Ken O'Brien Online Chat Wrap Up

Check here to see all of men's cross country/track & field head coach Ken O'Brien's responses to your questions from today's live chat. Coach O'Brien stopped by the media relations office to talk about his Minutemen squads, including the upcoming cross country season as UMass will look to defend its 2008 A-10 title this fall. MORE

M. Track - 8/31/2009

Jackson Named Track & Field Assistant Coach

Former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assistant coach David Jackson has been named an assistant coach for the UMass track and field programs, it was announced today. Jackson spent the last two years working with the Tar Heels' sprinters, women's pole vault and multi-event athletes, including three All-Americans and four ACC champions. MORE

M. Track - 8/19/2009

A-10 Summer Spotlight: Ken O'Brien Feature

The two are the longest-tenured coaches in the Atlantic 10, and they've been the mainstays of their programs for the last half-century. Kevin Quinn - the Director of the cross country/track & field program at Saint Joseph's - and Ken O'Brien, who coaches the men's cross country/track & field squads at Massachusetts, have faced some of the same challenges. They've seen the same changes. They've both tasted sweet success. MORE

M. Track - 8/17/2009

Six To Be Inducted Into UMass Hall Of Fame

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The UMass Athletic Department has announced six new members will be inducted into the George "Trigger" Burke UMass Athletic Hall of Fame. UMass will induct: Danielle Henderson `99 (softball 1996-99), Charles Leverone `60 (five sports 1956-60), Bob Marcum (Athletic Director 1993-2002), Joe McLaughlin `79 (football 1976-78), Hilary Rose `97 (field hockey 1993-94, 96), Paula Wilkins `94 (women's soccer 1990-93). MORE

M. Track - 5/16/2009

Men's Track & Field Competes At IC4A Championship

The UMass men's and women's track and field teams competed at the IC4A and ECAC Championships this weekend at Princeton University in N.J. The Minutewomen accumulated five points, while the Minutemen did not score. The top performance of the day, and all five points, came from redshirt senior Kristen Bakanowski (Northboro, Mass.), who tied her own school record with a pole vault of 12-07.50, ranking fourth at the meet. With that season-best... MORE

M. Track - 5/13/2009

Two Track & Field Athletes Named To Academic All-Conference Teams

Redshirt senior Kristen Bakanowski and sophomore Kevin Johnson, both of the UMass track and field team, earned Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track & Field Academic All-Conference honors on Wednesday. Darius Law and Lamarra Currie of Charlotte were named the Student-Athletes of the Year. MORE

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