EUGENE, ORE. -- Former Willamette University runner Nick Symmonds ('06, Boise, ID/Bishop Kelly HS) won the finals of the 800-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Monday, June 30 in a personal best time of 1:44:10 to qualify for… [more]
track & field / monday 30 june
Symmonds Wins 800-Meter Run at U.S. Olympic Trials, Qualifies for Beijing
Earns Personal Best of 1:44.10
Former Willamette runner Nick Symmonds will compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 800-meter run.track & field / friday 27 june
Running With Passion
Symmonds has Gold on his Mind
EUGENE, ORE. -- Nick Symmonds feels a kinship with legendary Oregon distance runner Steve Prefontaine. Every time Symmonds steps on the track at Hayward Field, he thinks about how Prefontaine symbolized"what it's like to race with passion."Symmonds visits… [more]
Sarah Zerzan won two national titles in cross country. She was undefeated against collegiate cross country runners during the 2007 season.honors and awards / thursday 12 june
Zerzan Named NCAA Division III Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year
Won Two NCAA National Championships in Cross Country
SALEM, ORE. -- Willamette University senior runner Sarah Zerzan (San Carlos, CA/Notre Dame HS), who competed for the Bearcats in cross country and track and field, has been chosen to receive the 2007-08 NCAA Division III Collegiate Woman Athlete of… [more]
- honors and awards / friday 6 june
Nebert and Platano Receive ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Honors - honors and awards / thursday 5 june
Zerzan is Selected First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII - honors and awards / thursday 5 june
Zerzan Named to Top 15 Best Student/Athletes List by Hall of Fame Network - baseball / wednesday 4 june
Stalker Selected Third Team All-America by ABCA - rowing / wednesday 28 may
Five Willamette Rowers Earn National Scholar-Athlete Honors - rowing / wednesday 28 may
Jones Repeats as Second Team All-America Selection - track & field / saturday 24 may
Jordyn Smith is Four-Time All-American with Fourth Place NCAA Finish at 800 Meters - track & field / friday 23 may
Brooke Smith Finishes Seventh at NCAA Championships with WU Record 4,536 Points in Heptathlon
Stephenson Stays Busy at the Pool
From pre-dawn practices for the Bearcat Swim Club to afternoon practices for Willamette's teams and evening practices for the younger club swimmers, WU Head Swimming Coach Al Stephenson often spends 15 hours per day immersed in the smell of chlorine.
Zerzan Selected for Prestigious NCAA Today's Top VIII Award
Sarah Zerzan is one of just eight senior student-athletes from the NCAA's overall membership to be selected for the 2007 NCAA Today's Top VIII Award.
The Willamette University men's and women's swimming teams include seven seniors who are providing leadership in the pool and in the classroom.
Former WU football player Kefense Hynson ('03) is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Western Washington.
Willamette's Sarah Zerzan was in perfect form as she rounded the last gentle, verdant curve of the NCAA Division III West Regional cross country course ...
Todd Simis, a Willamette alumnus, has achieved success at Capital High School and has his team in the State Semifinals in Idaho.
