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Archives Unboxed: 1970s track photo

Kiera Donohue '25, Special to the Hawk December 4, 2024

A photograph of a track meet at St. Joe’s offers a glimpse of track in the 1970s, showing five runners racing toward a chest-high white string stretched across the track. It’s not clear who won...

Elaine Estes at the California International Marathon after qualifying for the Feb. 2 Olympic trial marathon.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TARA MATHER

Meet the former Hawk who qualified for the Olympic trials

Mia Messina January 31, 2024

Olympians aren’t always the big-name athletes we know. Sometimes, they’re people in your own backyard. Elaine Estes, a high school Spanish teacher in the School District of Philadelphia, is proof...

Eric Ford at Penn Relays in April 2022. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Track and Field merges under one coaching staff

Mia Messina September 21, 2022

On June 24, the reconstruction of the men’s and women’s track and field and cross country programs was announced by director of athletics, Jill Bodensteiner.  The new structure, proposed by...

Members of the St. Joe’s women’s cross country team practice with their masks on. PHOTO COURTESY OF SJU ATHLETICS

St. Joe’s runners mask up for the fall

Tyler Nice September 1, 2020

The St. Joe’s men’s and women’s cross country teams are required to wear masks during practices on and off campus this fall to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.  Women’s cross country Head Coach...

In 2019, Ostaszewski tied the program record in doubles and was second team All-Conference. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS '22/THE HAWK

Spring senior athletes return for a fifth year of eligibility

Tyler Nice June 30, 2020

More than two dozen graduating senior student-athletes plan to return to Hawk Hill for the 2021 spring sports season, according to St. Joe’s Director of Athletics Jill Bodensteiner.  Due to the cancellation...

Robinson was a co-captain on this year's track and field team. PHOTOS COURTESY OF TRAE' ROBINSON '20

Blocking out the noise: homophobia in men’s athletics

Nick Karpinski May 6, 2020

Since his sophomore year, Trae’ Robinson ’20, co-captain of the St. Joe’s men’s track and field team, kept his head down, eyes focused intently on his phone, as he hurried through the hallways...

Walker was part of the 4xMile relay team that holds the school record with a time of 16:51.23. PHOTO: Luke Malanga '20

Captain John Walker shows energetic leadership style

Matt Deleo September 24, 2019

Men’s cross country senior runner and captain John Walker has made an impression on his teammates with his leadership approach early in the season. Walker said his mentality has played a major role...

Gill-Reid lead the women's tennis team with 16 doubles wins last season. PHOTO: Luke Malanga '20

Isis Gill-Reid transitions from tennis to track and field

Ryan Mulligan September 17, 2019

Isis Gill-Reid has traded in her tennis racket for track spikes and will compete for the St. Joe’s track and field team this winter and spring. The former St. Joe’s tennis standout began her career...

Dick Adams ’59 was a long jumper who occasionally ran in relays for the St. Joe's track team. PHOTOS COURTESY OF SJU ATHLETICS

Athletes who broke the color barrier

Ryan Mulligan April 3, 2019

While St. Joe’s has fielded athletic teams since at least the early 20th century, not until the 1950s did the first athlete of color represent the university in an athletic competition. Dick Adams ’59,...

Freshman Taylor Funk catches his breath during a break in the game (Photo by Luke Malanga '20).

St. Joe’s athletes share their personal mantras

Demi Simms December 4, 2018

When the going gets tough on St. Joe’s playing fields, the tough get--a mantra. For St. Joe’s athletes and coaches, mantras, which have their roots in Hinduism and Buddhism, offer a way to focus by...

Dan Savage ’18 poses in his St. Joe's men's cross country gear (Photo by Sideline Photos LLC).

Leaving a legacy

Collin Messenger October 23, 2018

Savage named A-10 Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Dan Savage ’18 was named an Atlantic 10 2017-18 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, an award annually presented to one male and one female student athlete...

Andre completes the high jump at the ECAC ’s (Photo courtesy of Tom Connelly).

Jumping into the record books

Ryan Mulligan March 19, 2018

Claudine Andre earns A-10 and ECAC titles in high jump High jump record holder and senior Claudine Andre has culminated her track and field career by emerging as one of the Atlantic 10’s top athletes,...

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