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)

Blast from the Past

With BIG EAST Indoor approaching this weekend I thought it would be cool to show a clip from the 1991 Midwestern Collegiate Conference indoor meet. Jeff Lancaster and Glen Gardener competing in the 800m. This summer I hope to digitize more footage from archives. Keep an eye out.

Golden Eagle Spotlight

This week on the Golden Eagle Spotlight....

Meyo Invitational

The Marquette men's and women's track & field teams competed at the very competitive Meyo Invitational hosted by Notre Dame on Friday and Saturday February 5-6, 2010. The meet was a big success as we had numerous PRs and placed several new student-athletes onto the all-time lists.

On the women's side senior Sarah Verdoliva ran a PR and the #3 time in school history in the 1000m with a 2:53.53. Junior Olivia Johnson followed with a 2:54.42 PR that makes her #5 all-time and junior Kristin Pelzel's 2:58.52 PR makes her #9 all-time. Olivia Johnson followed up her strong 1k on Friday night with a 4:58.40 mile on Saturday that makes her #10 in the MU record book. Senior Erynn James was the team highest individual placer, taking 3rd in the high jump with a very solid jump of 5-8.75.

One the men's side the 5000m was the story of the meet. Junior Nick Szczech and sophomore Blake Johnson each ran great races. Szczech's PR time of 14:25.10 makes him #3 in school history while Johnson's time of 14:26.75 in his first time racing the 5k makes him #4 all-time. junior Brice Cleland's PR 14:46.28 makes him #9 on the all-time list. In the mile, sophomore Jack Hackett continued to shave time off his mile PR with a 4:08.97. In the 1000m freshman Jack Senefeld broke the MU Freshman record with at time of 2:28.98. That time is good enough for #7 on the all-time list.

Click here for the meet results.
Click here for the GoMarquette.com recap.
Click here for the Marquette Tribune recap.

Here are a few highlights....



FloTrack.com covered the meet and had video of every race. Click here to check it out.

To save you a bit of trouble here is video of Szczech, Johnson and Cleland in the 5000m...



...and here is the video of Verdoliva and Johnson in the 1000m...



Here are a few pictures...

Junior Nick Szczech

Sophomore Blake Johnson

Senior Erynn James

Senior Jeff Kluge


Senior Rachel Thiel


Junior Brice Cleland


Junior Alyssa Davis


Freshman Patrick Stuart

Senior Kelly Corcoran

Senior Eric Matuszewski

Senior Carrie Schmid

Indiana Relays

The MU Men's and Women's Track and Field teams took part in the Indiana Relays on Friday and Saturday January 29-30.

Click here for the GoMarquette.com recap.
Click here for the meet results.

On a related note, click here for MU Tribune Columnist Erik Schmidt's column about MU great Ralph Metcalfe.
Check back for updates from this weekend meet, the Meyo Invitational hosted by Notre Dame.

Freshman Kyle Winter qualified for the BIG EAST meet in the 800m with a 1:54.64.

5th-year Senior Shawn McLarney won the Long Jump for the second week in a row with a season best jump of 22-9 (6.93m).


Sophomore Jack Hackett ran a PR and BIG EAST qualifying 4:09.57 in the Mile. That mark makes him #7 all-time at MU.

Senior Jayne Grebinski (r) and Junior Olivia Johnson (l) both qualified for the BIG EAST meet in Mile with times of 4:58.60 (PR) and 4:59.63 respectively.

Sophomore Stephanie Grant had a breakthrough meet in setting an indoor PR and qualifying for the BIG EAST meet in the 400m with a time of 58.14. That mark is good for #3 on the all-time list. Stephanie also split 57.0 on the 400 leg of the DMR and 57.5 on the 4x400.

Sophomore Blake Johnson qualified for the BIG EAST in the Mile with a PR 4:09.47. Finishing the race just ahead of teammate Jack Hackett that time makes Blake #6 on the all-time list.

Freshman Spencer Agnew broke his own freshman record in the 3000m with a time of 8:27.09.

Better Late Than Never - MU vs UWM

Sorry for the scarcity of updates, I will try to be better about keeping up each week. Anyway, here is the meet coverage and a few pictures from the Marquette vs. UW-Milwaukee Dual meet held back on Saturday January 23rd. There were may alumni and parents in attendance. We thank you for your support!

The women's meet didn't go quite as planned as the Panthers won 57-80. Despite the team loss, Erynn James set a new indoor school record in the high jump with a height of 5-10 which also provisionally qualifies her for the NCAA Indoor Championship.


The men's meet came right down to the last event as the team score was tied going into the 4x4. The MU foursome of Randey Fisher, Jay Emmer, Michael O'Brien and Kyle Winter edged out the Eastsiders for the victory.

Click here for results.
Click here for the GoMarquette.com recap.
Click here for the Marquette Tribume recap.
Click here for MU Tribune columnist Eric Grover's take on the meet.

Though this meet was mostly about the team score, there were several individual highlights. Check them out...



Onto the pictures...

Senior Erynn James set a new school record in winning the High Jump with a leap of 5-10 (1.78m). That mark is an NCAA provisional qualifying mark.

Senior Jeff Kluge dominated the throwing events, winning both the shot put and weight throw. Jeff set a PR in the weight throw by just over a meter with a heave of 61-8.5 (18.81m). That throw moves him closer to school record holder Dan Fax's top mark of 62-11.5 (19.19m).

Senior Jayne Grebinski won the mile with a BIG EAST qualifying time of 5:02.21

Senior Rachel Thiel captured a title in the shot put with a distance of 46-5.5 (14.16m) and finished 2nd in the weight throw.

Sophomore James Muehleman took 2nd in the Triple Jump; reaching a personal best and his first BIG EAST qualifying mark with a distance of 44-6.75 (13.58m).

Junior Alyssa Davis, in her first competition back after injury, reached a BIG EAST qualifying mark of 37-8.5 (11.49m) in the Triple Jump.


Junior Jon Kusowski tied his PR, improved his BIG EAST qualifying mark, and placed second in the weight throw with a throw of 56-6 (17.77m).


The MU men dominated the mile taking the top 6 overall places. Sophomore Blake Johnson (hip #2 in the photo) lead the way with a time of 4:16.51.

Senior Shawn McLarney won the Long Jump with a BIG EAST qualifying mark of 22-8.5 (6.92m)

In the meet's final event - the 4x400m Relay - the MU foursome of senior Randey Fisher, senior Jay Emmer (pictured w/ baton), senior Michael O'Brien (foreground), and freshman Kyle Winter battled the team from UWM as the race lead was exchanged several times before Kyle was able to slingshot off the final turn and pass the UWM runner in the final 20m for the win.