LBSU men’s basketball assistant coach Vic Couch retires Long Beach State assistant head coach Vic Couch announced his retirement Sunday after spending seven years with the men’s basketball team. Couch was on medical leave during the 2013-14 season, as an unspecified illness forced him to miss action. Head coach Dan[Read More…]
Men’s Track & Field
Long Beach State alumnus taking a break following Olympic experience
Kenneth Medwood isn’t a name that immediately comes to mind when thinking of Olympians from Long Beach State. Medwood, a hurdler who competed for Belize in the 2012 London Games, doesn’t have the fame and success of Misty May-Treanor or the lengthy resumé of five-time Olympian Danielle Scott-Arruda. What he[Read More…]
LBSU track and field team well-represented at Olympic trials
Eugene, Ore. is the birthplace of Nike, the home of the University of Oregon and every four years, it becomes a track and field Mecca. The Olympic trials are being held at Oregon’s Hayward Field for the fifth time, and a couple of Long Beach State athletes have made the[Read More…]
Del Toro taking recognition in stride
Rosa Del Toro has all the makings of a track superstar. In fact, the senior track and field distance runner said she could describe herself in just three words: “determined, positive and focused.” Nothing keeps this Van Nuys-native from going for the gold. In the 2012 season alone, Del Toro[Read More…]
Woodruff finds his niche
It was only three years ago that Long Beach State’s two-time Big West Field Athlete of the Week, Ben Woodruff, first picked up a javelin. Now in his second season with Long Beach States track and field team, the senior ranks ninth in nation, third in the Big West Conference[Read More…]
LBSU track and field breaking records
The season may be young, but the Long Beach State track and field team has been re-writing history with each and every meet. Senior track and field Athlete Matt Maldonado broke barriers this past Saturday at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championship Finals at Dempsey Indoor. Maldonado finished the[Read More…]
Senior field athlete finishes career at USA T&F Championships
Long Beach State field athlete Colin Dunbar finished his collegiate career with an 11th-place finish in the hammer throw at the USA Track and Field Championships last Thursday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. The senior registered a distance of 219 feet, 4 inches on his third attempt and placed[Read More…]
Senior earns first-team All-America honors in women’s javelin
Senior Randi Hicks led the Long Beach State track and field team on the second day of the NCAA Championships as she finished eighth overall in the women’s javelin Thursday at Drake Stadium. Hicks’ performance earned her first-team All-America honors. She advanced to the finals with a toss of 161-02[Read More…]
LBSU track and field captures two Big West awards
Senior Colin Dunbar of the Long Beach State track and field team was named Big West Conference Men’s Field Athlete of the Year, the conference office announced Wednesday. Meanwhile, LBSU head coach Andy Sythe captured the Big West Men’s Coach of the Year. 

Dunbar, who is the first LBSU Field[Read More…]
LBSU men’s track and field takes home Big West championship
The Long Beach State men’s track and field team compiled 177.5 points to win the 2011 Big West Conference Track & Field championship Saturday at Anteater Stadium in Irvine. The 49er women finished fourth overall with 98.5 points. LBSU pulled through in the face of adversity after losing teammate Cameron[Read More…]
