The Long Beach State Track and Field athletes continue to shine even after their season and collegiate careers are over. Four current and former athletes, all ranking in the top 35 in the nation, have qualified for the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships taking place June 25-28 in Eugene,[Read More…]
Men’s Track & Field
LBSU track and field ends award-filled season
The Long Beach State track and field team ran faster, jumped higher and threw harder than ever before to break several long held school records throughout the 2015 season. The 49er men’s squad began its postseason run winning the Big West title for the third consecutive year, marking the first[Read More…]
LBSU track and field heads to NCAA Championships
Junior Willie Alexander is set to make his third appearance, his first in the triple jump, at the NCAA Track and Field National Championships for Long Beach State alongside six of his teammates in Eugene, Oregon. Alexander and senior Chris Low, who will run in the 800-meter race, are LBSU’s[Read More…]
LBSU track and field heading to the nationals
Four individuals and one relay team from the Long Beach State track and field team left their mark at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships and earned their bid to the NCAA National Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Seniors Chris Low and Cameron Glasgow were the first to qualify to the national[Read More…]
Sprinting through
Senior sprinter Jahmani Lockett’s days as a member of Long Beach State’s track and field team often started before sunrise and ended long after sunset, but he calls them “all worth it.” “Nobody else goes through the things that we go through,” Lockett said. “Even if you join a frat,[Read More…]
Three-peat: LBSU crowned Big West champs
The Long Beach State men’s track and field team claimed its ninth Big West Championship title and its third in a row at the UC Riverside Track Facility Saturday. The three-peat for the men’s team was the first in LBSU history and the first in the conference since former member[Read More…]
LBSU’s Jake Fraser graduates from the iron throne
He twists in, and then out. Like a dancer, the swift exacting motions of the 6’4” powerhouse command silence from his onlookers as he spins into the embodiment of self-control. It all seems so elegant until the finishing, brutish grunt. “It takes a lot of commitment to be out here[Read More…]
49ers’ new track and field nearly complete
Wayne Stickney, the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Major Gifts and Revenue at Long Beach State, spoke to the Daily 49er about the new Track & Field located next to the Horn Center. Stickney discussed plans for additions to the Walter Pyramid, as well as the plan to improve the[Read More…]
Construction of new $3.4 million track facility in progress
The last time Long Beach State’s track and field team competed on its home turf was eight years ago. In 2005, the team was forced to perform at Cerritos Community College because the LBSU facility was deemed inadequate to host meets. Track and field/cross country head coach Andy Sythe said[Read More…]
Track & Field team prepare for new facility
After nearly a decade of not being able to compete on its own track, Long Beach State’s track and field team will finally be able to experience a brand new facility that can be used for home meets and practices. This project, which involves a complete replacement of the existing[Read More…]