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DETROIT, Mich. – Third year head coach LaCema Womack once again relied on veteran mid-distance runners Robert Crockett (Detroit, Mich./King) and Marcell Houston (Detroit, Mich./Mumford) to represent the Marygrove men’s track & field team Saturday (April 19) when the Mustangs traveled to Grand Valley State University (GVSU) to take part in the Al Owens Classic. The pair of Crockett and Houston gained valuable experience at the classic after competing against…

DETROIT, Mich. – The Marygrove men’s track & field team will travel to Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Saturday (April 19) to take part in the Al Owens Classic at the GVSU Track & Field Stadium. The event will be the second of the outdoor season for the Mustangs as they continue to work toward the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Championships at Siena Heights May 1 & 2. The Mustangs,…

ADRIAN, Mich. — Marygrove track & field veteran leaders Robert Crockett (Detroit, Mich./King) and Marcell Houston (Detroit, Mich./Mumford)  entered their first outdoor competition of the 2014 season Saturday (April 12) when they visited Siena Heights University for the Don Kleinow Invitational. The season-opening meet at Siena Heights gave the team a look at the site of the upcoming Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Championships to be held May 1 & 2 on…

DETROIT, Mich. –Siena Heights University (SHU) will be the host of Saturdays (April 12) men’s track meet Saturday when the Mustangs caravan westward to take part in the Don Kleinow Invitational. The one-day meet – hosted by Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) counterpart SHU Saints – will mark the first outdoor competition of the season for the Mustangs. Led by head coach LaCema Womack, the Mustangs will trot out three participants…

DETROIT, Mich.-The Mustangs looked like a completely different team as they hit the pitch against Concordia University for the second time this season Wednesday afternoon. The first meeting was dominated by the Cardinals in a 6-0 season-opening affair. Both teams came out with strong play and found it hard to get anything past the opposing defense. The visiting Cardinals (5-8-2, 3-7 WHAC) struck first with a goal at the 28-minute…

DETROIT, Mich. – Marygrove College Athletic Director Steve Bloomfield announced Wednesday (April 2) the hiring of local elite instructor Ryan Kottke as head coach of the College’s new baseball program. The announcement comes just two months after the northwest Detroit institution added the sport to its growing athletic slate. Led by Kottke, the newly-formed baseball program will begin play next season (2014-15) in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)…

DETROIT, Mich. — It may not feel like it, but the calendar tabs today (Thursday, March 20) as the first day of spring for 2014.  Regardless of the weather outside, Marygrove cross country and track & field head coach LaCema Womack picked a fitting day to release her program’s outdoor track schedule for the upcoming spring campaign. With warmer temperatures on the horizon, the 2014 outdoor season features several key…

DETROIT, Mich.-The Mustangs cross country programs are heading to New Hampshire next week for the USCAA National Championship Meet. In all, four runners will compete (two men & two women) for a shot at USCAA gold. Here is a look at the men’s side. The Mustangs had a mere two eligible runners from start to finish this season. Both runners were more than capable of having success and proved it…

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…

DETROIT, Mich. — First year head coach Craig Covington and the Marygrove men’s basketball team (4-26; 3-19 WHAC) sent the 2014 seniors out on a high note with a 73-70 victory over the Wolverines of Michigan-Dearborn (8-22; 5-17 WHAC) Saturday (Feb. 22) inside Detroit’s Northwest Activities Center. With the win, the Mustangs eclipsed last year’s win total after finishing the 2012-13 campaign 3-27 overall. At 3-19 in conference play, the…