Five UMass Squads Honored With APR Awards

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Five University of Massachusetts athletic programs were recognized with NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Public Recognition Awards, as announced recently by the organization. UMass indoor and outdoor men's track and field, outdoor women's track and field, softball and women's cross country each earned the honor. MORE

W. Track - 5/26/2013

NCAA East Preliminaries Marks The Finale For Women's Track

The Minutewomen's two NCAA regional qualifiers participated in the NCAA East Preliminary meet in Greensboro N.C., on Saturday afternoon. Rachelle Bourque was the first to compete in the javelin while Becky Stoyle waited to vie for a spot at Nationals in the triple jump later on in the meet. Neither managed to qualify for the NCAA Championship, however the pair have each put together two of the best individual seasons in UMass history. MORE

W. Track - 5/22/2013

Women's Track Qualifies Two For NCAA Regionals

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After Becky Stoyle and Rachelle Bourque each played a major part in UMass' best team finish in the New England Championship since the 1998-99 season two weeks ago, the pair received word that their best marks of the season qualified them for the NCAA East Region Championship. Bourque and Stoyle will each compete on Saturday in... MORE

W. Track - 5/14/2013

Women's Track And Lacrosse Earn UMass Honors

On Monday afternoon the UMass Sports Luncheon Committee chose UMass Track and Field's Rachelle Bourque and Kelsey Crawford ad well as Women's Lacrosse's Tanner Guarino as this week's UMass Athlete of the Week. The three athletes will be honored Wednesday at noon in the Massachusetts Room of the Mullins Center. This week's scheduled speakers are head coach of the UMass baseball team Mike Stone, Mullins Center General Manager Shane Cadwell and Athletic Director John... MORE

W. Track - 5/11/2013

Three Gold Medals Lead To Second Place Finish At New Englands

The Minutewomen finished the weekend tied for second of 35 with 80 points in the 2013 Outdoor New England Championship on Saturday at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass. The women's track and field team tied UMass Lowell and was just 11.5-points away from Rhode Island in first. MORE

W. Track - 5/11/2013

Bourque Claims Second New England Championship

The Minutewomen are tied with Tufts for first place in a field of 21 with 26 points after day one of the New England Championship at Stonehill College. Julie LaFreniere's squad also reigned in their sixth gold medal of the year on Friday when Rachelle Bourque threw 150-feet 5-inches in the javelin to win her second New England Championship of her four year career. The mark shatters her previous UMass record of 143-feet, 1-inch and qualifies her for NCAA East... MORE

Athlete Of The Week

For the final UMass Sports Luncheon of the 2012-13 season, a trio of Minutewomen were selected as the weekly honorees. Track and Field's Rachelle Bourque and Kelsey Crawford and Lacrosse's Tanner Guarino were recognized on Wednesday, May 15. (MORE)