DES MOINES, Iowa - University of Louisville track and field athletes have a habit of repeating, especially after winning one national title. On Friday, Matt Hughes raced to a personal best and stadium-best time in the 3,000m steeplechase to repeat as the national titlist at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
DES MOINES, Iowa - Senior Matt Hughes continued his dominance in the men's 3,000m steeplechase by taking first in his heat with the fastest overall time to lead the University of Louisville track and field teams on Wednesday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on the first day of competition.
Louisville, KY- The Louisville Sports Commission (LSC) will host 97 colleges and universities from 20 states in the 9th Annual Greater Louisville Classic (GLC), which once again will be the largest college meet contested in the south. The Classic, run Saturday October 2nd, will bring together some of the top college cross country programs in the nation, as over 2,000 athletes are expected to compete at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park. The event will not only feature vast quantity, but the overall quality of the competing teams continues to improve with each year. The field includes 29 men's teams and 23 women's teams that are currently ranked in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Div- I Regional, NCAA Div. II National, NCAA Div. III National and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Cross Country Polls this season.
Junior Matt Hughes won the 2010 National Championship in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase on day three at the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday in Eugene, Ore.
