Men’s Track and Field showcases all-around dominance at Holy Cross

After winning A-10 weekly honors last week, Reichenbach followed it up with a win in the long jump, leaping 7.14 meters. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com On Tuesday, 11 first-place finishes highlighted a solid meet at the Holy Cross Invitational for the University of Rhode Island Men’s Track and Field team against Holy Cross and Assumption College. …

Read More

Who runs URI Athletics? Girls!

URI is among a handful of schools around the country that received an A grade for its percentage of women’s coaches coaching women’s teams. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com When Title IX was enacted in 1972, 90 percent of women’s sports teams were coached by women. Fifty years later, as we celebrate the golden anniversary of this…

Read More

Men’s Club Volleyball competes at National Club Volleyball Federation Championship

Photo Credit: URI Men’s Club Volleyball The last time that the NCVF Championships were held in person, the University of Rhode Island Men’s Club Volleyball team walked away with the Division 1-AAA Championship.  Three years later and now competing for the Division 1-AA title, they traveled to Phoenix, Ariz. After two days of pool play,…

Read More

Legendary swim and dive coach retires from URI after 50 years

Mick Westkott has coached the women’s program since the team’s inception in 1975. PHOTO CREDIT: Melissa Marchese After a half-decade, the University of Rhode Island’s longest-tenured coach has decided to hang up his whistle for good. The University announced on March 30 that Mick Westkott will retire following a 50-year run with the Swimming and…

Read More