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BYU Track & Field: Success has Given Cougars a New Moniker in Distance Running

August 21st, 2009

By Doug Robinson
Source: Deseret News
With relatively little fanfare, BYU athletes pulled off a distance-running double for their school this summer.
First, Kyle Perry, a BYU senior, won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA track and field championships in Eugene, Ore.
Then two weeks later, his training partner, BYU graduate Josh McAdams, won the steeplechase at the USA [...]

BYU Athletes: Four-Year All-Americans

June 5th, 2007

There are only a handful of BYU athletes who have earned All-Americam accolades four years in the same sport. Below are the four-year All-American athletes, their years honored and some specific disciplines or events. Also included are notes on interrupted careers. The sports are listed in alphabetical order:
Women’s cross country
Elizabeth Jackson, 1996-1999
Women’s diving
Courtney Nelson, [...]

BYU Athletes Win Track Titles

June 24th, 2002

Source: Deseret News
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Two current BYU track & field athletes, Kassi Andersen and Lindsey Johnson, and one former Cougar, Elizabeth Jackson, all earned the title of national champion at the 2002 United States Track & Field Championship.
Five other athletes with BYU ties also had outstanding performances at this year’s National Championships.
Johnson, who [...]