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Outdoor 2011
Marks PRs in 25:14 for 64th at NCAAs
In his first appearance on the national stage, Kyle Marks ran with unusual savvy for a rookie at the NCAA Cross Country National Championships at Wartburg College in Waverly, IA. D...
Marks Qualifies for National Championships
Sophomore Kyle Marks qualified for the NCAA Championships this past Saturday, advancing as one of the 7 individuals from the New England Region. Teammate Matt Rand was the first in...
Depth on Display with 4th Place at ECAC's
Sandwiched between the NESCAC and New England Championships is the often minimized ECAC Championship race. It is frequently overlooked, as many of the top New England teams elect t...
Jumbos 3rd at NESCAC Championships
Beautiful skies and perfect weather greeted the NESCAC Championship runners as they disembarked the bus this morning. However, the stellar weather was also joined by intensely spon...
Windy Team Win at Conn
The Jumbos traveled to Waterford, CT, this past Saturday for the Conn College Invite. Like most teams, the Jumbos looked to Conn's flat, fast course as an opportunity to set PRs. M...
Another Step Forward at Open NEs
320-plus bodies on the line. Dozens of coaches yelling splits. Hundreds of fans. As an athlete taking part, it's easy to feel as though Open New Englands is little more than barely...
Tufts 3rd as Top NE Teams Battle at Purple Valley
With beautiful weather, a well groomed course, and six of the top eight ranked teams in New England, the Jumbo cross country squad toed the line at the Purple Valley Classic hosted...
Third Place at Bates Invite, Depth in Reserve
Returning to the site of the 2008 NESCAC Championships, the Jumbos did not begin the season looking back but instead with an eye to the future. It was a young squad that ventured u...
What I Did Over My Summer Vacation, by TUXC
In more ways than one, the men of TUXC epitomize the values of their school. They perennially have a team GPA above the University average. As tour guides, RAs, and pre-orientation...
TUXC Captures Alumni Run Title
Background: Tufts Vet School Campus. Perfect, late summer day with the exception of a stiff breeze. Minimal clouds, fresh cut XC course. Energized alumni, fit TUXC squad, great ...
2010 Cross Country Season Preview
It goes without saying that the class of 2010 was an incredibly dedicated, devoted, and decorated group of athletes, teammates, and friends. Their absence in the 2010 campaign will...
Pair of Half Milers Set to Compete at NCAAs
Sophomore Jeff Marvel and junior Connor Rose traveled to Capitol University in Columbus, OH, on Wednesday to compete in the 2011 NCAA Division 3 Indoor Track & Field Championships....
Marvel and Rose Shatter 800m School Record
Less than seven days after the DIII New England Championships wrapped up, the 2011 Tufts Indoor Track squad headed across town to Boston University for the Open New England Champio...
Jumbos Take 6th at New England Champs
The Jumbos used the momentum created by sophomore Mike Blair’s PR performance in the pentathlon on Day 1 to jumpstart their showing on Day 2 at the Division III New England ...
Blair Finishes 3rd at NE Pentathlon
With 33% of the pentathlon field suiting up in brown and blue at this weekend's England Championship, the table was set for one of the Jumbos more lucrative events of the meet. Sop...
Jumbos Continue to Roll at Valentines Invite
Two days until Valentine’s Day. Are you thinking of the one you love? Not to be a cold-hearted person, but the Tufts University Track team sure wasn’t. They were too ...
Stampede of Jumbos at Home Invite
With two weeks left before championship meets get underway, the Jumbos season continued to gain steam at Saturday's Stampede. The Tufts indoor track played host to over 1300 athle...
Team Battles for 2nd at Bowdoin Invite
ometimes, big things come in small packages. That was exactly the case with this weekend’s undersized, four-team Bowdoin Invitational. The meet may have been diminutive in c...
Jumbos Finish 2nd at Springfield Invite
Saturday marked the first time in Tufts history that the Jumbos have competed at the Springfield College indoor track & field facilities, host to this year’s New England Cha...
Small Squad Competes at Dartmouth
The Jumbos traveled to Hanover, NH, on Sunday for the 42nd Annual Dartmouth Relays. After nearly a month since their last performance, the Jumbos looked to showcase the strength th...
Indoor Track Opens 2010-11 Season
As the starter fired the gun for the seeded section of the 5k this Saturday, he did more than kick off Chris Brunnquell’s 15:21 PR performance - he began the 2010-11 Tufts T...
All American Matt Rand Finishes 6th at NCAA 10k
As the lone representative from the Tufts Men's Track & Field team competing at the NCAA National Championships, sophomore Matt Rand made his TUTF brethren extremely proud last Thu...
Seniors Finish Off Careers at ECACs
A nearly six hour drive, crotchety bus driver, foul weather conditions, and the temptations of summer vacation were not enough to dissuade many of the Tufts Track and Field team fr...
Jumbos Compete Against Best at Open NEs
This past weekend, a select few Jumbos competed at the Open New England Championships hosted by the University of Southern Connecticut in New Haven, CT. Competing against some of ...
Rand PRs, Moves to 13th on NCAA List
Sophomore Matt Rand ran a personal best in the 10k this past Friday finishing 7th of 28 competitors at the IC4A Championships. In his third race of the year at Princeton University...
Jumbos Take 5th at DIII New Englands
It’s an annual rite of passage for all Tufts Track and Field athletes to battle through both academic finals and the DIII New England Championships at the same time. Even st...
4th Place at NESCACs Puts Youth on Display
After a long wait, Mother Nature finally rewarded New England with its first real day of outdoor track weather. Just in time as the Tufts Track and Field squad headed to Wesleyan U...
Lowell Invite Yields Stellar Marks
With what felt like the first real day of spring in New England, the Jumbo track and field squad took full advantage of the favorable weather by posting a number of impressive perf...
Jumbos Take Top Spot at Snowflake Classic
The 2011 Tufts Men...
Matt Rand Qualifies Provisionally in 10k
Sophomore Matt Rand led the way for the Jumbos at the Sam Howell Invitational this Friday, clocking in at a new PR of 30:59.86 for the 10,000m race. With the mark, he moved up to 6...
Gresham Wins Hammer Throw at Gravel Classic
With the team taking their training to all corners of the globe over Spring Break, a skeleton crew of Jumbos stayed local and opened the 2011 Outdoor Track & Field season at the Ge...