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Alabama’s Blaine Wiley Inducted into NJCAA Coaches Association Hall of Fame Now in his sixth season with the Crimson Tide, the Round Rock, Texas, native has produced some of the nation’s top sprinters and hurdlers during a coaching career that started in 2002 Author: CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Long recognized as one of the nation’s best, Alabama track and field coach Blaine Wiley is now a hall of famer. The Round Rock, Texas, native has been inducted into the NJCAA Coaches Association Hall of Fame the NJCAA national office announced Friday. Now in his sixth season coordinating the Crims...

Apr 29, 2021 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – As graduation gets underway at The University of Alabama this weekend, more than 100 Crimson Tide student-athletes are celebrating earning their degrees during the spring semester. Alabama Athletics’ total includes a seven-time NBA champion, an NCAA champion, 16 All-Americans and three Academic All-Americans as well as 30 who earned master’s degrees. Seven-time NBA Champion Robert Horry, who played for the Crimson Tide from 1989-92, is returning to the Capstone after earning his bachelor’s degree this spring. The Andalusia, Ala., native led Alabama men...

Shawn Price April 29, 2021 BATON ROUGE, La. – As the outdoor season progresses towards the conference meet, the No. 12 Razorbacks compete in the LSU Invitational on Saturday, May 1, inside Bernie Moore Stadium. The host Tigers are currently No. 1 in the national ratings index produced by USTFCCCA. “We’re making good progress in our sprint area and had a few breakthroughs last week,” said Arkansas men’s head coach Chris Bucknam. “We are still looking to improve and will see how things go with Philip Lemonious in the 110m hurdles and Jerem...

Crimson Tide Track and Field has Record Setting Day On Saturday at their meets in Fayetteville and Baton Rouge, Alabama Track and Field set three new school records. Mercy Chelangrat, Tamara Clark and Robert Dunning all had record-setting performances in their events, including the 5,000-meter, 100-meter and 110-meter hurdles. Get our free mobile app Chelangrat competed in the John McDonnell Invitational in Fayetteville, crushing the previous 5,000-meter record of 15:51.85 set by Ester Getahi in 2019 by nearly 40 seconds, posting a time for herself of 15:17.79. The record-setting time was als...

LSU took back the No. 1 spot for the second time this season. The Tigers, who leapfrogged former No. 1 BYU, added or improved three national top-10 marks this past weekend at the Crimson Tide Invitational, including the No. 2 mark in the long jump by Rayvon Grey (8.12m/26-7¼) and the No. 4 mark in the high jump by two-time national champion JuVaughn Harrison (2.33m/7-3¾). The second-ranked Cougars added one national top-10 mark to their ledger thanks to Dallin Vorkink’s effort in the decathlon. Vorkink put up 7501 points for the eighth-best total this season. Alabama jumped five spots...