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XC 2009
Indoor 2009 - 2010
Outdoor 2010
Faller 8th at Nationals!
This past Saturday represented both the end of the 2009 Tufts Cross Country campaign as well as the career of the most decorated Tufts XC runner in school history. After finishing...
Four Jumbos Garner All-Region Honors - Team 8th - Faller to Nationals
This Saturday the TUXC squad ventured north to Cumberland, ME where the University of Southern Maine played host to the DIII New England Cross Country Championships. Coming off two...
TUXC Depth on Display at ECACs
Less than one week removed from their 3rd place finish at the NESCAC Championships, the Jumbos were again in uniform, this time for the ECAC Championships hosted by Williams Colleg...
Freshmen Help Power Jumbos to 3rd at NESCACs
The Tufts Cross Country team arrived to Manchester, Connecticut early on Sunday morning; one day after Wickham Park hosted the Connecticut High School State Championships on Hallow...
Tufts Battles Thru Mud for PRs at Mayors Cup
For a handful of Jumbos, this weekends Mayors Cup Race would be a final race to their cross country seasons. The team traveled down the road to the historic Franklin Park on a pict...
Jumbos Roll to Victory at Plansky Invite
After the exciting events of Friday that had the Tufts Medford campus without power until 5AM Saturday morning, it seemed likely that the Plansky Invitational would have an anticli...
Big Step Forward for Jumbos at Open NEs
It was an amazingly successful homecoming weekend for Tufts this past Saturday. The football team won in overtime, and the women's soccer, field hockey, and volleyball teams all s...
Faller Earns NESCAC Athlete of the Week Honors
For the third time of his career, senior Jesse Faller (Burlington, MA) has been selected as the New England Small College Athletic Conference's (NESCAC) Performer of the Week. He w...
TUXC, Faller Come Away From Conn With Victory
Ideal racing conditions, top regional competition, and the first 8k for the freshmen led to an all-around enjoyable experience at Saturdays Conn College Invitational. The Tufts Cro...
Alumni Lacey Trounces Field at Forester Invite
TUXC Alum and school record holder Matt Lacey walked away with the crown at the Forester Invitational this weekend. His time of 25:07 was almost 80 seconds ahead of the 2nd place ...
Jumbos Open Season With Trinity Invite
Wickham Park, CT plays host to two of the Jumbos XC contests this fall. The first was this weekends Trinity Invitational, while the second won't be for another seven weeks when th...
Alumni Men 3-peat - Tufts Women Reclaim Crown
There is no better way to kick off the Labor Day Weekend festivities than with the Alumni BBQ/5k. This past Saturday, more than 100 parents, alumni, athletes, and coaches met at t...
Cross Country Preview
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Engelking and Faller earn All American Honors
The Jumbos looked to end their indoor campaign with a bang as they headed to Greencastle, IN for the national championships hosted by DePauw University. The six men were prepared f...
DMR Goes Auto in New School Record 9:56.97
Two relays suited up this Saturday for the Jumbos at the IC4A Championships hosted by Boston University. As the anchor legs kicked across the finish lines, the eight Tufts runners ...
4x800 School Record Leads Onslaught of PRs at Open NEs
The 4x800m relay team of Jason Hanrahan, Jeff Marvel, Billy Hale, and Dan Kirschner may have been the final race of the weekend for the Jumbos, but it was definitely the most memor...
Tufts Brings Home Hardware from ME
For the 4th straight year, the Tufts University Men’s Track & Field team entered the New England Championships as the only team with every event covered. In the end, it woul...
Engelking Wins New England Pentathlon - Qualifies for Nationals
A quartet of pentathletes kicked off the New England Championships this afternoon for the Jumbos. Senior captain Jared Engelking led the way with a new PR of 3513 points. His new P...
TU Shines at BU and MIT - Hale Breaks School Record in 1000m
For the second time of the year, the Tufts mens track team split its squad and competed at separate venues. With most of the runners at BU's fast banked track for the Valentines In...
Jumbos Roll at Stampede
Less than 12 hours after the end of Friday's competition, the Jumbos picked up right where they left off. After going two-for-two on goals achieved for the weekend's events, the T...
Reeuwijk and Bardin Qualify in Pentathlon
Rookie Tobie Reeuwijk and senior Bobby Bardin kicked off the weekends competition for the Jumbos with Friday nights pentathlon. Both the mens and womens fields were very competiti...
Engelking Qualifies for Nationals in 55mHH
Saturdays competitions marked the first of two split squad meets for the Jumbos this winter. The Tufts track and field squad sent athletes to both the Bowdoin Invitational in Main...
Underclassmen Power Jumbos At Wheaton Invite
The Tufts men's track & field team suited up this past weekend at the Wheaton Invitation and came away with a number of PR's and Championship qualifiers in hand. With only six sen...
Jumbos Start 2010 with Home Meet Win
The first of three home invites showcased the strengths of the Tufts track program: energy from start to finish, depth in every event group, leadership from the veterans and huge p...
Three Qualify For New Englands In Pentathlon
As classes around Tufts continue to finish up and call it a semester, the Jumbo Multis just started getting their season started. This weekends pentathlon at Bates College marked ...
Season Opens With Alumni Invite - Faller Qualifies For Nationals With School Record 5k
PR's, Top 10 performances, School Records, National Qualifiers... it was quite the season opener and Alumni Invitational this Saturday as the Jumbos kicked off the 2010 campaign. M...
Tufts Track and Field Preview
With the 2009 XC season less than two weeks behind them, the Tufts Track and Field team already has set their eyes on some of their toughest competition of the season... their own ...
Engelking Breaks Decath School Record; Faller and Engelking All Americans
"Yeah, I was in the show. I was in the show for 21 days once - the 21 greatest days of my life. You know, you never handle your luggage in the show, somebody else carries your bags...
Connie Putnam Honored for 21 Years of Service
Connie Putnam, the dedicated and successful coach of the Tufts University men's cross country and track & field programs for 21 seasons from 1985 through 2005, was back on campus t...
Three National Qualifiers at IC4As, Donadt Improves in 400h
With a handful of athletes competing at the DIII ECAC Championships at Springfield College, a trio of Jumbos headed south to Princeton University for the 2010 IC4A Championships. S...
Seasons, Careers Come to a Close at ECACs
A handful of athletes ventured west to Springfield College to wrap up successful seasons for some and fantastic careers for others. Starting things off for the Jumbos was senior de...
PRs Abound At Open NEs
The Jumbos assembled a 12th place overall finish at this springs Open New England Championships with 27 points. One week after scoring 15 points at the DIII New England Championshi...
Powerful Start, Strong Finish Highlight NEs for Jumbos
Less than one week after their amazing team effort at the 2010 NESCAC Championships, the Jumbos rearmed for another run at the DIII New England Championships. There were many notab...
Jumbos Elevate for 2nd place at NESCACs
In a word, "no regrets." Well, I guess that would be two words. But it sums up the performance of the Tufts track and field team this weekend as they hosted the 2010 NESCAC Champio...
Tufts Tunes Up and Adds PRs at MIT Invite
With only one week left until the NESCAC Championships, the Jumbo track and field squad looked to tune up, add some top 16 performances, and a few additional qualifiers at MIT this...
School Record 5k, National Qualifier for Faller
With a great effort on a rainy, frigid evening in Princeton NJ, senior Jesse Faller claimed his 4th Tufts University record. His 14:17.10 not only bettered Matt Lacey’s mark...
Engelking Qualifies for Nationals in Decathlon, Bardin and DeSalvo to NEs
With the exception of one minor hiccup, it was an amazing weekend for the quartet of Jumbo decathletes this weekend at the Tufts Last Second Decathlon. A rare NH for high jump spec...
Jumbos Gain Steam On Windy Day at Lowell
Well, if ‘April showers bring May flowers’ then March rain brings April head winds. For the 2nd straight weekend the Tufts squad has battled the blustery elements to s...
Faller Earns NESCAC Athlete of the Week with 10k Effort
Over the years, members of the Tufts University men's outdoor track & field team have traveled to some major meets and preformed well. Tufts senior Jesse Faller (Burlington, MA) jo...
Jumbos Host First of Four With Snowflake Classic
The Snowflake Classic, annually the home opener for the Tufts Track and Field squad. Sadly there have been too many years when it’s felt like the meet lived up to its namesa...
Faller Qualifies for Nationals in 10k
After four years, two 5k All American honors, and three school records, senior Jesse Faller finally embarked on his 1st ever 10k. And he did so with resounding success. One month a...
Jumbos Continue to Roll at Jerry Gravel Invite
On a chilly, early spring day, nine local members of the Tufts University track & field team traveled to Westfield State College's new facility for the Jerry Gravel Classic. The tr...
Outdoor Season Kicked Off In Myrtle Beach
70 degrees and sun, admittedly, not typically in attendance at a March track meet for Tufts University. However, as a small contingent of the Jumbo squad headed south to Myrtle Bea...