Fifth year athletes Liam Fost (left), Romin Williams (top right) and Natalie Costero compete for Emory athletics during their fifth year of NCAA eligibility. (Natalie Sandlow/Staff) When Emory University men’s track and field sprinter Liam Fost received the news in March 2020 that the NCAA was shutting down winter sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [...]
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Freshman sprinter Jackson Price gets down into the starting blocks before he races the 100-meter dash at the Emory Thrills in the Hills meet on March 26. (Courtesy of Jackson Price) Adrenaline hits freshman sprinter Jackson Price as he steps on the track before a race. He relishes in the jittery feeling. Walking onto the [...]
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Alex Devaux competes in the weight throw at the University Athletic Association Indoor Championships on Feb. 26. (Courtesy of Jonathan Fulkerson) The Emory men’s and women’s track and field teams competed last weekend at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Indoor Championships where some Eagles came home with new school records. Notable placings include senior Brett [...]
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Since he was five years old, senior Chris Jernigan has played baseball. Jernigan was so invested in the sport that in 2017, he committed to play varsity baseball for Emory University. However, his course with Emory Athletics was not at all what he had expected. Jernigan was aware that it was typical for the baseball [...]
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Three members on the Emory University track and field teams were named University Athletic Association (UAA) Athlete of the Week on April 12. Among them was sophomore distance runner Annika Urban who set a school record in the 5000m race on April 9 at the Flames Invitational, placing fifth in the event with a time [...]
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With only a few competitions this weekend after the cancellation of the softball game against Georgia Gwinnett College, the spotlight was on the women’s tennis team and the men’s and women’s track and field teams. Here is how they fared. Women’s tennis drops match against Georgia Gwinnett Emory's women's tennis seniors were honored on April [...]
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As spring continues to settle in, athletic competitions have continued to ramp up. Better yet, As spring continues to roll in and Emory University adjusts to the better weather, the University’s sports teams are making the most out of their returns to play. This past weekend, the softball, track and field, baseball and women’s tennis [...]
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This past weekend marked the final weekend that Emory University athletic teams were permitted to compete only on the road. On March 29, Emory Athletics announced that athletic teams are now able to host home games, and the baseball team had the honors of hosting Emory’s first opponent in over one year on April 6. [...]
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Emory University’s men’s and women’s track and field teams both finished first in a meet on March 26, while the baseball team split their doubleheader on March 29. Men’s Track & Field breaks records at Hilltop Classic With 155 points, the men’s track and field finished first at the Hilltop Classic at Birmingham-Southern College (Ala.). [...]
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After an almost year-long hiatus, Emory spring sports teams resumed practices as early as Feb. 9. Now that coaches and athletes can pick up where they left off last spring, cross country and track and field head coach Linh Nguyen is eager for the upcoming season despite the uncertainties about competition. Nguyen was appointed head [...]
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For senior pole vaulter Isabel Saridakis, this wasn’t how it was supposed to end. She was in the midst of preparing for the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships, a meet the track and field team had been preparing for all season. After spring break, the team was supposed to host the Emory Invitational and Emory [...]
Read MoreWomen’s Basketball The Emory women’s basketball team played two hard-fought games this weekend against University Athletic Association (UAA) foes the New York University (NYU) Bobcats and the Brandeis University Judges (Mass.). A win against Brandeis and a loss against NYU elevated the Eagles to 16-6 overall and 7-4 in UAA play. In the first game [...]
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