tune-up for conference for a number of student-athletes and as a last chance to qualify for several others. Two men took advantage of the situation as Junior Joe Kohut and Freshman Ron Vick (pictured to the left) each hit BIG EAST qualifying marks. Vick's jump of 14-5.25 was a 7 inch PR and placed him #8 on the all-time list.

Click here for the complete results.
Click here for the GoMarquette.com recap.
Click here for the MU Tribune recap.

On to the pictures....

Freshman Cheldon Brown

Sophomore Jenny Zahn

Senior Jeff Kluge

Junior Alyssa Stevens

Junior Tyler O'Brien

Sophomore Jessica Person

Sophomore Kate Horan

Sophomore James Muehleman

Sophomore Christine Hansen

Freshman Chanel Franklin

Freshman Evan Ross

Freshman Reilly Hall

Senior Antonio Jones

Freshman Ben Schmitz

Sophomore Billy Schlottke

Freshman AJ Gedwill

Freshman Parker Farabee

Senior Jay Emmer

Junior Melissa Burghardt

Sophomore Courtney Kelly (l) and Junior Molly Arenberg (r)