The Tennessee Tech cross country teams wrapped up the 2010 season Saturday at the NCAA South Regional in Birmingham, Ala. The Tech men were 18th while the Golden Eagle women placed 25th.
For former Golden Eagle student-athletes were recognized Friday evening at the annual Hall of Fame Dinner, one of the highlights of Tennessee Tech's annual Homecoming festivities.
Gene Palmer was the most dominant middle distance runner in the Ohio Valley Conference during his four years at Tennessee Tech in the late 1950s, winning individual championships and setting school and conference records. Friday night he will be inducted into the TTU Sports Hall of Fame.
Newcomers led the way for the women's team in a sixth place finish while returnees and newcomers figured in the mix for the men's squad on the way to seventh place as Tennessee Tech hosted a successful Ohio Valley Conference cross country championship Saturday at sunny Southern Hills Golf Course.
A season that has been dedicated to their friend is nearly finished. On Saturday, three seniors on the men's cross country team take a final tour of their home course when Tech hosts the OVC Championships, in a year dedicated to Palmer Maphet.
Freshman Rebecca Cline was the top finisher Saturday for the Tech women's cross country team while senior Sam Taylor led the men's team at the Evansville Invitatational.
In their final meet before hosting the OVC Championships at the end of the month, the Tech men's and women's cross country teams will run in the Evansville Invitational Saturday. Several Golden Eagle runners have had success at Evansville with personal best times in past races.
Senior Sam Taylor lead the Tech men's team, while freshman Rebecca Cline led the women's squad in Saturday's cross-country action in the Gene Mullin Furman Invitational. Every one of Tech's runners on the women's teams achieved personal-best times, while four of the men's runners did the same.
Freshman Rebecca Cline led the women's squad while senior Sam Taylor paced the men at the TTU Invitational Friday, held at Southern Hills Golf Course.
The hills at Southern Hills Golf Course will present plenty of challenges Friday afternoon as the Tennessee Tech men's and women's cross country teams host the seventh annual TTU Invitational, starting at 3 p.m.
A pair of freshmen were the top finishers Saturday for the Tennessee Tech men's and women's cross country teams at the Western Kentucky Old-Timers Classic.
Tennessee Tech’s cross country teams are looking to bring the momentum from the first meet of the season into Bowling Green, Ky., Saturday when they compete in the Western Kentucky Invitational.
Tennessee Tech’s cross country teams are set to kick off the 2010 campaign Saturday when they run in the Sewanee Invitational.
The Tech cross country teams will host the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference cross country championships and hope running the meet on their home course at Southern Hills Golf Course might allow them to sneak up and finish higher than expected.
The Tennessee Tech cross country and track & field teams have grown by four names, with three additions to the women’s rosters and one on the men’s team.
The Tech cross country teams will run on some familiar turf this fall, including two meets on their “home” layout at Southern Hills Golf Course. The Golden Eagles host the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Championships.