Track & Field

She kept on running through three more bouts with the disease, forging a career as a professional athlete and U.S. champion while enduring surgeries, radiation treatments, chemotherapy and immunotherapy.

The only Russian track athlete currently holding a world title called on the country's officials and coaches in the sport to be replaced because of the slow pace of anti-doping reforms.

After her first-place finish at the Montwood Race To Midnight cross country meet, Eastlake senior Aeriel Garcia was nominated by MileSplit Texas for a chance to become the top varsity performer of the week. The recognition pins Garcia alongside some of the state's best runners and allows fans to vote on the best performers of the past week...

UTEP sophomore Michael Saruni, the favorite to win the 800m final at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, fell short of the gold, but took the bronze home with a time of 1:43.31 in his final race of his sophomore season. Junior Jonah Koech finished sixth overall with a time of 1:46...

For the second straight week the UTEP Men's Track & Field are ranked in the top 25 and are #23. Michael Saruni and Jonah Koech have been chosen to represent UTEP in the NCAA Indoor Championships from March 9-10.

UTEP sophomore Tobi Amusan won the NCAA championship in the 100-meter hurdles, while freshman Emmanuel Korir won the NCAA title in the 800-meter finals.