Category: Men’s Indoor Track & Field

Top 10 of 2012-13: #5 Jackson’s Big Day Number five on our list in the #MGTop10 of 2012-13 belongs to sophomore George Jackson. In his first WHAC Championship event, the sophomore speedster hit his stride en route to a double all-conference effort after finishing third in the 600m and 800m at the WHAC Indoor Championships. GET CONNECTED WITH THE MUSTANGS: Facebook | Twitter | Score Updates & News Alerts Want…

In the 600m, Jackson nearly took home the event crown after finishing with a time of 1:23.08. The time set a PR for Jackson as the sophomore finished in third place – just under two seconds away from the top time in the event. Jackson’s third place finish lifted him to a spot on the WHAC All-Conference Team. The 800m event would bring similar results for Jackson as the talented…

George Jackson (Detroit, Mich./Mumford), entering the 600m and 800m events, heads into this weekend’s WHAC Championships with the best statistical chance to qualify for the NAIA National Championships with a 600m time of 1:24.08. The time was a collegiate best for Jackson and was a mere 2-plus seconds off the championship pace. Both runners finishing in front of Jackson’s third place mark were WHAC student-athletes. Jackson will also enter the…

ALLENDALE, Mich. — Sophomores highlighted the day for the Mustangs at the 2013 Big Meet hosted by Grand Valley State University. In the 800m, a pair of sophomores – Robert Crockett (Detroit, Mich./King) and George Jackson (Detroit, Mich./Mumford) – hit their stride to set personal bests. Jackson continued his hot streak with an 800m time of 1:57.00. The time was good for 18th out of 65 entrants in the loaded…

The Mustangs ran out three strong runners in the one mile event led by senior Anthony Butler (Lincoln Park, Mich./Roosevelt). Butler, flanked by sophomores Robert Crockett (Detroit, Mich./King) and Akil Prowell (Detroit, Mich./Crockett), entered the one mile event after a strong cross country season mixed into preseason track conditioning. Crockett would lead all Mustangs in the one mile by nipping Butler and Prowell with a time of 5:03. Butler would…

STAY CONNECTED: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeBE THE FIRST TO KNOW: Text & Email AlertsDOWNLOAD OUR FREE APPS: iOS (iPhone/iPad) | Android GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Senior distance runner Robert Crockett closed out his collegiate indoor career by participating in the mile event at Saturday’s (Feb. 21) Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, hosted at the new Alksnis Athletic & Recreation Building on the campus of Aquinas College. Crockett, running for the first time inside the new facility in Grand…

STAY CONNECTED: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeBE THE FIRST TO KNOW: Text & Email AlertsDOWNLOAD OUR FREE APPS: iOS (iPhone/iPad) | Android UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – After a slow start to the 2015 indoor campaign last week in Ohio, senior distance runner Robert Crockett (Detroit, Mich./King High School) bounced back in a big way Saturday (Jan. 31) at the Saginaw Valley State University Jet’s Pizza Invitational. Crockett, going it alone for the indoor season while first-year head coach Tiberia…

STAY CONNECTED: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeBE THE FIRST TO KNOW: Text & Email AlertsDOWNLOAD OUR FREE APPS: iOS (iPhone/iPad) | Android FINDLAY, Ohio — Robert Crockett, one of a few student-athletes under the guidance of first-year head coach Tiberia Patterson, was the lone Mustang to compete in Saturday’s (Jan. 24) season-opening meet at the Findlay Classic. Known for his training of NCAA Division I and professional athletes, Patterson rolled out one of his senior leaders Saturday afternoon against…

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS DETROIT — Two familiar faces, Robert Crockett and Marcell Houston, will hit the track Saturday (Jan. 24) at the Findlay University Classic for first-year head coach Tiberia Patterson. The indoor event marks the collegiate head coaching debut for Patterson, a long-time assistant at the NCAA Division I level, as he enters Crockett and Houston in the season-opening event against a deep field in Findlay, Ohio. Veterans on…

ANGOLA, Ind. – Staples of Marygrove’s indoor track team, Robert Crockett (Detroit, Mich./King) and Marcell Houston (Detroit, Mich./Mumford) finished Saturday’s (Feb. 22) Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Indoor Track & Field Championships on a high note as they move on to prepare for the outdoor campaign.  The league’s indoor championships were held in Angola, Ind., at Trine University’s Keith E. Busse/Steel Dynamics Athletic and Recreation Center – a venue head coach…