Fall sports preview: Cross country
By Dominic Campbell | Staff Writer
July 18, 2017
About a month and a half from the start of the season, the men’s and women’s cross country teams are well into their training for the upcoming season. Both squads are preparing to build off last year and rise up the rankings in the difficult Atlantic Coast Conference. Each fell toward the middl...
Palmer leads Panthers at NCAA Outdoor Championships
By Dominic Campbell | Staff Writer
June 12, 2017
Last week at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, Pitt senior Desmond Palmer asserted himself as one of the greatest hurdlers in program history. The stage was the NCAA Outdoor Championships, a place not unfamiliar to Palmer. He has now been to the Championships four times in his career, qualify...
From Pitt to the pros: Spratling sprints to stardom
By Ryan Zimba | Staff Writer
April 10, 2017
Brycen Spratling sports Nike shoes, sweatpants and a short-sleeve black-and-blue shirt while warming up for his workout. He slowly trots around the track, bouncing to the beat of the music in his earbuds. An unknowing observer might assume he’s just there for a routine jog. But once he takes off, ...
Heather Lyke introduced as Pitt’s new athletic director
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
March 20, 2017
Basketball season is over, but history was made Monday on the hardwood floor of the Petersen Events Center. Less than three months after Scott Barnes’ departure, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher hired Heather Lyke as Pitt’s new athletic director, making Lyke the first woman to serve as full-time a...
Eight Panthers earn All-ACC status at ACC Indoor Championships
By Dominic Campbell | Staff Writer
February 27, 2017
Although nobody on the Pitt track and field team qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships, several Panthers made it onto the medal stand at the ACC Indoor Championships last weekend. Overall, eight Pitt athletes achieved All-ACC recognition, 16 set personal bests and two broke school records. Still...
Desmond Palmer sets school record in 600m at Nittany Lion Challenge
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
January 17, 2017
Pitt senior Desmond Palmer is already a two-time NCAA All-American hurdler. Competing in the 600-meter race for the first time on Saturday, he proved he’s capable of making history as a traditional sprinter, too. Palmer broke the Pitt track and field program record in the 600m at the Nittany Lio...
Palmer and Newkirk pack powerful 1-2 punch for Panthers
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
January 3, 2017
With Pitt’s 2016-17 indoor track and field season getting into full swing, two athletes stick out as names to watch: Desmond Palmer and Quadaisha Newkirk. Palmer, a senior from Pickerington, Ohio, is already established as one of the Panthers’ most accomplished track stars. Newkirk, meanwhile, is a ...