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Vanderbilt Track and Field student-athletes competed at the Raleigh Relays and Pepsi Florida Relays on March 29 and 30. Split between two competitions, the Commodores totalled a half-dozen top-10 finishes. Graduate Caroline Eck and junior Julia Rosenberg represented Vanderbilt at the Raleigh Relays hosted by North Carolina State. Eck finished 31st out of 38 competitors...

As the season dawned in late August, steady improvement was the goal for head coach Althea Thomas’ third year at the helm of a historically weak program. Three months later, with the season over, the extent to which that goal was accomplished is an open question. With only three regular-season meets, the SEC Championships and...

Country teams. Both teams competed at the NCAA South Region Championships, hosted by the University of Florida at the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla. The men’s team struggled to find its footing, finishing the event in 14th place, as the women’s squad fared slightly better with a 12th place finish.  The men’s team...

In a season full of improvement, Vanderbilt Women’s Cross Country finished in seventh place at the SEC Championships.

Vanderbilt Men’s and Women’s Cross Country went north to compete in the Joe Piane Invitational on Sept. 29, hosted by Notre Dame. The competition was loaded with Power 5 teams, as the Commodores competed against Alabama, NC State, Minnesota and Florida State, among others. The invitational was made up of 16 total teams, and the...

After a disappointing outing at the Belmont Opener, the men and women of Vanderbilt Cross Country traveled to Gainesville last Friday, Sept. 15, for the Mountain Dew Invitational hosted by the University of Florida. Showing resilience and bouncing back against tough competition following the lackluster opener, the women’s team finished 2nd out of 14 teams,...

Vanderbilt students face a litany of challenges when returning to campus each fall. The weather is inhospitable to human life. Construction makes it impossible to efficiently navigate campus. Morning classes and treks to Peabody and Commons compound the misery. But, while regular students have it bad, nobody is more exposed to the weather, long-distance voyages...

GPS Engineering Students Spend Their Year On Projects Meant To Make A Difference Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - by GPS website Mary Stuart showcases her latch stopper prototype At GPS, we know girls learn best when they can make real-world connections to the lessons they are taught in their classrooms. This year, Mrs. April Ross, computer science and engineering teacher, took that concept one step further. While her lesson plans allowed the students in her Intro to Engineering class hands-on exp...