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XC 2006
Indoor 2006 - 2007
Outdoor 2007
JC Represents Men at Nationals, Women Take Fifth
This past weekend, Senior Justin Chung traveled to Wilmington, Ohio, for the 2006 NCAA Championships at Voice of America Park. The park was billed all fall as one of the fastest na...
Jumbos Take 5th at NCAA Regional meet
The Jumbos drove into Springfield on Friday afternoon with high hopes, lots of energy, and new uniforms to boot. Conditions were ideal on Saturday morning, with temperatures in the...
Jumbos' Second Seven Races at Williams
The second seven of the Tufts team woke up at the crack of dawn and made the journey to Williamstown, MA, for this year's ECAC meet at Williams' home course at Mount Greylock High ...
Freshman Nick Welch Leads Jumbos at NESCACs
At Harkness Memorial State Park, you can either "enjoy the panoramic views of Long Island Sound from Eolia, the elegant summer mansion of the Harkness family set on over 230 seasid...
Justin Chung Leads Jumbos at All New Englands
All New Englands marked the start of the championship season as well as the return of senior co-captain Josh Kennedy. The team started all the way on the left of the line in box on...
2nd Team Races Keene
With the varsity sqaud resting up for next weekends All New England Championships to be held at Franklin Park, the Jumbo's second seven represented the team well at the Keene St. I...
First Win Comes at Home
The first win of the year didn't come easy as the Jumbos edged out Amherst by one point at the only home meet of the year. While about half of the team rested, the scoring 5 all s...
Jumbos Take 5th at UMass Dartmouth Invite
The men's cross country team travelled to Dartmouth, MA, last weekend to compete in the annual UMASS Dartouth "Shriners" Cross Country Invite. The Jumbos raced their top 8 in the ...
Jumbos Race at Connecticut College Invitational
Senior Justin Chung broke 26:00 for the first time and the class of 2010 got their first taste of 8k XC racing at Harkness Memorial State Park. The freshmen class looked great in ...
Tufts Kicks off Season with Alumni Run
The 2006 XC season was officially underway with the unconventional gong to signal the start of the race. Seniors Josh Kennedy and Justin Chung led the way for the Jumbos followed b...
Tufts Men's 2006 Cross Country Season Begins
After returning from preseason camp in the White Mountains, the beginning of the 2006 campaign for TUXC will start off with the Alumni Run on Saturday September 2, 2006. This annu...
Nine Jumbos Earn NESCAC All-Academic Honor
In a press release from the NESCAC conference today, the Tufts track team showed that it can perform as well in the classroom as it does on the track. Nine upperclassmen earned the...
Two School Records in Two Days for Jones at Nationals
At the 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships, Senior Captain Fred Jones was the lone Jumbo representative. Fred entered the meet with fourth best performance in the Long Jump. That mark c...
NCAA Championships to Begin Tomorrow
Follow the NCAA Championships as Senior Captain Fred Jones competes with the best in the Long and Triple Jump. Click Here...
Three Jumbos Honored with Regional Awards
As both the men's and women's teams gear up for another national championship competition, their hard work and dedication were acknowledged by the rest of the region. Senior tri-c...
Small Squad Finishes Hard at ECACs
A small squad of Jumbos hit Middletown, CT this Friday and Saturday in search of some late season PR's and national qualifiers. The core of Tufts athletes would take home a handfu...
Third Time's a Charm - Jumbos Perform Well at BU
For the third time this season the Tufts University men's track & field team ventured across town to Boston University in search of some fast times and solid marks. Seek and you s...
Jumbos Crack Century Mark For 4th Straight Year
This weekend marked the 27th annual Division III New England Championships hosted by Bates College in Lewiston, ME. The meet proved to be very successful for the 2007 Jumbos. Fo...
Jones' Two NCAA Qualifiers Lead Jumbos at MIT
With the bulk of the Tufts runners competing at last night's Valentines Invitational, the Jumbos took a handful of runners and a slew of field event athletes to MIT for their Coed ...
Tufts Performs Well At Valentine's Invitational
The 2007 Valentine?s Invitational was definitely a meet built for the avid track enthusiast. The full day of competition that ended well after 11:00pm left many fans fully saturat...
Cleveland Breaks 600m Record, Bradley Qualifies For NCAA's
The 2007 Tufts Stampede marked the final home competition of the season for this year's squad. Their performances lived up to the meet's name as the team unleashed a waterfall of p...
Tufts Performs Well With Weekend Double Header
This weekend marked the first double header of the season for the Tufts Track & Field team. The bulk of the team traveled to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME, while a handful of at...
Bo's Win Home Invitational on Alumni Weekend
This past Saturday the Jumbos welcomed their graduated athletes back for the annual Alumni Weekend. There was a great turn out of alumni who watched, supported, and ran for Tufts o...
Jumbos Explode Out of the Blocks at Tufts Invitational
The Jumbos resumed practicing this past week after a restful and well deserved vacation. The period of double sessions left the legs of many feeling achy and tired. In spite of all...
Small Squad Starts Semester Strong at Dartmouth
The Jumbos came away with 20 points and a 7th place finish at the 2007 Dartmouth relays. Junior high jumper Jeremy Arak was able to squeak out a win in the high jump, clearing 6...
Tufts' Multis Start Off Strong
This past weekend a skeleton crew of Tufts pentathletes traveled to Lewiston, ME for their first competition of the season. Hosted by Bates College, the site of this year?s New Eng...
Tufts Explosive in Season Opener
The Tufts Jumbos kicked off their season Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, making an impressive impact in their 2006-2007 season opener. Starting off the meet was...
Jumbos Ready for 2007 Indoor Season
December has finally arrived, and the Jumbos are ready for the 2007 Indoor Track season. With the distance runners already cruising from their three months of Cross Country, and th...
Tufts Named 2007 National Track & Field Team of the Year
Tufts University and Wisconsin Platteville named Division III Men's All-Academic Teams of the Year NEW ORLEANS -- Tufts University and the University of Wisconsin Platteville me...
Coach Barron Named New England Outdoor Coach of the Year
MEDFORD -- Ethan Barron, the head coach of the Tufts University men's track & field and cross country teams, earned the fifth Coach of the Year honor of his young career recently w...
8 Jumbos on NESCAC All-Academic Team
Eight Jumbos were named members of the NESCAC All-Academic Team for the spring semester. The requirements are junior standing and a 3.35 GPA for the term. The list includes junior ...
Jones 10-time All American, Pagel & Sorensen finish 6th
This past weekend ended the extremely successful campaign of the 2007 Jumbo track season. The trip to Wisconsin for the national championships proved to be one of the most success...
Five Jumbos Headed to Wisconsin
Five Jumbos will compete this upcoming weekend at the National Championships hosted by Wisconsin Oshkosh. Tufts will be well represented as it has at least one athlete in competiti...
High Jump School Record Set, Sorensen Improves Steeple Mark
Junior Dave Sorensen ran a 9:09.5 to move up to 5th in the nation in the Steeplechase, while Junior Jeremy Arak and Sophomore James Bradley both cleared a mark of 2.02m (6-7.5), br...
Pagel Qualifies in Decathlon
Sophomore Fielding 'Skip' Pagel bettered his national mark in the decathlon this weekend at the Open New England Championships at Dartmouth College. He PR'd in 5 of the 10 events ...
Tufts Finishes 2nd in New England
The Jumbos returned to the campus of Springfield College on Saturday morning for the finale of the New England Division III Championships. After the first two days of competition, ...
Provisional Qualifiers All-Around through Day 2 at Division III's
Tufts University stands in second place after two days at the Division III New England Championships. MIT currently leads the competition with 30 points, while Jumbos follow closel...
NESCAC Team Champions -- Tufts, Williams Tie for 1st
The Tufts Jumbos overcame all odds to force a tie with Williams at the NESCAC Championship Meet; both teams reached a monstrous total of 197.5 points. From the early-morning javeli...
Spring is Here - PR's All Around
The long awaited and much anticipated spring weather finally made its first real appearance this April as the Tufts University Track & Field teams tested themselves at the MIT Spri...
Jumbos Led by Sorensen's Provisional Qualifier at Princeton
A trio of Jumbos travelled to Princeton University tonight in search of PR's against solid competition. Joined by regional foes, Trinity College and Keene State, all three Jumbos ...
Decathletes Overpower Mother Nature in 2007 'Hail' Decathlon
After an indoor season that displayed the depth and talent of both the Bates College and Tufts University Multi?s, the two programs teamed up to schedule a flexible decathlon that ...
Jumbos Fully Adapt to Cold & Wind - Strong Spring Continues
The Jumbos traveled to the George Davis Invitational at UMass-Lowell in search of more qualifying marks and to tune up for the rapidly approaching championship season, leaving behi...
Tufts Takes First as Coast Guard Opens New Facility
The Tufts University Jumbos traveled to New London, Connecticut to compete at the Coast Guard Invitational. The weather was cold and windy throughout most of the day. The new facil...
Three Seniors Honored By Alumni Association
Each year the Tufts University Alumni Association seeks to honors twelve seniors who have risen above the rest. With such a daunting task ahead, the TUAA buckles down each spring ...
Home Opener Kicks Off Outdoor Season
Outdoor track & field, New England, & March ? Sadly, this recipe doesn?t typically lead to great opportunities for solid performances. However, this past Saturday, the Tufts Unive...
Jumbos Ready for Outdoor Season
The Tufts Men's Track & Field Team is gearing up for a strong spring campaign. With the success of the indoor season as a base, the Jumbos have been training hard during the few we...