Sunday, February 5, 2012

Track & Field

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Georgia has ‘best meet’ of season at Virginia Tech

By on February 5, 2012

The Georgia track and field team was in Blacksburg, Va. for the Virginia Tech Elite meet this weekend — their fourth meet of the season. With only three weeks before the SEC Indoor Championships, the trip to Blacksburg was a pivotal one. The Bulldogs had 27 top 10 finishes, including wins by freshman Morgann Leleux, seniors Torrin Lawrence [...]

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TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK: Men’s and women’s team head to Blacksburg, ink first signee of 2012 recruiting class

By on February 3, 2012

This weekend Georgia’s men’s and women’s indoor track and field squads travel to Blacksburg, Va. for the Virginia Tech Elite Meet. This is Georgia’s fourth meet of the indoor season and first in the month of February. Things will get going Friday at 5 p.m. with the women’s long jump and go through the men’s 200m [...]

It did not matter where the team was playing, Georgia still put on strong performances in Arkansas and Nebraska. SEAN TAYLOR/Staff

Bulldog track and field teams find success in Arkansas, Nebraska

By on January 29, 2012

Georgia got their split squad weekend started with a bang in Arkansas. Senior Cory Holman led the charge, winning the heptathlon at the Razorback Invitational. Holman had 3,316 points after his events Friday with three career-best performances. This included a 14 foot 1 ¼ inch pole vault, the best of his career. Saturday Holman was [...]

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TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK: Men to split team, compete in two meets over the weekend

By on January 27, 2012

Georgia’s men’s track and field team is preparing for its third meet of the season, as split squads will travel to Arkansas for the Razorback Invitational on Friday while the rest will head to Nebraska for the Mark Colligan Memorial on Saturday. The Bulldogs are coming off last week’s Auburn Invitational, where they had what head coach [...]

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Georgia track and field teams ‘had some pretty good things happen’ at Auburn Invitational

By on January 22, 2012

Coming off of of their first meet of the season last week in Lexington, Ky., Georgia’s men’s and women’s track and field teams were looking to build on their opening weekend successes this weekend in Birmingham, Ala at the Auburn Invitational. Sophomores Justin Welch and Caleb Whitener along with freshman Burke McCarthy got things started [...]

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Two Bulldogs Earn SEC Weekly Track & Field Honors

By on January 18, 2012

Georgia senior Torrin Lawrence and freshman Morgann Leleux have received weekly Southeastern Conference honors following their performances at the Kentucky Invitational in Lexington, Ky., according to a league announcement. Lawrence was named the SEC Men’s Runner of the Week while Leleux, competing in her first collegiate meet, was honored as the SEC Women’s Freshman of [...]

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Bulldog Track & Field Soars To Two Runner-Up Finishes In Season Opener

By on January 14, 2012

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Both senior Cory Holman and freshman Morgann Leleux had second-place finishes with near personal-best marks at the season-opening Kentucky Invitational in Lexington, Ky., on Friday night. “I thought we had a very nice start to the meet,” said Georgia head coach Wayne Norton.  “Cory Holman looked really strong in his first meet [...]

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Sports Notebook: Grace Taylor Johnson nominee for NCAA Woman Of The Year

By on August 15, 2011

Former Georgia gymnast Grace Taylor Johnson has been named one of the Southeastern Conference’s two nominees for the 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, it was announced by the league office. The NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors graduating student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic [...]

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Georgia Signee Morgann Leleux Wins Pan American JuniorChampionships

By on July 25, 2011

MIRAMAR, Fla. – Georgia signee Morgan Leleux captured a gold medal in the pole vault during the opening day of the Pan American Junior Track & Field Championships in Miramar, Fla., on Friday. Leleux, a recent graduate of Catholic High (New Iberia, La.), cleared 13 feet, 7 1/4 inches on her second attempt to best [...]

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Georgia’s Ondraschkova, Barrineau Wrap Up Action In European Cup

By on July 5, 2011

TORUN, Poland – Georgia track and field’s Lucie Ondraschkova and Tommy Barrineau concluded action at the European Cup Combined Events – Super League late Saturday in Torun, Poland. Ondraschkova, a heptathlete from Opava, Czech Republic, made a three-place improvement from her 2010 finish after taking 21stthrough seven events. Ondraschkova scored 5,239 points and was the [...]