2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle Men's Cross Country News
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Men's Track & Field wins OVC Team Academic Achievement Award
July 29, 2016COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – When the Ohio Valley Conference announced its Team Academic Achievement Awards, Tennessee Tech came away with one team honor as the Men's Track and Field team claimed the award for that sport. -
First Golden Wings Awards show to air LIVE on OVC Digital Network
April 22, 2016Tennessee Tech University will recognize and honor its student-athletes with the first Golden Wings Awards Show, to be streamed LIVE on the OVC Digital Network on Tuesday, April 26. The event is NOT open to the public, but the webstream will show every minute of the event and is free.
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Military careers part of life for three Golden Eagle distance runners
April 12, 2016Lessons learned as disciplined distance runners for the Tennessee Tech cross country and track & field teams are serving three Golden Eagles as their plans include careers in the U.S. military.
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Sambu places 39th as two Tech men compete in NCAA South Regional
November 13, 2015Tennessee Tech junior Geoffrey Sambu placed 34th individually at the NCAA South Regional cross country championships at Harry Pritchett Running Park, the lone Golden Eagle runner to cross the finish line.
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Six Tech women, two men to run Friday in NCAA South Regional in Tuscaloosa
November 12, 2015Two members of the Tennessee Tech men’s cross country team and six from the women’s squad will compete Friday in the NCAA South Regional, hosted by the University of Alabama at Harry Pritchett Running Park in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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Sambu repeats as all-OVC; Golden Eagle men ninth at OVC Championships
October 31, 2015Junior Geoffrey Sambu repeated his all-conference performance, placing 13th individually to capture second-team honors while leading the Tennessee Tech men’s cross country team to ninth place at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships Saturday in Murray, Ky.
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Golden Eagle runners primed and ready to run in OVC Championships Saturday
October 28, 2015The Tennessee Tech cross country teams will put the last three months of training into what should be their best effort Saturday morning at the Ohio Valley Conference championships in Murray, Ky.
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Tech women 16th in tough Crimson Classic field; Short-handed men's team not in final standings
October 16, 2015Paced by former junior college All-American Purity Murray’s personal-best time, the Tennessee Tech women’s cross country team placed 16th in an outstanding field of 26 teams at the Alabama Crimson Classic Friday evening at the Harry Pritchett Park. The Golden Eagle men’s team, which started the race with only five runners, did not record a team score as one Golden Eagle runner was unable to finish the event due to cramps.
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Golden Eagle runners head to Tuscaloosa for Crimson Classic on Friday
October 14, 2015The Tennessee Tech cross country teams have one final tuneup race before competing at the end of the month in the Ohio Valley Conference Championships, and what a meet it will be. The Golden Eagles are set to run Friday afternoon in the Crimson Classic, hosted by the University of Alabama.
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Tech women sixth, men place 10th at Greater Louisville Classic
October 03, 2015The Tennessee Tech women’s cross country team earned a sixth place finish among the 14 Division I teams in their event at the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday morning, and the Golden Eagle men finished 10th among 14 Division programs in their race.
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Cross country teams run Saturday in large field at Greater Louisville Classic
September 30, 2015The Tennessee Tech cross country teams will head to Louisville, Ky., this weekend to compete in their largest races of the season at the Greater Louisville Classic.
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Sambu paces Golden Eagle runners at Commodore Classic
September 19, 2015Geoffrey Sambu posted the 11th fastest 8K time in Tennessee Tech men's cross country history, and two other Golden Eagles recorded personal-best times as Tech placed 16th among 20 teams Saturday morning at the Commodore Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt University at Nashville's Percy Warner Park.
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Golden Eagles face another challenging field at Commodore Classic Saturday
September 17, 2015Another chellenging race is in store Saturday for the Tennessee Tech men's and women's cross country teams when they run in the Commodore Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt University. The races will take place at the Vaughn's Gap Cross Country Course at Percy Warner Park in Nashville.
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Run With Us: Community has chance Friday to "run" with Golden Eagle cross country teams
September 17, 2015Runners of every ability (including no ability to run whatsoever), especially kids, will have a rare opportunity Friday evening to "run" with members of the Tennessee Tech cross country teams, who hail from across the nation and around the world. It's a special jog around Dogwood Park with the Golden Eagles as part of the Centennial Community Kickoff event.
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Tech cross country, track & field teams looking for manager for 2015-16
September 17, 2015Tennessee Tech cross country and track & field coach Wayne Angel is looking for someone to serve as the team manager for the 2015-16 seasons.
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Sambu, WIlliamson and three career-best times lead Tech runners at Furman
September 12, 2015Geoffrey Sambu and Daniel Williamson led the way as the Tennessee Tech men's cross country team posted three career-best times and placed eighth among 12 teams at the Furman Invitational Saturday morning.
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Young teams filled with newcomers set many personal-best times at Indiana Open
September 05, 2015Nine of Tennessee Tech's 13 cross country runners ran in their first collegiate race Saturday as coach Wayne Angel's Golden Eagles opened the 2015 season at the Indiana Open.
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Cross country teams each open against 11th ranked Hoosiers Saturday at Indiana Open
September 01, 2015The Tennessee Tech cross country teams open the 2015 schedule Saturday at the Indiana Open, where the Golden Eagles go up against two Hoosier teams each ranked 11th in the nation in the preseason
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Golden Eagle men's cross country team anked 14th in South Region preseason
August 31, 2015For the first time in history, the Tennessee Tech men's cross country team has received a spot in the polls, landing at 14th in the USTFCCCA preseason South Region listing.
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Men picked fourth in OVC, Golden Eagle women tabbed for seventh
August 26, 2015The Tennessee Tech men are picked to finish fourth in the upcoming Ohio Valley Conference cross country season while the Golden Eagle women are tabbed for seventh place, in a poll among the league's head cross country coaches.
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Men's cross country program adds three signees from Kenya
July 17, 2015Tennessee Tech cross country and track coach Wayne Angel has announced the addition of three incoming freshmen signees who will run for the Golden Eagles beginning this fall, all hailing from the same region in Kenya.
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Cross country schedule pits Tech runners against region's top opponents
July 08, 2015Five regular season meets that will put Tennessee Tech’s cross country runners on the course against some of the elite teams throughout the region make up the 2015 schedule, announced this week by coach Wayne Angel.
