Photo courtesy of GoRhody. On Saturday, Nov. 23 the University of Rhode Island’s Women’s Cross Country team competed in the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana. The lone Ram to qualify and compete in the championships was graduate student Lotte Black. Prior to the NCAA championships Black placed first in the Atlantic 10 cross country…
The University of Rhode Island men’s and women’s cross country teams competed this past weekend in the 2019 D1 Northeast Region Cross Country Championships. There was controversy heading into the event, as the races were initially scheduled to be held at the Audubon Golf Course in Buffalo, New York. Poor course conditions required a change,…
For Lotte Black, it’s not always about running. The graduate student graduated with an undergraduate degree in kinesiology in three years, with a 3.9 GPA to go along with it. “She’s an academic, all while running all three seasons,” women’s cross country, track and field head coach Laurie Feit-Melnick said. Along with being an All-American…
Lotte Black wins A-10 cross country individual title. Photo courtesy of GoRhody. This weekend the University of Rhode Island men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled down the East Coast to Oatlands Plantation in Leesburg, Virginia for the Atlantic 10 Championships. A wonderful crisp, fall day in Leesburg brought in a record crowd to watch…
Men’s and women’s cross country have strong showing in Boston The University of Rhode Island men’s and women’s cross country teams were both in action this past weekend competing at the 107th New England Cross Country Championship at Franklin Park in Boston. The 2019 New England Cross Country Championships featured 25 men and 22 women’s…
Track coach John Copeland has been training athletes in the A-10 division since 1949. Photo by Grace DeSanti. 37 Years Later, Rhody Track Titan continues to Succeed In the high-pressure, individuality-driven sports culture of today, John Copeland, head coach of cross country and track and field at the University of Rhode Island, has had an…
Junior Sprinter Anthony Delasanta competes at the A-10 championships. |Photo courtesy of Michaela Benford. The University of Rhode Island’s men’s and women’s track and field teams were in action this past weekend competing in the 2019 Holy Cross invitational and the 2019 Princeton Larry Ellis Invitational. Both teams competed in Worcester, Massachusetts as part of…
Rhode Island Men’s Track and Field finished third out of ten teams at the Northeast Challenge hosted by the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut this past weekend. The Rams were able to pull in 85 team points in total over the weekend. UConn won the event with a team total of 164 points. Southern…
This past Saturday the University of Rhode Island’s Women’s Track and Field team finished in third out of 72 teams at the University of Connecticut Northeast Challenge in Storrs, Connecticut. The Rams recorded 19 personal or season bests on the day as well as two URI top ten marks and one class record. Although the…
Lotte Black and the women’s track and field team traveled to UMass this past weekend to compete in the Minutemen Invitational. |Photo courtesy of Michaela Benford. This past weekend, Rhode Island women’s track and field finished third out of 10 teams at the Minuteman Invitational, hosted by the University of Massachusetts. Three Rams came away…